Introduction to San Pedro de Macoris

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San Pedro de Macoris is a city in the same named province in the Dominican Republic.

Located on the southern coast of the Dominican Republic, in a distance of 75km east of the Dominican capital Santo Domingo and 45km east of the International Airport of "Las Americas" (SDQ), counting some 140.000 habitants.

San Pedro is a sugarcane, baseball, university and tourist city.

Sugarcane is the main industry in San Pedro, which is surrounded by sugarcane fields.

The University UCE (University - Central of the East) has an international reputation for excellent medical knowledge and training. Many students from all over the world, mostly from the USA, are in San Pedro - to become a Doctor.

Further, San Pedro seems to have very good presuppositions to create world class baseball players - for example Jorge Bell and Samy Sosa.

In San Pedro you will find a very alive and colorful small town, with colonial buildings and a very authentic Caribbean flair.

Drive along the "Malecon" - the Ocean Promenade and the Central Park, through some small streets where the market is located and get a complete impression of the Dominican way of live.