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Miami and 1,763 miles (2,838 km or 1,532 nautical miles) east of Honduras, Central America. The French-aligned islands of Guadeloupe (to the north) and Martinique (to the south) separate the independent nation from other members of the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles.

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