{"id":2272,"date":"2019-09-09T15:52:21","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T15:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saona.do\/inicio\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T15:16:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T15:16:35","slug":"inicio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/saona.do\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Inicio"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Saona and its beauties<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n
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It is also under the umbrella of the Sectoral Law of Protected Areas 202-04.<\/span><\/span> Within the Eastern National Park, three life zones are distinguished: humid forest, dry forest and transition forest between the previous two.<\/span><\/span> The annual precipitation is around 1,340 mm with two rainy periods, the period with the highest precipitation being from May to November, which coincides with the cyclonic season period and with an average annual temperature of 27\u00b0C.<\/span><\/span> Within the island there are masses of forests, coastal areas, beaches, mangroves, inlets, rock shelters, cliffs, wetlands and valuable enclaves of historical and cultural resources.<\/span><\/span> Its total area is 791.9 km\u00b21 and Saona Island is included within it.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The park contains the existence of about 539 species of plants, 50 of which are endemic, and about 112 species of birds have been recorded.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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Its beautiful beaches, with blue-green waters<\/strong>, are kept in good condition, as they are constantly cleaned.<\/span><\/span> There is an association and a neighborhood council that promotes the development of the town.<\/span><\/span> Only about 3% of the tourists who come to the island have the opportunity to visit the town because tourists are generally concentrated on the side of the tourist concessions located further west on the south coast.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Saona Island has an area of about 110 km2 with characteristics of life zones typical of the Cotubanam\u00e1 National Park.<\/span><\/span> Currently on Saona Island there are two towns called Mano Juan and Catuano, within which the first includes the largest population that lives on the island.<\/span><\/span> In Catuano is the post based on Saona Island of the Dominican Republic Navy.<\/span><\/span> The existing permanent population in Mano Juan is around 300 inhabitants and about 120 households that live mainly from fishing and certain economic activity generated by the tourism that visits the island.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>Located 19 kilometers south of the mainland, the beautiful beaches of Saona Island attract more visitors than all the Dominican national parks combined.<\/span><\/span> The island is visited by around 1 million tourists, mostly transported by sea from the beach town of Bayahibe.<\/span><\/span> The island is also the most important turtle nesting site in the country.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Cotubanama National Park<\/span><\/div>\n
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The Cotubanam\u00e1 National Park is located in the extreme southeast of the Dominican Republic.<\/span><\/span> It is shaped like a trapezoidal peninsula and is one of the main protected areas in the country.<\/span><\/span> It was declared a national park by Decree 1311 of 1975 and was incorporated into the National System of Protected Areas in the General Law of the Environment and Natural Resources no.<\/span><\/span> 64-00 (hereinafter \u201cLaw 64-00\u201d).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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