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Dominican Republic Americas

DOMOfficially known as: Dominican Republic

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Caribbean, eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti.

The Taino -- indigenous inhabitants of Hispaniola prior to the arrival of Europeans -- divided the island now known as the Dominican Republic and Hait ...

Latitude: 19
Longitude: -70.6667

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Latitude: 39.04372
Longitude: -77.48749
Home country: United States

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Distance to Dominican Republic:
2,323.447 km

Terrain:

Rugged highlands and mountains interspersed with fertile valleys.

Natural Resources:

Nickel, bauxite, gold, silver, arable land.

Industries:

Tourism, sugar processing, gold mining, textiles, cement, tobacco, electrical components, medical devices.

Population: 10,815,857

Coastal development is significant, especially in the southern coastal plains and the Cibao Valley, where population density is highest; smaller population clusters exist in the interior mountains (Cordillera Central).

Area: 48,671 km²

slightly more than twice the size of New Jersey

Shares island of Hispaniola with Haiti (eastern two-thirds makes up the Dominican Republic, western one-third is Haiti); the second largest country in the Antilles (after Cuba); geographically diverse with the Caribbean's tallest mountain, Pico Duarte, and lowest elevation and largest lake, Lago Enriquillo.

Code	Language
spa	Spanish

Spanish (official)

Code	Currency	Symbol
DOP	Dominican peso	$

Capital City: Santo Domingo

Local time: Thursday, December 11 at 11:37 am (GMT-04:00)

The flag of the Dominican Republic is divided into four rectangles by a centered white cross that extends to the edges of the field and bears the national coat of arms in its center. The upper hoist-side and lower fly-side rectangles are blue and the lower hoist-side and upper fly-side rectangles are red.