| Location | Caribbean, eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti |
| Geographic coordinates | 19 00 N, 70 40 W |
| Map references | Central America and the Caribbean |
| Area | total: 48,670 sq km land: 48,320 sq km water: 350 sq km |
| Area - comparative | slightly more than twice the size of New Jersey |
| Land boundaries | total: 376 km border countries (1): Haiti 376 km |
| Coastline | 1,288 km |
| Maritime claims | territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin measured from claimed archipelagic straight baselines |
| Climate | tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation; seasonal variation in rainfall |
| Terrain | rugged highlands and mountains interspersed with fertile valleys |
| Elevation extremes | highest point: Pico Duarte 3,098 m lowest point: Lago Enriquillo -46 m mean elevation: 424 m |
| Natural resources | nickel, bauxite, gold, silver, arable land |
| Land use | agricultural land: 51.5% (2018 est.) arable land: 16.6% (2018 est.) permanent crops: 10.1% (2018 est.) permanent pasture: 24.8% (2018 est.) forest: 40.8% (2018 est.) other: 7.7% (2018 est.) |
| Irrigated land | 3,070 sq km (2012) |
| Total renewable water resources | 23.5 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) |
| Natural hazards | lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms from June to October; occasional flooding; periodic droughts |
| Geography - note | shares island of Hispaniola with Haiti (eastern two-thirds makes up the Dominican Republic, western one-third is Haiti); the second largest country in the Antilles (after Cuba); geographically diverse with the Caribbean's tallest mountain, Pico Duarte, and lowest elevation and largest lake, Lago Enriquillo |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
