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Haiti covers a total area of 27,750 square km; 27, 560 square km of which is land area. 190 square km are water. Haiti is slightly smaller than Maryland. Haiti shares a 360 km border with the Dominican Republic on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea. Haiti has a coastline of 1,771 km. Haiti is mostly tropical but semiarid in the east where mountains cut off trade winds. It is mostly rough and mountainous. The lowest point in Haiti is at the Caribbean Sea at sea level. Chaine de la Selle is Haiti's highest point at 2,680 m above sea level.
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