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is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Dominican Republic:

Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares wit ...

– sovereign state occupying the eastern five-eighths of the island of

Hispaniola Hispaniola (, also ; es, La Española; Latin and french: Hispaniola; ht, Ispayola; tnq, Ayiti or Quisqueya) is an island in the Caribbean that is part of the Greater Antilles. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and th ...

, in the

Greater Antilles The Greater Antilles ( es, Grandes Antillas or Antillas Mayores; french: Grandes Antilles; ht, Gwo Zantiy; jam, Grieta hAntiliiz) is a grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea, including Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and ...

archipelago in the

Caribbean The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ...

region. Its capital,

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, was Western Europe's first permanent settlement in, and the first seat of Spanish colonial rule in the

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. For most of its independent history, the nation experienced political turmoil and unrest, suffering through many non-representative and tyrannical governments. Since the death of military dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina in 1961, the Dominican Republic has moved toward

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General reference

* Common English country : The

* Official English country name: The

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(s): * Official indonym(s): * Adjectival(s): Dominican *

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(s): *

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: Name of the Dominican Republic * International rankings of the Dominican Republic *

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* International rankings of the Dominican Republic

Geography of the Dominican Republic

Geography of the Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic (Spanish: ''República Dominicana'') is a country in the West Indies that occupies the eastern five-eighths of Hispaniola. It has an area of 48,670 km2, including offshore islands. The land border shared with Haiti, whi ...

* the Dominican Republic is: an

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* Population of the Dominican Republic: * Area of the Dominican Republic: 48,670 km² * Atlas of the Dominican Republic

Location of the Dominican Republic

Location of the Dominican Republic – The Dominican Republic is located within the following regions or bodies of water: *

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North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...

(though not on the mainland) – Greater

may be geographically subdivided into Northern America, Central America, and the Caribbean *

Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...

North Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the "Old World" of Africa, Europe an ...

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West Indies The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea that includes 13 independent island countries and 18 dependencies and other territories in three major archipelagos: the Greater A ...

– region comprising the

Antilles The Antilles (; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Antiy; es, Antillas; french: Antilles; nl, Antillen; ht, Antiy; pap, Antias; Jamaican Patois: ''Antiliiz'') is an archipelago bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the south and west, the Gulf of Mex ...

and the

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Mar Caribe The Caribbean Sea ( es, Mar Caribe; french: Mer des Caraïbes; ht, Lanmè Karayib; jam, Kiaribiyan Sii; nl, Caraïbische Zee; pap, Laman Karibe) is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico ...

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Caribbean Sea The Caribbean Sea ( es, Mar Caribe; french: Mer des Caraïbes; ht, Lanmè Karayib; jam, Kiaribiyan Sii; nl, Caraïbische Zee; pap, Laman Karibe) is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico ...

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Caribbean Islands Almost all of the Caribbean islands are in the Caribbean Sea, with only a few in inland lakes. The largest island is Cuba. Other sizable islands include Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago. Some of the smaller islands are re ...

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Antillas The Antilles (; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Antiy; es, Antillas; french: Antilles; nl, Antillen; ht, Antiy; pap, Antias; Jamaican Patois: ''Antiliiz'') is an archipelago bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the south and west, the Gulf of Mex ...

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Antillas Mayores The Greater Antilles ( es, Grandes Antillas or Antillas Mayores; french: Grandes Antilles; ht, Gwo Zantiy; jam, Grieta hAntiliiz) is a grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea, including Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and ...

'' (

) – comprise the four Caribbean islands of

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...

, and

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated ...

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La Española Hispaniola (, also ; es, La Española; Latin and french: Hispaniola; ht, Ispayola; tnq, Ayiti or Quisqueya) is an island in the Caribbean that is part of the Greater Antilles. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and t ...

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) – an island, which it shares with

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...

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( UTC-04)

Locations within the Dominican Republic

* Extreme points of the Dominican Republic ** High:

Pico Duarte Pico Duarte is the highest peak in the Dominican Republic, on the island of Hispaniola and in all the Caribbean. At above sea level, it gives the Dominican Republic the 16th-highest maximum elevation of any island in the world. Additionally, it ...

