The Dominican Republic is wreathed in nearly 300 miles of eye-dazzling beaches, and is dramatically punctuated by five mountain groups (at 10,700 feet above sea level, Pico Duarte is the tallest mountain in the Caribbean). Boasting a total population of nearly 8 million people, 3.5 million inhabit Santo Domingo alone.
The rest of the country, measuring 18,712 square miles, which is twice the size of New Hampshire