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

Cordenadas Geográficas: 19 00 N, 72 25 W

Referencias en el mapa: Central America and the Caribbean

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

Area - comparativo: slightly smaller than Maryland

Fronteras:
total: 275 km
border countries: Dominican Republic 275 km

Costa: 1,771 km

Demandas Marítimas:
contiguous zone: 24 nm
continental shelf: to depth of exploitation
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm

Clima: tropical; semiarid where mountains in east cut off trade winds

Terreno: mostly rough and mountainous

Extremos de Elevación:
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Chaine de la Selle 2,680 m

Recursos Naturales: bauxite, copper, calcium carbonate, gold, marble, hydropower

Uso de Tierras:
arable land: 20%
permanent crops: 13%
permanent pastures: 18%
forests and woodland: 5%
other: 44% (1993 est.)

Tierras Irrigadas: 750 sq km (1993 est.)

Peligros Naturales: lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms from June to October; occasional flooding and earthquakes; periodic droughts

Ambiente - asuntos actuales: extensive deforestation (much of the remaining forested land is being cleared for agriculture and used as fuel); soil erosion; inadequate supplies of potable water

Ambiente - acuerdos internacionales:
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation
signed, but not ratified: Hazardous Wastes, Nuclear Test Ban

Nota - geografía: shares island of Hispaniola with Dominican Republic (western one-third is Haiti, eastern two-thirds is the Dominican Republic)