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Content: In fact, his very first landfall in the whole of the Americas was on the northern coastline of the Dominican Republic. The DR takes up roughly two-thirds of the eastern part Hispaniola, with the western third being Haiti. The country's area is 48,730 km², around twice the size of Wales, making it the second largest country in the Caribbean after Cuba. The northern coast borders the Atlantic Ocean and the south borders the Caribbean. The capital, Santo Domingo, is situated in the middle of the southern coast. Although Hispaniola is one island, the two countries sharing the island, the Dominican Republic and Haiti, are completely different in terms of culture, language, and people. Geography
The Dominican Republic is not a typical tropical Caribbean island as its very size means that it consists of much more than purely beaches, even though there are over 1600 kilometres of coastline with some of the most beautiful beaches in the world. However, the interior of the country is very diverse with mountain ranges, fertile plains, rainforests, and even deserts. The highest mountain range in the Dominican Republic, and indeed, in the whole of the Caribbean, is the Cordillera Central which has the four highest peaks in the Caribbean, the highest of which is Pico Duarte (3,098 metres/10,164 feet). The centre of the country has fertile valleys, especially the Cibao region, which are the hub of the country's agriculture, in particular rice, bananas, coffee, and cocoa.