Region: West Africa
Time zone: Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
Geographic coordinates: 17°N, 4°W
Area: 1,240,192 sq km (478,839 sq mi)
Land boundaries:
- Algeria (1,376 km)
- Burkina Faso (1,000 km)
- Côte d'Ivoire (532 km)
- Guinea (858 km)
- Mauritania (2,237 km)
- Niger (821 km)
- Senegal (419 km)
Coastline:
- None (landlocked)
Highest point: Hombori Tondo (1,155 m)
Lowest point: Senegal River (200 m)
Natural resources:
- Gold
- Phosphates
- Iron ore
- Uranium
- Bauxite
- Granite
- Limestone
- Kaolin
- Oil
- Gas
- Hydropower