4. PROVINCE LA ALTAGRACIA
• ALTAGRACIA IS THE EASTERNMOST OF THE 31 PROVINCES OF THE DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC.
THE NAME COMMEMORATES THE PAINTING OF OUR LADY OF LA ALTAGRACIA
SEVERAL MIRACLES ARE ATTRIBUTED TO THIS WORK. OUR LADY GAVE NAME A
SANCTUARY IN HIGUEY (KNOWN SIMPLY AS HIGÜEY CITY)
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5. IT IS CURRENTLY THE LEADING PROVINCE IN THE COUNTRY IN TERMS OF
TOURISM, THE PROVINCE IS GIVEN THE LUXURY OF HAVING THE PUNTA CANA
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT AIRPORT OF THE
ISLAND
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6. RELIGIÓN
• IN THIS PROVINCE, IN THE CITY OF HIGUEY, YOU ARE THE BASILICA OF OUR
LADY THE VIRGIN OF ALTAGRACIA, PATRONESS OF THE DOMINICAN PEOPLE. IT
COALESCE ON 21 JANUARY EVERY YEAR, THOUSANDS OF DOMINICANS TO
WORSHIP THE VIRGIN OF ALTAGRACIA.
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7. BASÍLICA OF LA ALTAGRACIA
• THE BASILICA OF OUR LADY OF ALTAGRACIA WAS INAUGURATED ON JANUARY
21, 1971, IS NAMED AFTER THE PATRON SAINT OF THE DOMINICAN PEOPLE. IT
WAS DESIGNED BY FRENCH ARCHITECTS
THIS BASILICA IS A BIG GRAY SCULPTURE IN THE SHAPE OF A LATIN CROSS.
THE DOOR IS GOLD PLATED BRONZE AND WAS BLESSED BY POPE JOHN PAUL II
IN ROME.
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9. THIS PROVINCE IS LIMITED
• NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN.
• SOUTH: CARIBBEAN SEA OR WEST INDIES.
• EAST: MONA PASSAGE.
• WEST PROVINCES LA ROMANA AND EL SEIBO.
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10. ECONOMY
• TOURISM IS A MAJOR ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN THE PROVINCE, BOTH THE
BEACH AS RELIGIOUS. RESORTS HAS INTERNATIONAL TOP, WHICH PUTS HIM
ONE OF THE TOP TOURIST DESTINATIONS IN THE CARIBBEAN AND CENTRAL
AMERICA, AND IS ESPECIALLY KNOWN DESTINATIONS BAVARO AND PUNTA
CANA.
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11. BÁVARO PUNTA CANA
• ALTAGRACIA IS THE PROVINCE OF GREATEST TOURIST DEVELOPMENT OF THE
COUNTRY, THE MOST IMPORTANT PLACES THE TOURIST RESORT OF:
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TOURISM ( TURISMO)
14. PARQUE NACIONAL DEL ESTE
THIS NATIONAL PARK IS VISITED BY FOREIGNERS AND DOMINICANS. TOURISM HAS GRADUALLY
SHIFTED TO AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK AS ESSENTIAL ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
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