Dominican Republic is located in the Caribbean sea, and is the two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Haiti, at the west, have the one-thirds of the island and between ours countries there are a 275 km boundary.
Our geographic coordinates are: 19 00 N, 70 40 W. We have a total area of 48,730 sq km and our climate is tropical marine, with little seasonal variation in rainfall and temperature.
Our population is over 8 milions and approximatly 40% is under 25 years. Life expectancy at birth is 72 years.
(Data pending of confirmation with the year 2002 Dominican census).
Languages is Spanish but a lot of people speak English, in special the new generation.
Santo Domingo is the oldest city in the New World, where the settlement of all the Americas began.
As Columbus proclaimed, "This is the fairest land under Heaven"
The Dominican Republic offers some of the most beautiful beaches in the world, but the country also is home to the highest mountain range in the entire Caribbean.
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