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Area > Comparative 10 times the size of Washington, DC
Area > Land	1,706 sq km		[4th of 238]
Area > Total	1,780 sq km		[4th of 250]
Area > Water	74 sq km		[3rd of 239]
Climate subtropical tempered by trade winds; moderately high humidity
Coastline	306 km		[145th of 271]
Elevation extremes > Highest point	Soufriere 1,484 m
Elevation extremes > Lowest point	Caribbean Sea 0 m
Forested Land	48.5%		[40th of 193]
Geographic coordinates	16 15 N, 61 35 W
Land boundaries > Border countries Netherlands Antilles (Sint Maarten) 15 km
Land use > Arable land	11.7%		[96th of 258]
Land use > Permanent crops	2.92%		[73rd of 258]
Location Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Puerto Rico
Map references Central America and the Caribbean
Natural hazards hurricanes (June to October); Soufriere de Guadeloupe is an active volcano
Natural resources cultivable land, beaches and climate that foster tourism
Population density	246.74 people per sqkm		[46th of 256]
tallest mountains > Mountain Soufriere
Terrain Basse-Terre is volcanic in origin with interior mountains; Grande-Terre is low limestone formation; most of the seven other islands are volcanic in origin

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