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In the heart of the Caribbean, bathed by the waters of the Atlantic Ocean in the north coast and the impetuous Caribbean Sea in the South, there is a placid and beautiful country officially named the Dominican Republic.
It is located between latitude 17° 40’ and 19° 56’ North and longitude 68° 20’ and 72°01’ West of the Greenwich Meridian (GMT –4). Christopher Columbus discovered the island on December 5th, 1492, during his first voyage to the New World.
It occupies 18,704 sq. miles/ 48,442 sq. km of the 76,192 it shares with the neighboring Republic of Haiti. Its natural beauty and rich history delight and impassion those who get to know it.
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