El Limón, Samaná

The municipality of El Limón is a rich agricultural region north of Samaná, on the Atlantic coast of the peninsula. In this region, the land is particularly fertile thanks to frequent rainfall, favoring a wide variety of crops and plants.

The Dominican Republic has a high poverty rate - around 20% - although this has been gradually declining over the past twenty years. There is a striking contrast between the areas of the big cities and seaside tourism, which are rather wealthy and even exuberant, and the more rural areas, where tourism is either non-existent or more oriented towards nature.