Resources and Land Use
Natural resources: petroleum, phosphates, chrome and manganese ores, asphalt, iron ore, rock salt, marble, gypsum, hydropower
Land use:
arable land: 24.8%
permanent crops: 4.47%
other: 70.73% (2005)
Irrigated land: 13.560 km2 (2003)
Total renewable water resources: 46.1 cu km (1997)
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