Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic (Listeni /dɒmˌɪnɪkən rɪˈpʌblɪk/; Spaingie: República Dominicana, pronoonced ) is a naition on the island o Hispaniola, pairt o the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region.
The wastren third o the island is occupied bi the naition o Haiti, makin Hispaniola ane o twa Caribbean islands that are shared bi twa kintras. Baith bi aurie an population, the Dominican Republic is the seicont lairgest Caribbean naition (efter Cuba), wi 48,442 square kilometres (18,704 sq mi) an an estimatit 10 million fowk.
Dominican Republic República Dominicana (Spaingie) | |
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 Banner  Coat o airms | |
Motto: "Dios, Patria, Libertad" (Spaingie) "God, Hameland, Freedom" | |
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| Caipital and largest city | Santo Domingo 19°00′N 70°40′W / 19.000°N 70.667°W |
| Offeecial leids | Spaingie |
| Ethnic groups (1960a) |
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| Demonym(s) | Dominican |
| Govrenment | Unitar presidential republic |
• Preses | Danilo Medina |
• Vice Preses | Margarita Cedeño de Fernández |
| Legislatur | Congress |
• Upper house | Senate |
• Lower house | Chaumer o Deputes |
| Unthirldom | |
• frae Spain (ephemeral) | December 1, 1821 |
• frae Haiti (offeecial) | Februar 27, 1844 (not recognized by Haiti until November 9, 1874)c |
• frae Spain (restoration) | August 16, 1863 (recognised on March 3, 1865) |
• frae the Unitit States (occupation) | Julie 12, 1924 |
| Aurie | |
• Total | 48,315 km2 (18,655 sq mi) (128th) |
• Water (%) | 0.7 |
| Population | |
• 2017 estimate | 10,800,857 (86t) |
• 2010 census | 9,478,612 |
• Density | 224/km2 (580.2/sq mi) (65t) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate |
• Total | $174.180 billion (72nt) |
• Per capita | $17,096 (76t) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate |
• Tot | $76.850 billion (67t) |
• Per capita | $7,543 (74t) |
| Gini (2012) |  47.1heich |
| HDI (2015) |  0.732heich · 99t |
| Currency | Peso (DOP) |
| Time zone | UTC −4:00 (Staundart Time Caribbean) |
| Drivin side | richt |
| Cawin code | +1-809, +1-829, +1-849 |
| ISO 3166 code | DO |
| Internet TLD | .do |
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Soorces for aurie, caipital, coat o airms, coordinates, banner, leid, motto an names: For an alternate aurie feegur o 48,730 km2, cryin code 809 an Internet TLD: | |
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