Famous dive area near Santo Domingo is "La Caleta", an underwater national park with wrecks such as the "The Hickory" wreck, "El Limon" wreck...

Localisation: Caribbean, eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti
Coordonnées géographiques: 19° 0' N, 70° 40' W
Côte: 1,288 km km
Climat: tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation; seasonal variation in rainfall
Relief: rugged highlands and mountains with fertile valleys interspersed
Sommets: lowest point: Lago Enriquillo -46 m highest point: Pico Duarte 3,175 m
Risques naturels: lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms from June to October; occasional flooding; periodic droughts
Monnaie: Dominican peso (DOP)
Population: 9,183,984 (July 2006 est.)
Langues: Spanish
Capitale: Santo Domingo
Découpage administratif: 31 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 1 district* (distrito); Azua, Baoruco, Barahona, Dajabon, Distrito Nacional*, Duarte, El Seibo, Elias Pina, Espaillat, Hato Mayor, Independencia, La Altagracia, La Romana, La Vega, Maria Trinidad Sanchez, Monsenor Nouel, Monte Cristi, Monte Plata, Pedernales, Peravia, Puerto Plata, Salcedo, Samana, San Cristobal, San Jose de Ocoa, San Juan, San Pedro de Macoris, Sanchez Ramirez, Santiago, Santiago Rodriguez, Santo Domingo, Valverde

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