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Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic with their 48,000 Km squares of pure natural charm and history is a Latin American country located on an island in the Caribbean, It shares the territory with the Republic of Haiti.
It is an island paradise surrounded by hundreds of kilometers of beaches of fine white sand, with an exceptional climate almost all year sunshine and a variety of resources and natural conditions that make of Dominican Republic an ideal destination for almost all types of tourism. In addition to unparalleled human and hospital quality of its people that is its main attraction ,make this one of the favorite destinations of the Caribbean.
It is an ideal place for holiday, unparalleled natural beauty, a culture rich in history, having a variety of infrastructures from the most sumptuous to the simplest. Dominican Republic offers tourist destinations like Punta Cana, Samana, Bavarian, Puerto Plata, Bayahibe, Montecristi, Barahona, Santo Domingo, Boca Chica, San Pedro de Macorís or the deep South as it is known to the provinces of Bahoruco, Independence, Pedernales and Elías Piña that are rich in natural beauty destinations, even the development of tourism has not arrived as in other provinces, which can offer destinations with natural dream landscapes dominated by beaches, rivers, mountains, Caverns, Coral and exotic animals.!Te dare to visit Dominican Republic!.
The country has a wide structure of hotel rooms on all Dominican Republic to offer lodging around the tourist points of interest in the country. In the portal of the Ministry of tourism of the Dominican Republic are all the official information when choosing to Dominican Republic as their destination for vacationing.
General data
Dominican Republic It shares the island with the Republic of Haiti, occupying two-thirds of the, being the second largest in the Caribbean island. With a territory of 48,198 Square kilometers. It has a hilly aspect for the most part, four main orographic areas, oriented from West to East, being Central Mountain range the largest island, where is the Pico Duarte 3087 m. height, the maximum elevation of the West Indies. There are also other mountain systems such as; the Cordillera Septentrional or Sierra de Monte Cristi, the Cordillera Oriental, the Sierra de Yamasa, the Sierra de Samaná, the Sierra de Baoruco, the Sierra de Neiba and the Sierra Martín García.
The island is bounded on the North by the Atlantic Ocean, to the South by the Caribbean Sea, to the East with the Mona channel and to the West with the Republic of Haiti. Located in the heart of the Caribbean and the Americas, What make it a geographically privileged place for the development of trade and tourism.
Its population is of approximately 9 million inhabitants, dominated by mulattos, mixture among the black and white race, followed by the black race and the White, those who represent a minority in the country.
Its capital Santo Domingo, the oldest city in the new world, with 3 million inhabitants, is the principal city of the country, followed from Santiago de los Caballeros, located to the North of the island.
The official language ofDominican Republic is the Spanish, Although in tourist areas, for strategic reasons, There are those who speak English, French, German, Russian, Italian, among other languages. Also, the official currency is the Dominican peso, However, currencies like the US dollar, Canadian, the Euro or the pound sterling, as well as credit cards and travelers checks can be, use without major inconveniences in tourist spots of the country at the moment of economic transactions.