Geography Of Haiti

Location	Caribbean, western one-third of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of the Dominican Republic
Geographic coordinates	19 00 N, 72 25 W
Map references	central_america
Area	total: 27,750 sq km land: 27,560 sq km water: 190 sq km
Area comparative	slightly smaller than Maryland
Land boundaries	total: 360 km border countries: Dominican Republic 360 km
Coastline	1,771 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm continental shelf: to depth of exploitation contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Climate	tropical; semiarid where mountains in east cut off trade winds
Terrain	mostly rough and mountainous
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: Chaine de la Selle 2,680 m
Natural resources	bauxite, copper, calcium carbonate, gold, marble, hydropower
Land use	arable land: 28.3% permanent crops: 11.61% other: 60.09% (2001)
Irrigated land	750 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards	lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms from June to October; occasional flooding and earthquakes; periodic droughts
Environment - current issues	extensive deforestation (much of the remaining forested land is being cleared for agriculture and used as fuel); soil erosion; inadequate supplies of potable water
Environment - international agreements	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection signed, but not ratified: Hazardous Wastes
Geography note	shares island of Hispaniola with Dominican Republic (western one-third is Haiti, eastern two-thirds is the Dominican Republic)

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