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Hispaniola
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The Dominican Republic makes up the eastern two thirds of the island of Hispaniola, in the Caribbean, and shares a border with Haiti. It has a tropical maritime climate, with average temperatures in the capital, Santo Domingo, ranging 19-29°C/66-84°F in January and 23-31°C/73-88°F in August.
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The climbing plant bougainvillea, of the family Nyctaginaceae, is a species native to the American tropical zone, and is renowned for its abundance of bright flowers. Plants such as this one in the Dominican Republic will grow all year round in the warmth and rich, loamy, well-drained soil of these regions. Further north, they need protecting in winter from temperatures under 10°C/50°F.

Second largest island of the West Indies, within the Greater Antilles, divided politically into the Republic of Haiti and the Dominican Republic; area 76,192 sq km/29,418 sq mi; total population (2001 est) 15,546,000. It was the first landing place of Christopher Columbus in the New World on 6 December 1492.
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