– highest point in the

** Low:

Lago Enriquillo Lake Enriquillo ( es, Lago Enriquillo) is a hypersaline lake in the Dominican Republic located in the southwestern region of the country. Its waters are shared between the provinces of Bahoruco and Independencia, the latter of which borders Hait ...

– lowest point on any ocean

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* Land boundaries: 360 km * Coastline: 1,288 km

Environment of the Dominican Republic

* Climate of the Dominican Republic * Protected areas of the Dominican Republic ** Biosphere reserves in the Dominican Republic **

National parks of the Dominican Republic National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...

*** Armando Bermúdez National Park ***

Cueva de las Maravillas National Park The Parque nacional Cueva de las Maravillas (English: ''Cave of wonders National Park'') is a national park located approximately 15 kilometres (9 miles ) east from San Pedro de Macorís and 10 kilometres (7 miles) west from La Romana, in the so ...

*** Parque Nacional Del Este *** El Choco National Park ***

Jaragua National Park Jaragua National Park ( es, Parque Nacional Jaragua) is a national park of the Dominican Republic. Jaragua National Park is located in the Pedernales Province in the extreme southwest of the Dominican Republic. Jaragua National Park has a total ar ...

*** José del Carmen Ramírez National Park ***

Los Haitises National Park Los Haitises National Park is a national park located on the remote northeast coast of the Dominican Republic that was established in 1976. It consists of a limestone karst plateau with conical hills, sinkholes and caverns, and there is a large ar ...

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Monte Cristi National Park Monte Cristi National Park (''Parque National Monte Cristi'') is a national park on the Caribbean Island of Hispaniola that extends from the borders of Haiti to Punta Rucia in the Dominican Republic and covers an area of 550 km². It contains ...

* Wildlife of the Dominican Republic ** Fauna of the Dominican Republic ***

Amphibians of the Dominican Republic Amphibians are four-limbed and ectothermic vertebrates of the class Amphibia. All living amphibians belong to the group Lissamphibia. They inhabit a wide variety of habitats, with most species living within terrestrial, fossorial, arboreal ...

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Birds of the Dominican Republic Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight s ...

**** The Birds of Haiti and the Dominican Republic *** Insects of the Dominican Republic **** Butterflies of the Dominican Republic ***

Mammals of the Dominican Republic Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding (nursing) their young, a neocortex (a region of the brain), fur or ...

*** Reptiles of the Dominican Republic ****

Dominican slider The Dominican slider (''Trachemys stejnegeri vicina'') is a subspecies of turtle in the family Emydidae. It is endemic to the island of Hispaniola (split between the Dominican Republic and Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officia ...

– species of turtle **

Flora of the Dominican Republic The flora of the Dominican Republic is diverse. Species * '' Abarema abbottii'' * '' Aiphanes minima'' * ''Akrosida floribunda'' * '' Ardisia escallonioides'' * ''Aulacomnium palustre'' * ''Bactris plumeriana'' * ''Boerhavia diffusa'' * '' Buddle ...

Natural geographic features of the Dominican Republic

Islands of the Dominican Republic Almost all of the Caribbean Island, islands are in the Caribbean Sea, with only a few in inland lakes. The largest island is Cuba. Other sizable islands include Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago. Some of the smaller islands ...

* Lakes of the Dominican Republic **

Lake Enriquillo Lake Enriquillo ( es, Lago Enriquillo) is a hypersaline lake in the Dominican Republic located in the southwestern region of the country. Its waters are shared between the provinces of Bahoruco and Independencia, the latter of which borders Hait ...

Los Tres Ojos The Three Eyes National Park ( es, Parque Nacional Los Tres Ojos) is a 50-yard open-air limestone cave located in the Mirador del Este park, in the Santo Domingo Este municipality of the Dominican Republic. A series of three lakes, or ''ojos'', ...

** Lago de Oviedo *

Mountains of the Dominican Republic A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher th ...

Rivers of the Dominican Republic A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

* Other geographic features ** Cape Engaño * World Heritage Sites in the Dominican Republic ** Colonial City of Santo Domingo

Regions of the Dominican Republic

Geographic Regions of the Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic is divided into three macro-regions, which are in turn divided into ten regions. In 1858 the country was divided in 3 departments: Cibao (North), Ozama (Southwest), and Seybo (Southeast). References {{Dominican R ...

