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Geography
Caribbean, western one-third of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of the Dominican Republic
19 00 N, 72 25 W
Area: 
total: 27,750 sq km
country comparison to the world: 
147
land: 27,560 sq km
water: 190 sq km
slightly smaller than Maryland
total: 360 km
border countries: Dominican Republic 360 km
1,771 km
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: to depth of exploitation
Current Weather
tropical; semiarid where mountains in east cut off trade winds
mostly rough and mountainous
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Chaine de la Selle 2,680 m
bauxite, copper, calcium carbonate, gold, marble, hydropower
arable land: 28.11%
permanent crops: 11.53%
other: 60.36% (2005)
920 sq km (2003)
14 cu km (2000)
total: 0.99 cu km/yr (5%/1%/94%)
per capita: 116 cu m/yr (2000)
lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms from June to October; occasional flooding and earthquakes; periodic droughts
extensive deforestation (much of the remaining forested land is being cleared for agriculture and used as fuel); soil erosion; inadequate supplies of potable water
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection
signed, but not ratified: Hazardous Wastes
shares island of Hispaniola with Dominican Republic (western one-third is Haiti, eastern two-thirds is the Dominican Republic)
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