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La Guazuma Destination Guide

Explore La Guazuma in Dominican Republic

La Guazuma in the region of Independencia is a town in Dominican Republic - some 118 mi or ( 190 km ) West of Santo Domingo , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of La Guazuma

Current time in La Guazuma is now 02:49 AM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " America/Santo Domingo " with a UTC offset of -4 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Santo Domingo, Santiago de los Caballeros, Santa Cruz de Barahona, San Juan de la Maguana, and Puerto Plata. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Santo Domingo . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in La Guazuma ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Los Cocaos Community Development Project

4:25 min by FoodForThePoorInc
Views: 1577 Rating: 5.00

This community on the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic was nearly forgotten, until Food For The Poor, the Caring House Project Foundation and De Mi Casa A Tu Casa found it. Look what ha ..

Haiti GG visit 2010

4:07 min by apanetta
Views: 1122 Rating: 5.00

Here are a few scenes from my most recent trip to Haiti -- this one an assignment covering the governor general during her visit there. The first scenes are in Jacmel, in the damaged town square, the ..


Riu Mambo Dominican rep feb 2010.mpg

0:33 min by mrthei1
Views: 1070 Rating: 5.00

Carnival ..

Haiti_Jacmel Journals_Holidays in Haiti_Photo Report

3:36 min by jakmelfilmfest
Views: 928 Rating: 5.00

A Festival FIlm Jakmel Production © 2008. Andre Laurent photographs the celebration of the christmas season in rural Haiti 2008. To see all of our constantly updated Jacmel Journals visit www.festival ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Rivière Soliette

The Rivière Soliette (in Haiti) or Arroyo Blanco (in the Dominican Republic) is a river in the southwest of the Dominican Republic. On 24 May 2004, it overran its banks resulting in the death of over one thousand individuals, with hundreds more injured and homeless near the city of Jimani.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 18.48 -71.83 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Rivers of the Dominican Republic

Jimaní

Jimaní is the capital and the second largest city of the Independencia Province of the Dominican Republic. It serves as one of the two main thoroughfares to Haiti, with a duty free open air marketplace operating on the border with the Haitian town of Malpasse. Half of the town was completely washed away in the flash flood of May 25, 2004, killing many of the citizens during the night. It is still in the process of rebuilding.

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Located at 18.48 -71.85 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: Dominican Republic–Haiti border crossings, Independencia Province, Populated places in the Dominican Republic

Malpasse

Malpasse is a town in the Croix-des-Bouquets arrondissement, inside the Ouest Department of Haiti. It is located around {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:18|29|20|N|71|53|1|W| | |name= }}. Its border crossing to Jimaní is one of the four chief land crossings to the Dominican Republic.

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Located at 18.49 -71.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: Dominican Republic–Haiti border crossings, Ouest Department, Populated places in Haiti

Chaîne de la Selle

Chaîne de la Selle is the name of a mountain chain in Haiti. Part of it is Pic la Selle, which is the highest point of Haiti at a height of 2,680 meters (8,793 feet) above sea level.

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Located at 18.37 -71.98 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Tags: Mountains of Haiti

Lake Enriquillo

Lake Enriquillo is a lake in the Dominican Republic and is the largest lake and lowest point in the Caribbean and the lowest point on any ocean island.

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Located at 18.50 -71.58 (Lat./Long.); Less than 25 km away
Tags: Biosphere reserves of the Dominican Republic, Endorheic lakes, Lakes of the Dominican Republic, Lowest points, Rift lakes