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Dominican Republic

DO / DOM 18.8°, -70.2°

The Dominican Republic is an island country on the eastern part of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea in the North Atlantic Ocean. It shares a maritime border with Puerto Rico to the east and a land border with Haiti to the west, occupying the eastern five-eighths of Hispaniola which, along with Saint Martin, is one of only two islands in the Caribbean shared by two sovereign states. In the Antilles, the country is the second-largest by area after Cuba at 48,671 square kilometers (18,792 sq mi) and the second most populous after Haiti with approximately 11.4 million people in 2024, of whom 3.6 million reside in the metropolitan area of Santo Domingo, the capital city.

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People are called

Dominican

Driving side

Right

Calling code

+1809

Capital

Santo Domingo

Population

10,760,028

Area

48,670 km2

Climate

Tropical

Government

Presidential republic

Currency

Dominican peso

Languages

Spanish

Sells

medical instruments, tobacco, gold, garments

Sells to

USA 52%, Switzerland 7%, Haiti 6%

Land borders

1: Haiti

Drives on the

right

Calling code

+1809

Founded

1844

Hemisphere

Northern

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

Dominican

These are English demonyms for people from Dominican Republic. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

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SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

Civilizations, flags & standards

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Turning points

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Religion: state & society

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BEYOND THE MAP

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Pico Duarte

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Where it is

Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

Spanishofficial

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What it sells, and to whom

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Farms and fisheries

sugarcane
bananas
papayas
plantains
avocados
rice

Largest cities

Santo Domingo capital	2,201,941
Santiago de los Caballeros	1,200,000
Santo Domingo Oeste	701,269
Santo Domingo Este	700,000
San Pedro de Macorís	217,899

Wars and conflicts

Conflicts this country is attached to. Click one to see the others. Each says what kind of claim it is: a principal belligerent is hand-checked against the modern state that succeeded the power that fought, while a recorded participant comes from the bulk import, which does not separate combat from funding, basing, occupation or reconstruction. Neither list is complete, so a country missing from a war may still have taken part — which is why the quiz no longer asks who fought in what.

Iraq War2003–2011 recorded participant War of Dominican Independence1844–1856 recorded participant Dominican Restoration War1863–1865 recorded participant

Money, belief and alliances

Money

Dominican peso

Belongs to

Organization of American States United Nations World Meteorological Organization International Development Association Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency International Bank for Reconstruction and Development UNESCO Central American Bank for Economic Integration World Health Organization Interpol World Trade Organization International Hydrographic Organization Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean Universal Postal Union

Climate and geography

tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation; seasonal variation in rainfall

Climate zone

Tropical

Highest point

Pico Duarte

Landmarks and landscapes

Zona Colonial

Northern hemisphere.

Land borders (1)

Haiti

In charge right now

Luis Abinader Head of state and government

Figures from its history

Juan Pablo Duarte Founding father Juan Pablo Duarte y Díez was a Dominican military leader, writer, activist, and nationalist politician who was the foremost of the Founding Fathers of the Dominican Republic and bears the title of Father of the Nation.

Rafael Trujillo Dictator, 1930-1961 Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina, nicknamed "El Jefe", was a Dominican military officer and dictator who ruled the Dominican Republic from August 1930 until his assassination in May 1961.