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Detailed Analysis for Year: 2015
Full Dataset: from 1993 to 2014
Dataset updated: 17th March 2015
Data Source: CIA Factbook
National or Regional Currency: Gourde
Currency Symbol: HTG
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
Terrain: mostly rough and mountainous
Elevation Extremes(M): lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m ; highest point: Chaine de la Selle 2,680 m
Land Boundaries(Km): total: 376 km ; border countries: Dominican Republic 376 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
Geography - Note: shares island of Hispaniola with Dominican Republic (western one-third is Haiti, eastern two-thirds is the Dominican Republic)