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1. Location:
   Caribbean, western one-third of the island of Hispaniola, between the
   Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of the Dominican
   Republic

1. Geographic coordinates:
   19 00 N, 72 25 W

1. Area:
   total: 27,750 sq km
   land: 27,560 sq km
   water: 190 sq km

1. Climate:
   10,641 sq mi (27,560 sq km);
   tropical; semiarid where mountains in east cut off trade winds

1. Terrain:
   mostly rough and mountainous

1. Elevation extremes:
   lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
   highest point: Chaine de la Selle 2,680 m

1. Natural resources:
   bauxite, copper, calcium carbonate, gold, marble, hydropower

1. Land use:
   arable land: 28.11%
   permanent crops: 11.53%
   other: 60.36% (2005)

1. Irrigated land:
   920 sq km (2003)

1. Total renewable water resources:
   14 cu km (2000)

1. Freshwater withdrawal
   (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
   total: 0.99 cu km/yr (5%/1%/94%)
   per capita: 116 cu m/yr (2000)

1. 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

1. 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

1. Environment - international agreements:
   oparty 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

1. Geography - note:
   shares island of Hispaniola with Dominican Republic (western one-third is Haiti, eastern two-thirds is the Dominican Republic)