Ecoregions of the Dominican Republic

Hispaniolan moist forests The Hispaniolan moist forests are a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion on the island of Hispaniola. They cover , around 60% of the island's area. Geography Moist forests occur on most of the eastern half the Dominican Republic, stretc ...

Hispaniolan pine forests The Hispaniolan pine forests are a subtropical coniferous forest ecoregion found on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, which is shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The ecoregion covers , or about 15% of the island. It lies at elevatio ...

Administrative divisions of the Dominican Republic

= Provinces of the Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic, administrative divisions - de - colored

Provinces of the Dominican Republic A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outsi ...

– in alphabetical order: ** Distrito Azua ** Distrito Baoruco ** Distrito Alfredo Antonio Villa ** Distrito Dajabón **

Distrito Nacional The Distrito Nacional (; D.N.) is a subdivision of the Dominican Republic enclosing the capital Santo Domingo. It is not in any of the Provinces of the Dominican Republic, provinces, but in practice, it acts as a province on its own. Before Octobe ...

** Distrito Duarte ** Distrito Gucci ** Distrito Prada ** Distrito Orange ** Distrito Mirabal ** Distrito FENDI ** DistritoAltagracia ** Distrito Romana ** Distrito Vega ** Distrito Trinidad Sánchez ** Distrito Monseñor Nouel ** Distrito Cristi ** Distrito Plata ** Distrito VILLA BLANCO AMARILLO ** Distrito Peravia ** Distrito Puerto Plata ** Distrito Samaná ** Distrito Cristóbal ** Distrito San José de Ocoa ** San Juan Province ** Distrito San Pedro de Macorís ** Distrito Ramirez ** Santiago Province ** Distrito Antonio ** Distrito Alfredo Villa ** Distrito Valverde * List of Dominican Provinces by date of provincehood * Ranked list of Dominican provinces

= Municipalities of the Dominican Republic

= *

Municipalities of the Dominican Republic The municipalities of the Dominican Republic are, after the regions and the provinces, the third level of the political and administrative division of the Dominican Republic. The division of provinces into municipalities (''municipios'') is estab ...

Capital Capital may refer to: Common uses * Capital city, a municipality of primary status ** List of national capital cities * Capital letter, an upper-case letter Economics and social sciences * Capital (economics), the durable produced goods used f ...

of the Dominican Republic:

** Cities of the Dominican Republic

Demography of the Dominican Republic

Demographics of the Dominican Republic This is a demography of the population of the Dominican Republic including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Population The are ...

* 1950 Dominican Republic Census * 1960 Dominican Republic Census * 1970 Dominican Republic Census * 2010 Dominican Republic Census

Government and politics of the Dominican Republic

Politics of the Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic is a representative democracy, where the President of the Dominican Republic functions as both the head of the government and head of the multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power ...

Form of government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...

of the Dominican Republic:

Elections in the Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic is a unitary state with elected officials at the national and local levels. On a national level, head of state, the President, is elected directly by the people. All members of a national legislature, The Congress of the R ...

**Republic World GOVERNMENT CENTRAL INSTITUTION :

1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hol ...

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1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be ...

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1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...

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1938 Events January * January 1 ** The Constitution of Estonia#Third Constitution (de facto 1938–1940, de jure 1938–1992), new constitution of Estonia enters into force, which many consider to be the ending of the Era of Silence and the a ...

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1942 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in wh ...

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1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in ...

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1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

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1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th y ...

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1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...

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1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

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1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...

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1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...

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1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...

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1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...

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1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...

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1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ...

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1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...

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2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

** Republic World GOVERNMENT CENTRAL INSTITUTION:

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

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2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

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2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

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2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

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1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...

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2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

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2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

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2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

Political parties in the Dominican Republic This article lists political parties in the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic has a multi-party system, with two or three strong parties and a third party that is electorally successful. Parties Major parties The PRM and PLD are ...

** Major parties ***

Dominican Liberation Party The Dominican Liberation Party (Spanish: Partido de la Liberación Dominicana, referred to here by its Spanish acronym, the PLD) is a political party in the Dominican Republic. Founded in 1973 by former president Juan Bosch, the party, along ...

