Logo
Prev
Bookmark
Rotate
Print
Next
Contents
All Pages
Related Articles
Browse Issues
Help
Search
Home
'
National Geographic : 1977 Oct
Contents
Warm greeting from a police official welcomes President Joa quin Balaguer (right)to the dedi cation of an irrigation canal on the Saman Peninsula. Winning office in 1966 and twice reelected, the 70-year-old Balaguer has re vitalized the nation's economy, spurred by U. S. aid. His picture on the beds of army recruits (left) attests his role as a father figure. A recent presidential decree bans such pictures in public buildings. O KILOMETERS 50 O STATUTE MILES SO Atlantic Ocean MonteCris Isabela ni FOREST U CROPLAND AND PASTURE Manzanill- Pu SCRUB FOREST n eIla s air o Elevations inmeters (black) Salcedo " -feet (red) DRAWN BY DEWEY G. HICKS,JR. H COMPILEDBY GUS PLATIS NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC ART DIVISION Viejo San arahona asCdras Pedernale s Island paniola became a strategic, fought-over stepping stone to Ne World riches. The Dominican Repub lic was ruled first by Spain, then by France, and UNITED STATES Atlantic finally by Haiti, which was ousted in 1844 after a .Oceadnn struggle led by national Gulfof Miam hero Juan Pablo Duarte. MxPedernalIo I n MCO PUER AREA: 18,816 square miles. S RICO POPULATION: 5,000,000. Hispan.. la LANGUAGE: Spanish. RELI CaboGION: Roman Catholic. aECONOMY: Sugar, coffee, ferronickel, tourism, gold, Columbus's landing in 1492, the island of His KILOMETERSst cacao, tobacco, bauxite. MAJOR CITIES: Santo Dominican R go, I-- SO CA capital (pop. 1,000,000); Santiago (pop. 200,000). CLI lic w as ruled fi rst by Spain, tented by Frtrade winds ance, altitude. UNITED STATES Atlantic 6 fially by Haiti, which was ousted in 1844 after a STATUTE MILS PNM MATE: Tropical, moderated by trade winds and altitude. 542
Links
Archive
1977 Nov
1977 Sep
Navigation
Previous Page
Next Page