{"id":5099,"date":"2024-03-26T19:54:27","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T19:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coralbayrealestate.com\/?page_id=5099"},"modified":"2024-04-17T16:42:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T16:42:52","slug":"area-info-dominican-republic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/coralbayrealestate.com\/de\/area-info-dominican-republic\/","title":{"rendered":"Area Info – Dominican Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Dominican Republic is an incredibly diverse island for the Caribbean. Far from being just a scrub \/ sand island, the island is characterized by both the lowest (Lake Enriquillo – also the largest lake in the Caribbean) and highest mountain peaks in the Caribbean (Pico Duarte).<\/p>

Ta\u00ednos inhabited what is now the Dominican Republic since the 7th century. Christopher Columbus landed on it in 1492, and it became the site of the first permanent European settlement in the Americas, namely Santo Domingo, the country’s capital and Spain’s first capital in the New World.<\/p>

Santo Domingo can boast of some of the firsts in the Americas, including the one of the oldest universities, the first cathedral, and castle, the latter two in the Santo Domingo solonial area (UNESCO World Heritage Site).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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After three centuries of Spanish rule, with French and Haitian interludes, the country became independent in 1821 under the rule of a former colonial judge who maintained the system of slavery and limited rights for the mostly mulatto and black population. The ruler, Jos\u00e9 N\u00fa\u00f1ez de C\u00e1ceres, intended that the Dominican Republic be part of the nation of Gran Colombia, but he was quickly removed by the Haitian government and “Dominican” slave revolts.<\/p>

Victorious in the Dominican War of Independence in 1844, Dominicans experienced mostly internal strife, and also a brief return to Spanish rule, over the next 72 years. The United States occupation of 1916\u20131924, and a subsequent, calm and prosperous six-year period under Horacio V\u00e1squez Lajara, were followed by the dictatorship of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina until 1961.<\/p>

The civil war of 1965, the country’s last, was ended by a U.S.-led intervention and was followed by the authoritarian rule of Joaqu\u00edn Balaguer, 1966\u20131978. Since then, the Dominican Republic has moved toward representative democracy and has been led by Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez for most of the time after 1996.<\/p>

The Dominican Republic has the second-largest economy in the Caribbean and Central American region. Though long known for sugar production, the economy is now dominated by services, especially tourism.<\/p>

The Dominican Republic has become the Caribbean’s largest tourist destination; the country’s year-round golf courses are among the top attractions and having some of the most pristine beaches in the Caribbean.<\/p>

Music and sport are of the highest importance in Dominican culture, with merengue as the national dance and song and baseball as the favorite sport.<\/p>

Popular areas for clients to purchase real estate in include, Sosua<\/a>, Cabarete<\/a>, Samana,<\/a> and Punta Cana<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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