
The Dominican Republic is located in Central America in the Caribean in between Cuba and Puerto Rico. The Island Hispaniola , as Christopher Columbus has baptist the island, today it constitute of two states : Haiti to the west and the Dominican Republic which occupies two thirds of the island to the east .
The geography of the Dominican Republic offers a diversity of landscapes, thanks to its 1000 Miles of Palm coast lines (which includes 400 Miles of beaches), its deserted regions are over grown with catuses, its agriculture fields are to the center of the island, also the highest mountain of the Caribbean is located here the Pico Duarte which is 3087 meters high! You can also find a salt water lake Lago Enriquillo which is 45 meters below sea level, there you can find a variety of iguana species, flamingos and some of the last American crocodiles.
Some number of the Dominican Republic
CAPITAL : Santo Domingo |
SURFACE : 48.734 km² and the total surface of the island including Haiti is 77914 km² (number 128 of the largest countries) |
POPULATION : more or less 8 442 533 habitants (2000) |
TIME ZONE : UTC -4 |
MONEY : the peso dominicano $RD (devise DOP) |
NATIONAL ANTHEM : Quisqueyanos valientes |