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The Dominican Republic (Spanish: ''República Dominicana'') is a country in the West Indies that occupies the eastern five-eighths of Hispaniola. It has an area of 48,670 km², including offshore islands. The land border shared with Haiti, which occupies the western three-eighths of the island, is 376 km long.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hispaniola Article )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dominican Republic 2014 )〕 The maximum length, east to west, is 390 km from Punta de Agua to Las Lajas, on the border with Haiti. The maximum width, north to south, is 265 km from Cape Isabela to Cape Beata. The capital, Santo Domingo, is located on the south coast. The Dominican Republic's shores are washed by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and the Caribbean Sea to the south. The Mona Passage, a channel about 130 km wide, separates the country (and Hispaniola) from Puerto Rico. == Statistics == ; Location: : Caribbean, it occupies five-eighths of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti ; Geographic coordinates: : ; Map references: : Central America and the Caribbean ; Area: : * Total: 48,670 km² : * Land: 48,320 km² : * Water: 350 km² ; Area - comparative: : Approximately the size of Vermont and New Hampshire combined ; Land boundaries: : * Total: 376 km : * Border countries: Haiti ; Coastline: : 1,288 km ; Maritime claims: : * Territorial sea: : * Contiguous zone: : * Exclusive economic zone: : * Continental shelf: or to the edge of the continental margin ; Climate: : Tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation; seasonal variation in rainfall ; Rivers: : Significant rivers include the Jimani River, Río Yaque del Norte, Río Jamao del Norte, Río Isabela and the Ozama River ; Terrain: : Rugged highlands and mountains with fertile valleys interspersed ; Elevation extremes: : * Lowest point: Lago Enriquillo -46 m : * Highest point: Pico Duarte 3,098 m ; Natural resources: : Nickel, bauxite, gold, silver ; Land use: : * Arable land: 16.56% : * Permanent crops: 10.35% : * Other: 73.10% (2012 est.) ; Irrigated land: : 3,065 km² (2009) ; Total renewable water resources: : 21 km3 (2011) ; Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural): : * total: 5.47 km3/yr (26%/1%/72%) : * per capita: 574.2 m3/yr (2005) ; Natural hazards: : Lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms from June to October; occasional flooding; periodic droughts ; Environment - current issues: : Water shortages; soil eroding into the sea damages coral reefs; deforestation; damage caused by Hurricane Georges ; Environment - international agreements: : * Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands : * Signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea ; Geography - note: : Shares island of Hispaniola with Haiti (eastern five-eighths is the Dominican Republic, western three-eighths is Haiti)〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Geography of the Dominican Republic」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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