_#_Natural resources: fish, climate and beaches that foster tourism
_#_Land use: arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures 8%; forest and woodland 23%; other 69%
_#_Environment: within the Caribbean hurricane belt
_#_Note: important location between Cuba and Central America
_*People #_Population: 27,489 (July 1991), growth rate 4.2% (1991)
_#_Birth rate: 13 births/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Death rate: 5 deaths/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Net migration rate: 33 migrants/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Infant mortality rate: 10 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)
_#_Life expectancy at birth: 74 years male, 80 years female (1991)