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Area > Comparative slightly more than twice the size of New Hampshire
Area > Land	48,380 sq km		[128th of 238]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Area > Total	48,730 sq km		[136th of 250]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Capital city with population	Santo Domingo - 2,100,000
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Climate tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation; seasonal variation in rainfall
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Forested Land	28.4%		[91st of 193]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Geographic coordinates	19 00 N, 70 40 W
Source: FAO
Land boundaries > Border countries	Haiti 360 km
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Land use > Arable land	22.49%		[41st of 258]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city Santo Domingo
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city population	3,166,000		[33rd of 174]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Largest city with population	Santo Domingo - 2,100,000
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Location Caribbean, eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Map references Central America and the Caribbean
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Natural resources nickel, bauxite, gold, silver
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Population density	168.04 people per sqkm		[62nd of 256]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Population density > people per sq. km	183.86 people/m²		[50th of 204]
Source: Heal The World Foundation.
Precipitation	1,448 mm		[18th of 95]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Surface area > sq. km	48,730 km²		[128th of 206]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
tallest mountains > Mountain	Pico Duarte
Source: World Development Indicators database

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