Puerto Plata, General Info

Location of the Dominican Republic.	Location of Puerto Plata on the North Coast of the Dominican Republic.	Province of Puerto Plata.

Luperón, Puertp Plata city, Sosúa, Cabarete, Montellano and Villa Isabela are the main tourist places of the Province of Puerto Plata.

Capital of Puerto Plata: San Felipe of Puerto Plata.

Area: 1,852.90 Km2

Population Census 2002: 312,706

Coordinates: 19º 48" 0' N 70º 41" 0' W / 19.8º N 70.6833º W

Municipalities (Municipios) of Puerto Plata and Municipal Districts (Distritos Municipales (D.M.) :

• San Felipe de Puerto Plata
  • Maimón (D.M.)
  • Yásica Arriba (D.M.)
• Altamira
  • Río Grande (D.M.)
• Guananico
• Imbert
• Los Hidalgos
  • Navas (D.M.)
• Luperón
  • Belloso (D.M.)
  • El Estrecho de Luperón (D.M.)
  • La Isabela (D.M.)
• Sosua
  • Cabarete (D.M.)
  • Sabaneta de Yásica (D.M.)
• Villa Isabela
  • Estero Hondo (D.M.)
  • La Jaiba (D.M.)
  • Gualete (D.M.)
• Villa Montellano

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Dominican Republic General Info

Language: Dominican Spanish.

Area of the Dominican Republic: 48,442 km2 

Population Dominican Republic estimate (2009): 10,090,000

Census 2002: 8,562,541

Turist destinations most knew: Luperón, Puerto Plata, Sosúa, Cabarete, Las Terrenas, Samaná, Punta Cana, La Romana, Boca Chica, Santo Domingo, Casa de Campo.

The Dominican Republic is situated on the eastern part of the second-largest island in the Greater Antilles, Hispaniola. It shares the island roughly at a 2:1 ratio with Haiti.

The climate of the Dominican Republic is mostly tropical. Temperature average: 18º - 28º.

National flower: West Indian Mahogany (Swietenia mahagoni).

Currency: Dominican peso RD$.

Accounts: RD$, US, EURO.

There are many political parties:

• Dominican Liberation Party: Partido de Liberación Dominicana (PLD): It is a conservative party.
• Dominican Revolutionary Party: Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD): It is a democratic social party.
• Social Christian Reformist Party: Partido Reformista Social Cristiano (PRSC).