Hispaniola is an island between Cuba and Puerto Rico in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and the second-largest by land area, after Cuba. The 76,192-square-kilometre island is divided into two separate sovereign countries: the Spanish-speaking Dominican Republic (48,445 km² to the east a…
Hispaniola is an island between Cuba and Puerto Rico in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and the second-largest by land area, after Cuba. The 76,192-square-kilometre island is divided into two separate sovereign countries: the Spanish-speaking Dominican Republic (48,445 km² to the east and the French and Haitian Creole–speaking Haiti (27,750 km² to the west. The only other divided island in the Caribbean is Saint Martin, which is shared between France and the Netherlands.
Location: Caribbean Sea
Population: 22,278,000 (2020; · both countries combined)
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