Baní is a capital town of the Peravia Province, Dominican Republic. It is the commercial and manufacturing center in the southern region of Valdesia. The town is located 65 km south of the capital city Santo Domingo.
Baní, Dominican Republic town church.
Puntarena beach in Bani, Dominican Republic.
People in Bani, Dominican Republic.
Image: Bani Dominican Republic town
The Dominican Republic is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with Haiti, making Hispaniola one of only two Caribbean islands, along with Saint Martin, that is shared by two sovereign states. It is the second-largest nation in the Antilles by area at 48,671 square kilometers (18,792 sq mi), and second-largest by population, with approximately 11.4 million people in 2024, of whom approximately 3.6 million live in the metropolitan area of Santo Domingo, the capital city.
Juan Pablo Duarte, founding father of the Dominican Republic.
Pedro Santana is sworn in as governor-general of the new Spanish province.
President Alejandro Woss y Gil taking office in 1903
Ramón Cáceres