Dominican Republic shares the island with Haiti occupying a 74% o the island, and it in the Caribbean. It is second in size of the Greater Antilles. It limits the north with the Atlantic Ocean, the south with the Caribbean Sea, the east with the Mona Passage and the west with Haiti.
Language: Spanish, although some communities speak creole (Haitian dialect) in the zones near the border with Haiti.
Currency: Dominican Peso being its symbol RD$. The peso is divided in 100 cents. Currencies of 1 and 5 pesos circulate, paper money has several denominations as they are: 10, 20, 50, 100, 500, 1.000 and 2.000 pesos.
Inhabitants: 8.324.945 inhabitants. Living in the Santo Domingo capital: 2.5 million
Electrical Voltage: 110-120 volts /60 cycles
Metric system: According to the Dominican laws as far as weights and measures will be used the Metric system Decimal.
Geographical coordinates: Between 17º 40' and 19º56 ' North latitude Between 68° 20 ' and 72° 01 ' west longitude the Meridian of Greenwich (GMT-4)
Geographic Extension: 48.442 mts² of extension and 48.380 km² of water.
Extension of the border with Haiti 360 km
Coastal Extension: 1.288 Km
Marine Limits: Territorial Sea: 6 nautical miles exclusive economic Zone: 200 nautical miles
Coasts: 1.288 km (800 miles)
Extreme topographic:
Lower elevation point: Enriquillo lake to -42 on the level of the sea
Higher elevation point: Duarte Mountain tip to 3.087 mts on the level of the sea
Has an important biological diversity. Our biodiversity is composed by a flora of more than 5.600 species of plants in the island of the Dominican Republic, being some of them endemic. It exists, also a mixture of native species brought from the European Conquest. As far as the fauna, 70 species of fish, 60 of amphibians, 141 of reptiles including 83% endemic have been named in the island, 254 endemic birds including 22 endemic ones and 33 mammals. The marine biodiversity, due to its condition of tropical island, counts on great formation of coralline reefs. All the South or coastal area of the Caribbean Sea has coralline reefs, they have a great diversity in sort and taxonomic family. The North or coastal area of the Atlantic Ocean has important samples also, from Monte Cristi to the Samaná Bay.
The protected areas include:
14 national parks and 9 scientific reserves that occupy around 12% of the national territory, (recently has been added several protected areas increasing their number to 18%) a submarine park: La Caleta Submarine National Park, the biggest worldwide humpback whales sanctuary: The Silver Bank. And a sanctuary of birds: 7 Brothers Keys, Cayos Siete Hermanos in Monte Cristi.
Dominican Republic has the greatest biodiversity in the Caribbean, with a greater number of species by square kilometers.
Saona Island: located to the Southeastern of Dominican Republic, is the one of greater size. Having an extension of 117 km², with a population approximately of 600 inhabitants in the only inhabitable site called "Mano Juan", has not had greater development due to the salinity of the water of its wells. Its activity is based on the fishing and some tourism services. It has three great lagoons: Canto de la Playa, Los Flamencos and Secucho to its South, separated coast by a beach with the exception of Secucho that is located in its interior, and other two small lagoons.
Beata Island: is in the south of Dominican Republic, to about 7 km of Cabo Beata, in Pedernales. Its access is very difficult since it does not have any infrastructures. This island has triangular and low form with a 27km² extension . It is used mainly by marines from the dominican navy for it's safeguardoperations and exercises. Dominicans and the Haitians deserted this island to benefit from the fishing and hunting that originally lived in her, depredating without control “lambí” populations (giant snail), sea turtle, lobsters and crabs that abounded in their coasts arriving at their total extinction. At the moment its greater attractiveness consists of sport fishing coverall of the tuna that lives in its environs. A small colony of wild goats exists.
Catalina Island: at the moment is the one of greater interest and tourist benefit for the Dominican Republic, has diverse infrastructures to lodge the tourists who frequently visit it. It’s located in the southwest of La Romana in the Southeastern of the country.
Alto Velo Island is located in the top o a crest, of about 152 mts from the sea level, of one of the tips of the underwater mountain range of the Beata Island, who runs throughout the southwestern coast of the country. Its extension is of 1 x 1,4 km. The United States wanted to take control of this island in 1860 due to it's great strategic situation.
Small barren islands Los Frailes: located to 18 km to the west of the Beata Island, with a height of only 8 mts. Its name derives from its similarity to white peaks of the guano trees that are also observed a distant spot similar to several frail monks.
Bays of the Dominican Republic
All along Dominican Republic we have fabulous bays with exceptional warm waters and calm beaches, that with their fine sands delight our view. In it’s water we can scuba dive or snorkel, since their marine flora and fauna are exceptional. The Bays nearest the main cities have a very developed tourism, offering a great variety of hotels and restaurants to our national and international visitors. The most beautiful bays of our coasts are: Bahía Escocesa (Scottish Bay), Bahía de Neyba (Neyba Bay), Bahía de Ocoa (Ocoa Bay), Bahía de Manzanillo (Manzanillo Bay), Bahía de Maimón (Maimón Bay) and Bahía de Las Águilas (Las Aguilas Bay) among others.
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