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 .

Administrative division
The municipality of La Romana has only one municipal district:

+ Municipal district of La Romana Code  Municipal district  Population(2010) 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.

References

Category:Settlements in the Dominican Republic