arms on the hoist side of the yellow band
and an arc of seven white five-pointed stars centered in the blue
band

Geography
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Location: Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and
the North Atlantic Ocean, between Colombia and Guyana

Geographic coordinates: 8 00 N, 66 00 W

Map references: South America

Area:
total area: 912,050 sq km
land area: 882,050 sq km
comparative area: slightly more than twice the size of California

Land boundaries:
total: 4,993 km
border countries: Brazil 2,200 km, Colombia 2,050 km, Guyana 743 km

Coastline: 2,800 km

Maritime claims:
contiguous zone: 15 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm

International disputes: claims all of Guyana west of the Essequibo
River; maritime boundary dispute with Colombia in the Gulf of
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Map
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Location: 16 00 N, 106 00 E -- Southeastern Asia, bordering the
Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Tonkin, and South China Sea, between China
and Cambodia

Flag
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Description: red with a large yellow five-pointed star in the
center

Geography
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Location: Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf
of Tonkin, and South China Sea, between China and Cambodia

Geographic coordinates: 16 00 N, 106 00 E

Map references: Southeast Asia

Area:
total area: 329,560 sq km
land area: 325,360 sq km
comparative area: slightly larger than New Mexico

Land boundaries:
total: 3,818 km
border countries: Cambodia 982 km, China 1,281 km, Laos 1,555 km

Coastline: 3,444 km (excludes islands)

Maritime claims:
contiguous zone: 24 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm

International disputes: maritime boundary with Cambodia not
defined; involved in a complex dispute over the Spratly Islands in
the South China Sea with China, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, and
possibly Brunei; unresolved maritime boundary with Thailand;
maritime boundary dispute with China in the Gulf of Tonkin; Paracel
Islands in the South China Sea occupied by China but claimed by
Vietnam and Taiwan; offshore islands and sections of boundary with
Cambodia are in dispute

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