FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH---Here’s a taste of history on how my people came a long way.
Location: Caribbean, western one-third of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of the Dominican Republic Geographic coordinates: 19 00 N, 72 25 W Map references: Central America and the Caribbean Area: total: 27,750 sq km country comparison to the world: 147 land: 27,560 sq km water: 190 sq km Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Maryland Land boundaries: total: 360 km border countries: Dominican Republic 360 km Coastline: 1,771 km Maritime claims: territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: to depth of exploitation Climate: Current Weather tropical; semiarid where mountains in east cut off trade winds Terrain: mostly rough and mountainous Elevation extremes: ...
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