La Romana, Dominican Republic

**La Romana** is a Dominican city along the Caribbean Sea, in the southeastern part of the country. It is the head municipality of the La Romana province.

The town was built on the right (western) side of the mouth of the river _Dulce_ (now also called _Romana_).

## Population

The municipality had, in , a total population of 130,426: 63,261 men and 67,165 women. The urban population was  of the total population, one of the most urban municipality in the country.

## Geography

La Romana is in the region known as _Llano Costero del Caribe_ (in English, "Caribbean Coastal Plain"), with only few low hills and many savannas. The small islands of _Catalina_ and _Saona_ are part of this municipality but nobody lives in Catalina.

The municipality has a total area of . It has only one municipal district (a subdivision of a municipality): Caleta.

La Romana has the municipality of Guaymate to the north, the La Altagracia province to the east, the Caribbean Sea to the south and the Villa Hermosa municipality to the west.

The altitude of the city of La Romana is  above sea level. The city is at  to the east of Santo Domingo and at  of Higüey.

### Climate

La Romana has a tropical wet and dry/ savanna climate (Köppen climate classification : **Aw**) with a pronounced dry season in winter.

The average amount of rainfall for the year in the city is . The month with the most precipitation on average is October with  of rainfall, followed by September with .

The driest season is winter. The month with the least rainfall on average is March with an average of  and the second is February with .

La Romana is in a warm region; the average temperature for the year is . The warmest month, on average, is July with an average temperature of . The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of .

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## Administrative division

The municipality of La Romana has only one municipal district:

|Code|Municipal district|Population <small>(2010)</small>|
| --- | --- | --- |
|120102|Caleta|9,245|

## Economy

The most important company in La Romana is the Central Romana that produces sugar. This factory was built in 1917 by the South Puerto Rico Sugar Company.

There is also here an important _Free Trade Zone_, a place where there are different companies that made different products to send to other countries and do not pay taxes in the Dominican Republic.

The _La Romana International Airport_ is very near the city and there are several important tourist places such as : _Casa de Campo_ and _Alto de Chavón_.

Sugarcane is an important crop in the municipality and also cattle raising.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: La Romana
- **settlement type**: Municipality
- **image skyline**: DO-la-romana-santa-rosa.jpg
- **image caption**: Santa Rosa de Lima church
- **pushpin map**: Dominican Republic
- **pushpin relief**: 1
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: Dominican Republic
- **subdivision type1**: Provinces of the Dominican Republic, Province
- **subdivision name1**: La Romana Province, La Romana
- **subdivision type2**: Provinces of the Dominican Republic, Municipal District
- **subdivision name2**:
1
- **area total km2**: 276.36
- **area urban km2**: 25.54
- **elevation m**: 10
- **population total**: 130426
- **total type**: Total
- **population urban**: 127623
- **population density km2**: auto
- **population demonym**: Romanense
- **timezone**: Atlantic Standard Time Zone, AST
- **utc offset**: -4
- **timezone dst**: Atlantic Standard Time Zone, AST
- **utc offset dst**: -4
- **blank name sec1**: Distance
- **blank info sec1**: to Salvaleón de Higüey, Higüey
 to Santo Domingo