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Modern Revolutionary Party The Modern Revolutionary Party ( es, Partido Revolucionario Moderno or PRM) is a political party in the Dominican Republic. It emerged after a new division within the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD). It was recognized on 9 September 2014. Th ...

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Dominican Revolutionary Party The Dominican Revolutionary Party ( es, link=no, Partido Revolucionario Dominicano, PRD) is a political party in the Dominican Republic. Traditionally a left-of-centre party and social democratic in nature, the party has shifted since the 200 ...

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Social Christian Reformist Party The Social Christian Reformist Party ( es, Partido Reformista Social Cristiano, PRSC) is a Christian democratic right-wing political party in the Dominican Republic. It was established on July 24, 1984, by the union of Joaquín Balaguer's ' ...

** Minor parties *** Alliance for Democracy *** Broad Front *** Christian Democratic Union *** Christian People's Party ***

Dominican Humanist Party The Dominican Humanist Party () is a minor humanist Humanism is a philosophical stance that emphasizes the individual and social potential and agency of human beings. It considers human beings the starting point for serious moral and ph ...

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Dominican Workers' Party The Dominican Workers Party ( es, Partido de los Trabajadores Dominicanos, PTD) was a communist party in the Dominican Republic founded in 1979. The leader and secretary general of the party was José González Espinosa. In the 16 May 2006 electio ...

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Green Socialist Party The Green Socialist Party () is a minor political party of the Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Carib ...

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Independent Revolutionary Party The Independent Revolutionary Party (PRI) ( es, Partido Revolucionario Independiente) is a minor political party of the Dominican Republic, without parliamentary representation after the 16 May 2006 election. The PRI was created by Jacobo Majluta a ...

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Institutional Social Democratic Bloc The Social Democratic Institutional Bloc (, or BIS) is a left-wing populist, democratic socialist, social democratic and left-wing nationalist political party in the Dominican Republic. History Established in 1989,Steven Levitsky, James Loxton, ...

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Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. __TOC__ Active liberal parties This is a li ...

*** National Civic Veterans Party ***

National Progressive Force The National Progressive Force ( es, Fuerza Nacional Progresista o FNP), is a political party in the Dominican Republic, with a self-described centre-right position, although according to some, the policies it defends (mainly on moral and migrat ...

*** National Renaissance Party ***

National Unity Party The National Unity Party, National United Party, Party of National Unity or National Unity Front may refer to: * National United Party of Afghanistan (founded 2003) * National Unity Party (Albania) * National United Party (Armenia), defunct * Natio ...

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People's Democratic Party People's Democratic Party or ''variant thereof'', could refer to: * People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan *People's Democratic Party (Belize) *People's Democratic Party (Bhutan) *People's Democratic Party (Chile) * People's Democratic Party (Dom ...

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Quisqueyano Christian Democratic Party The Quisqueyano Christian Democratic Party () is a minor social-conservative, nationalist, Christian-democratic political party of the Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on th ...

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Revolutionary Social Democratic Party The Revolutionary Social Democratic Party ( es, Partido Revolucionario Social Demócrata) is a minor political party of the Dominican Republic. It is without parliamentary representation despite have gained 1.6 percent of the vote after counting o ...

Branches of the government of the Dominican Republic

Government of the Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic is a representative democracy, where the President of the Dominican Republic functions as both the head of the government and head of the multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power ...

Executive branch of the government of the Dominican Republic

National Palace Buildings called National Palace include: *National Palace (Dominican Republic), in Santo Domingo *National Palace (El Salvador), in San Salvador *National Palace (Ethiopia), in Addis Ababa; also known as the Jubilee Palace *National Palace (Guatema ...

– main building of the executive branch, including the offices of the president and vice president *

Head of state A head of state (or chief of state) is the public persona who officially embodies a state Foakes, pp. 110–11 " he head of statebeing an embodiment of the State itself or representatitve of its international persona." in its unity and l ...

President of the Dominican Republic The president of the Dominican Republic ( es, Presidente de la República Dominicana) is both the head of state and head of government of the Dominican Republic. The presidential system was established in 1844, following the proclamation of th ...

Danilo Medina Danilo Medina Sánchez ( : born 10 November 1951) is a Dominican politician who was President of the Dominican Republic from 2012 to 2020. Medina previously served as Chief of Staff to the President of the Dominican Republic from 1996 to 1999 ...

