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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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