NationMaster - Dominican Geography statistics

Area > Comparative slightly more than twice the size of New Hampshire
Area > Total	136 sq km	[136th of 248]
Area > Water	116 sq km	[116th of 237]
Capital city with population	Santo Domingo - 2,100,000
Climate tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation; seasonal variation in rainfall
Coastline	80 km	[80th of 249]
Elevation extremes > Highest point	Pico Duarte 3,175 m
Forested Land	91%	[91st of 193]
Geography > Note shares island of Hispaniola with Haiti
Irrigated land	67 sq km	[67th of 185]
Largest city Santo Domingo
Largest city population	33	[33rd of 174]
Largest city with population	Santo Domingo - 2,100,000
Location Caribbean, eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti
Map references Central America and the Caribbean
Maritime claims > Continental shelf 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
Natural resources nickel, bauxite, gold, silver
Population density	62 people per sqkm	[62nd of 256]
Precipitation	18 mm	[18th of 95]
Terrain rugged highlands and mountains with fertile valleys interspersed

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SOURCES: The area of various small countries expressed in comparison to various areas within the United States of America. ; Total area in square kilometers ; Total water area in square kilometers ; Capital cities including most recent population (estimates included). Populations are figures only within the city limits, unless otherwise specified. All populations are from 2001 t0 2005 unless otherwise specified.; A brief description of typical weather regimes throughout the year. ; The total length of the boundary between the land area (including islands) and the sea. ; Highest point above sea level ; Forested land as a proportion of total land area, estimate by FAO; This entry includes miscellaneous geographic information of significance not included elsewhere. ; The number of square kilometers of land area that is artificially supplied with water. ; The city with the highest population; The population of the country's largest city; Largest cities including most recent population (estimates included). Populations are figures only within the city limits, unless otherwise specified. All populations are from 2001 t0 2005 unless otherwise specified.; The country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water. ; The name of the CIA World Factbook reference map on which a country may be found. The entry on Geographic coordinates may be helpful in finding some smaller countries. ; Continental shelf - the LOS Convention (Article 76) defines the continental shelf of a coastal State as comprising the seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas that extend beyond its territorial sea throughout the natural prolongation of its land territory to the outer edge of the continental margin, or to a distance of 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured where the outer edge of the continental margin does not extend up to that distance; the continental margin comprises the submerged prolongation of the landmass of the coastal State, and consists of the seabed and subsoil of the shelf, the slope and the rise; it does not include the deep ocean floor with its oceanic ridges or the subsoil thereof. A full and definitive definition can be found in the Law of the Sea (LOS) Convention. ; A country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance. ; People per square kilometre, in 1999. At this time the world average was 14.42.; Average Annual Precipitation in Largest City (mm, 1931-1960); A brief description of the topography

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Dominican Republic, Republica Dominicana, dominican rep, dominican rep.

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