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

Posizione: Caribbean, eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti
Coordinate geografiche: 19° 0' N, 70° 40' W
Linea di costa km: 1,288 km km
Clima: tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation; seasonal variation in rainfall
Terreno: rugged highlands and mountains with fertile valleys interspersed
Altitudine: lowest point: Lago Enriquillo -46 m highest point: Pico Duarte 3,175 m
Pericoli naturali: lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms from June to October; occasional flooding; periodic droughts
Valuta: Dominican peso (DOP)
Popolazione: 9,183,984 (July 2006 est.)
Lingue: Spanish
Capitale: Santo Domingo
Divisioni: 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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