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CIA World Factbook 2005 | הורד מילון בבילון 9 למחשב שלך |
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 and the Caribbean |
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
contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: to depth of exploitation |
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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CIA World Factbook 2005 | הורד מילון בבילון 9 למחשב שלך |
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 and the Caribbean |
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
contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: to depth of exploitation |
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) |
More about Haiti: