_#_Maritime claims:
Contiguous zone: 24 nm;
Continental shelf: to depth of exploitation;
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm;
Territorial sea: 12 nm
_#_Disputes: claims US-administered Navassa Island
_#_Climate: tropical; semiarid where mountains in east cut off trade winds
_#_Terrain: mostly rough and mountainous
_#_Natural resources: bauxite
_#_Land use: arable land 20%; permanent crops 13%; meadows and pastures 18%; forest and woodland 4%; other 45%; includes irrigated 3%