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The geographic coordinates are 18 32 N, 72 20 W
This country gained their independence from France on 1 January 1804
This Country's free market economy enjoys the advantages of low labor costs and tariff-free access to the USA for many of its exports. Two-fifths of the population depends on the agricultural, mainly small-scale subsistence farming, and remains vulnerable to damage from frequent natural disasters, on top of the country's widespread deforestation.
Poverty, corruption, vulnerability to natural disasters, and low levels of education for much of the population are among its most serious impediments to economic growth. Its primary imports are food, manufactured goods, machinery, and transport equipment fuels and raw materials.
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