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Geography
Caribbean, eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti
19 00 N, 70 40 W
Area: 
total: 48,670 sq km
country comparison to the world: 
131
land: 48,320 sq km
water: 350 sq km
slightly more than twice the size of New Hampshire
total: 360 km
border countries: Haiti 360 km
1,288 km
measured from claimed archipelagic straight baselines
territorial sea: 6 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
Current Weather
tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation; seasonal variation in rainfall
rugged highlands and mountains with fertile valleys interspersed
lowest point: Lago Enriquillo -46 m
highest point: Pico Duarte 3,175 m
nickel, bauxite, gold, silver
arable land: 22.49%
permanent crops: 10.26%
other: 67.25% (2005)
2,750 sq km (2003)
21 cu km (2000)
total: 3.39 cu km/yr (32%/2%/66%)
per capita: 381 cu m/yr (2000)
lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms from June to October; occasional flooding; periodic droughts
water shortages; soil eroding into the sea damages coral reefs; deforestation
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea
shares island of Hispaniola with Haiti
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