Area > Comparative
slightly smaller than Maryland |
Area > Comparative to US places
slightly smaller than Maryland |
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Area > Land
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27,560 sq km
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[141st of 236]
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(per capita)
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3.326 sq km
per 1,000 people |
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[172nd of 201]
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Area > Total
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27,750 sq km
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[152nd of 248]
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(per capita)
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3.495 sq km
per 1,000 people |
...
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[170th of 193]
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Area > Water
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190 sq km
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[126th of 237]
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(per capita)
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21.823 sq km
per 1 million peo |
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[132nd of 225]
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Capital city with population
Port-au-Prince - 1,500,000 |
Climate
tropical; semiarid where mountains in east cut off trade winds |
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Coastline
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1,771 km
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[68th of 249]
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(per capita)
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203.411 km
per 1 million people |
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[104th of 230]
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Elevation extremes > Highest point
Chaine de la Selle 2,680 m |
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Elevation extremes > Lowest point
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Caribbean Sea 0 m |
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Forested Land
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3.2% |
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[173rd of 193]
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Geographic coordinates
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19 00 N, 72 25 W |
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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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Irrigated land
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920 sq km
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[94th of 185]
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(per capita)
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105.668 sq km
per 1 million peo |
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[104th of 173]
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Land area > sq. km
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27,560 km²
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[141st of 206]
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