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Get the Santo Domingo local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
Get the Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
Constanza, Dominican Republic. / 18.91000°N 70.75000°W / 18.91000; -70.75000. Constanza is a town and municipality in La Vega Province, Dominican Republic. Located in the Cordillera Central region, Constanza is known for having the coldest temperature for a settlement on the island of Hispaniola, as well as the entire Caribbean.
The Dominican Republic (Spanish: República Dominicana) is a country in the West Indies that occupies the eastern five-eighths of Hispaniola. It has an area of 48,670 km 2, including offshore islands. The land border shared with Haiti, which occupies the western three-eighths of the island, [ 1][ 2] is 376 km long. [ 3]
Santo Domingo ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsanto ðoˈmiŋɡo] meaning "Saint Dominic" but verbatim "Holy Sunday"), once known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, known as Ciudad Trujillo between 1936 and 1961, is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population. [ 7]
Tourism in the Dominican Republic. Cayo Levantado, Samana. Tourism in the Dominican Republic is an important sector of the country's economy. More than 10 million tourists visited the Dominican Republic in 2023, [ 1][ 2] making it the most popular tourist destination in the Caribbean and putting it in the top 5 overall in the Americas. [ 3]
In the Dominican Republic, three people drowned north of Santo Domingo and 200 families evacuated from their homes. [43] September 22, 1998 – Hurricane Georges makes landfall in the Dominican Republic with 120 (190 km/h) mph winds, causing more than $1.2 billion and killing 589 people.
The Santo Domingo Metro ( Spanish: Metro de Santo Domingo) is a rapid transit system in Greater Santo Domingo. Serving the capital of the Dominican Republic, it is the most extensive metro system in the insular Caribbean and Central American region by length and number of stations. It began operation on January 30, 2009.