Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic República Dominicana (Spanish)
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Dios, Patria, Libertad" (Spanish) "God, Homeland, Freedom"
Anthem: ¡Quisqueyanos Valientes! Valiant Quisqueyans!

Capital and largest city	Santo Domingo 19°00′N70°40′W / 19.000°N 70.667°W / 19.000; -70.667
Official languages	Spanish
Ethnic groups (2014)^[1]^[2]	70.4% Mixed —58.0% Mestizo/indio^[a] —12.4% Mulatto 15.8% Black 13.5% White 0.3% Other
Religion (2017)^[1]	69.1% Christianity —47.8% Catholicism —21.3% Protestantism 28.0% No religion 2.2% Others 0.7% Undeclared
Demonym(s)	Dominican Quisqueyan (colloquial)^[3]
Government	Unitary presidential republic^[4]

• President	Luis Abinader
• Vice President	Raquel Peña de Antuña

Legislature	Congress
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	Chamber of Deputies
Formation

• Captaincy General of Santo Domingo	1492–1795
• French Santo Domingo	1795–1809
• Spanish reconquest of Santo Domingo	1809–1821^[5]
• Ephemeral Independence	1821–1822
• Unification of Hispaniola	1822–1844
• First Republic	1844–1861^[6]
• Spanish occupation	1861–1865
• Second Republic	1865–1916
• United States occupation	1916–1924
• Third Republic	1924–1965^[7]
• Fourth Republic	1966–present

Area
• Total	48,671 km² (18,792 sq mi) (128th)
• Water (%)	0.7^[4]
Population
• 2018 estimate	10,878,246^[8] (86th)
• 2010 census	9,445,281^[9]
• Density	220/km² (569.8/sq mi) (65th)
GDP (PPP)	2020 estimate
• Total	$215.999 billion^[10]
• Per capita	$20,625^[10]
GDP (nominal)	2020 estimate
• Total	$96.291 billion^[10]
• Per capita	$9,195 ^[10]
Gini (2018)	43.7^[11] medium
HDI (2019)	0.756^[12] high · 88th
Currency	Dominican peso^[5] (DOP)
Time zone	UTC – 4:00^[4] (Atlantic Standard Time)
Driving side	right
Calling code	+1-809, +1-829, +1-849
ISO 3166 code	DO
Internet TLD	.do^[4]
Sources for area, capital, coat of arms, coordinates, flag, language, motto and names: ^[5] For an alternate area figure of 48,730 km² (18,810 sq mi), calling code 809 and Internet TLD: ^[4]

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Contents

Introduction

Geography

Demographics

Environment

Government

Economy

Energy

Telecommunications

Transportation

Military

Transnational Issues

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