People of Duarte, Dominican Republic North Cibao Province

[San Rafael]

Duarte is a province in the north-east region of Dominican Republic with a population of 338,649 people. It is located at the eastern end of El Cibao valley and was originally part of the greater La Vega province before being divided in 1896. It is named after the nation's founding father, Juan Pablo Duarte.

[axel.aleman]

Mostly Terceroons and Quadroons. Few balanced mulatto and few white/octoroons

[San Rafael]

[Sebastianus Rex]

Way more caucasian shifted than what I saw in Punta Cana and La Romana.

[Daven]

Way more caucasian shifted than what I saw in Punta Cana and La Romana.

Those phenotypes exist in La Romana and even in Punta Cana. But you are right. It is fact that those places are blacker. La Romana in fact is the most SSA city in the country. Keep also in mind that there is a HUGE Hatian and Hatian-Dominican population there. Bavaro alone (an area adjacent to Punta Cana) is 80% Haitian. That without counting the cocolo Dominicans.

[Sebastianus Rex]

Those phenotypes exist in La Romana and even in Punta Cana. But you are right. It is fact that those places are blacker. La Romana in fact is the most SSA city in the country. Keep also in mind that there is a HUGE Hatian and Hatian-Dominican population there. Bavaro alone (an area adjacent to Punta Cana) is 80% Haitian. That without counting the cocolo Dominicans.

I was in Bavaro (the resort was on that beach) but it was more than 10 years ago. Why is it 80% Haitian? Cheaper workforce for the tourism industry ?
When I was there I saw already several Haitian workers (recognizable by their accent and dark complexion), but it was not so much, I guess the migration must have increased alot in the last years, perhaps after the earthquake.

[Daven]

I was in Bavaro (the resort was on that beach) but it was more than 10 years ago. Why is it 80% Haitian? Cheaper workforce for the tourism industry ?
When I was there I saw already several Haitian workers (recognizable by their accent and dark complexion), but it was not so much, I guess the migration must have increased alot in the last years, perhaps after the earthquake.

I read an article from a Dominican newspaper stating 80% of the population there was Haitian. That was several years ago. It sucks that I can't find it google.

[Andullero]

I was in Bavaro (the resort was on that beach) but it was more than 10 years ago. Why is it 80% Haitian? Cheaper workforce for the tourism industry ?

Yep, construction specially. Same imminvasion nightmare as in Europe.

[Sebastianus Rex]

Yep, construction specially. Same imminvasion nightmare as in Europe.

And how is the situation in the country regarding safety/ crime rate/ violent crime?

[Andullero]

And how is the situation in the country regarding safety/ crime rate/ violent crime?

Irony of ironies, the curfews due to the pandemic have brought crime levels to acceptable levels. Of course, that doesn't mean it's safe to go prancing around the ghettos, just that chances are low for one to be held at gunpoint or mugged now due to the extra police presence on the high traffic areas of the bigger cities and towns. It's way safer than elsewhere Central America and the Caribbean outside Cuba and Costa Rica for sure.