Please answer the given financial question based on the context.
Context: in the ordinary course of business , based on our evaluations of certain geologic trends and prospective economics , we have allowed certain lease acreage to expire and may allow additional acreage to expire in the future . if production is not established or we take no other action to extend the terms of the leases , licenses or concessions , undeveloped acreage listed in the table below will expire over the next three years . we plan to continue the terms of certain of these licenses and concession areas or retain leases through operational or administrative actions ; however , the majority of the undeveloped acres associated with other africa as listed in the table below pertains to our licenses in ethiopia and kenya , for which we executed agreements in 2015 to sell . the kenya transaction closed in february 2016 and the ethiopia transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2016 . see item 8 . financial statements and supplementary data - note 5 to the consolidated financial statements for additional information about this disposition . net undeveloped acres expiring year ended december 31 .
|( in thousands )|net undeveloped acres expiring year ended december 31 , 2016|net undeveloped acres expiring year ended december 31 , 2017|net undeveloped acres expiring year ended december 31 , 2018|
|u.s .|68|89|128|
|e.g .|2014|92|36|
|other africa|189|4352|854|
|total africa|189|4444|890|
|other international|2014|2014|2014|
|total|257|4533|1018|
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Question: for 2016 , what was the total african and us net undeveloped acres expiring , in thousands ? \\n


Answer: The answer is:257.0