| | Geographic Coordinates: | 19 00 N, 70 40 W | | Location: | Caribbean, eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti | | Area: | total: 48,730 sq km
land: 48,380 sq km
water: 350 sq km | | Area - comparative: | slightly more than twice the size of New Hampshire | | Land boundaries: | total: 360 km
border countries: Haiti 360 km | | Coastline: | 1,288 km | | Terrain: | rugged highlands and mountains with fertile valleys interspersed | | Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Lago Enriquillo -46 m
highest point: Pico Duarte 3,175 m | | Capital: | 31 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 1 district* (distrito); Azua, Baoruco, Barahona, Dajabon, Distrito Nacional*, Duarte, El Seibo, Elias Pina, Espaillat, Hato Mayor, Independencia, La Altagracia, La Romana, La Vega, Maria Trinidad Sanchez, Monsenor Nouel, Monte Cristi, Monte Plata, Pedernales, Peravia, Puerto Plata, Salcedo, Samana, San Cristobal, San Jose de Ocoa, San Juan, San Pedro de Macoris, Sanchez Ramirez, Santiago, Santiago Rodriguez, Santo Domingo, Valverde |
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