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Haiti
République d'Haïti (French)/Repiblik d Ayiti (Haitian Creole)
Last updated: 2026-03-28 (today)
Area
land
27,560 sq km
water
190 sq km
total
27,750 sq km
Climate
tropical; semiarid where mountains in east cut off trade winds
Terrain
mostly rough and mountainous
Land use
other
21.5% (2023 est.)
forest
13.4% (2023 est.)
agricultural land
65.1% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: arable land
arable land: 36.5% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: permanent crops
permanent crops: 10.9% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: permanent pasture
permanent pasture: 17.8% (2023 est.)
Location
Caribbean, western one-third of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of the Dominican Republic
Coastline
1,771 km
Elevation
lowest point
Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point
Pic la Selle 2,674 m
mean elevation
470 m
Irrigated land
800 sq km (2013)
Map references
Central America and the Caribbean
Land boundaries
total
376 km
border countries
Dominican Republic 376 km
Maritime claims
contiguous zone
24 nm
territorial sea
12 nm
continental shelf
to depth of exploitation
exclusive economic zone
200 nm
Natural hazards
lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms from June to October; occasional flooding and earthquakes; periodic droughts
Geography - note
shares island of Hispaniola with Dominican Republic (western one-third is Haiti, eastern two-thirds is the Dominican Republic); it is the most mountainous nation in the Caribbean
Natural resources
bauxite, copper, calcium carbonate, gold, marble, hydropower, arable land
Area - comparative
slightly smaller than Maryland
Geographic coordinates
19 00 N, 72 25 W
Population distribution
fairly even distribution; largest concentrations located near coastal areas