La Romana, Dominican Republic

La Romana
Municipality
Santa Rosa de Lima church
Coat of arms
La Romana
Coordinates: 18°25′48″N 68°58′12″W / 18.43000°N 68.97000°W / 18.43000; -68.97000
Country	Dominican Republic
Province	La Romana
Municipal District	1
Area [1]
• Total	276.36 km2 (106.70 sq mi)
• Urban [2]	25.54 km2 (9.86 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	10 m (30 ft)
Population  (2014)[1]
• Total	130,426
• Density	470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
• Urban	127,623
Demonym	Romanense
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (AST)
Distance	35 km (22 mi) to Higüey 210 km (130 mi) to Santo Domingo

La Romana is a Dominican city along the Caribbean Sea, in the southeastern part of the country. It is the head municipality of the La Romana province.

The town was built on the right (western) side of the mouth of the river Dulce (now also called Romana).

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Consejo Nacional de Población y Familia. "Estamaciones y Proyecciones de la Población Dominicana por Regiones, Provincias, Municipios y Distritos Municipales, 2014" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2014-02-02.
2. ↑ "Expansión Urbana de las ciudades capitales de R.D. 1988-2010. Informe Básico" (PDF) (in Spanish). Oficina Nacional de Estadística. April 2015. p. 46. Retrieved 9 December 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}
3. ↑ De la Fuente, Santiago (1976). Geografía Dominicana (in Spanish). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Editora Colegial Quisqueyana.