Famous dive area near Santo Domingo is "La Caleta", an underwater national park with wrecks such as the "The Hickory" wreck, "El Limon" wreck...
Lokalizacja: Caribbean, eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti
Koordynaty geograficzne: 19° 0' N, 70° 40' W
Linia brzegowa: 1,288 km km
Klimat: tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation; seasonal variation in rainfall
Teren: rugged highlands and mountains with fertile valleys interspersed
Najwyższy punkt: lowest point: Lago Enriquillo -46 m
highest point: Pico Duarte 3,175 m
Naturalne zagrożenia: lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms from June to October; occasional flooding; periodic droughts
Waluta: Dominican peso (DOP)
Populacja: 9,183,984 (July 2006 est.)
Języki: Spanish
Stolica: Santo Domingo
Podział: 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