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Location: Caribbean, western one-third of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of the Dominican Republic

Climate: tropical; semiarid where mountains in east cut off trade winds

Terrain: mostly rough and mountainous

Natural resources: bauxite, copper, calcium carbonate, gold, marble, hydropower

Ethnic groups:black 95%, mulatto and white 5%

Religions:Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 16% (Baptist 10%, Pentecostal 4%, Adventist 1%, other 1%), none 1%, other 3% (1982)

Languages:French (official), Creole (official)

Industries:sugar refining, flour milling, textiles, cement, light assembly industries based on imported parts

Agriculture - products:coffee, mangoes, sugarcane, rice, corn, sorghum; wood.