Head of government The head of government is the highest or the second-highest official in the executive branch of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, autonomous region, or other government who often presides over a cabinet, a gro ...

** Dominican presidential line of succession **

Presidents of the Dominican Republic The president of the Dominican Republic ( es, Presidente de la República Dominicana) is both the head of state and head of government of the Dominican Republic. The presidential system was established in 1844, following the proclamation of th ...

** Vice President of the Dominican Republic *

Cabinet of the Dominican Republic The Cabinet of the Dominican Republic is chosen by the President of the Dominican Republic, President of the Republic and can be removed by the president at any time. The cabinet ministers were known as Secretaries of State until 26 January 2010 wi ...

Ministries of the Dominican Republic The Ministries of the Dominican Republic (Spanish: ''Ministerios de la República Dominicana'') are the primary units of the executive branch of the government of the Dominican Republic. These offices were formerly known as Secretaries of State (Sp ...

Ministry of Economy A ministry of economy, ministry of commerce, ministry of economic affairs or department of commerce is a part of the government in most countries that is responsible for matters related to the economy or economic policy. List Examples of such mini ...

Ministry of Finance A ministry of finance is a part of the government in most countries that is responsible for matters related to the finance. Lists of current ministries of finance Named "Ministry" * Ministry of Finance (Afghanistan) * Ministry of Finance and Eco ...

** Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology

Legislative branch of the government of the Dominican Republic

Congress of the Dominican Republic The Congress of the Dominican Republic ( es, Congreso de la República Dominicana) is the bicameral legislature of the government of the Dominican Republic, consisting of two houses, the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. Both senators and deput ...

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bicameral Bicameralism is a type of legislature, one divided into two separate assemblies, chambers, or houses, known as a bicameral legislature. Bicameralism is distinguished from unicameralism, in which all members deliberate and vote as a single grou ...

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Upper house An upper house is one of two Debate chamber, chambers of a bicameralism, bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house.''Bicameralism'' (1997) by George Tsebelis The house formally designated as the upper house is usually smalle ...

Senate of the Dominican Republic The Senate of the Dominican Republic ( es, Senado de la República Dominicana) is the upper house in the Bicameralism, bicameral legislature of the Dominican Republic, and together with the Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic, Chamber ...

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Presidents of the Senate of the Dominican Republic President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese f ...

Lower house A lower house is one of two Debate chamber, chambers of a Bicameralism, bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house. Despite its official position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide, the lower house has co ...

Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic The Chamber of Deputies ( es, Cámara de Diputados) is the Lower house of the Congress which, along with the Senate, composes the legislature of the Dominican Republic. The composition and powers of the House are established by Constitution of t ...

*** Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic

Judicial branch of the government of the Dominican Republic

Judiciary of the Dominican Republic The judiciary is one of the three branches of state that make up the government of the Dominican Republic. Its function is to administer justice, for free, to decide on disputes between individuals or corporations, private or public, in every type ...

Supreme Court of the Dominican Republic The Supreme Court of the Dominican Republic (known by its acronym, SCJ) is the highest court existing in the Republic and is, therefore, the head of the judiciary in the country. The Supreme Court is the final court empowered to administer justice, ...

Foreign relations of the Dominican Republic

Foreign relations of the Dominican Republic The foreign relations of the Dominican Republic are the Dominican Republic's relations with other governments. The Dominican Republic has a close relationship with the United States and with the other states of the Inter-American system. It has ac ...

Foreign Ministers of the Dominican Republic Foreign may refer to: Government * Foreign policy, how a country interacts with other countries * Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in many countries ** Foreign Office, a department of the UK government ** Foreign office and foreign minister * United S ...

Dominican Republic passport Dominican Republic passports are issued to citizens of the Dominican Republic to travel outside the country. Along with Cuba and Haiti, the Dominican Republic passport is considered the weakest passport in Latin America for traveling. Contro ...

Diplomatic missions in the Dominican Republic Diplomatics (in American English, and in most anglophone countries), or diplomatic (in British English), is a scholarly discipline centred on the critical analysis of documents: especially, historical documents. It focuses on the conventions, p ...

* Diplomatic missions of the Dominican Republic * Ambassadors from the Dominican Republic to Chile * Ambassadors from the Dominican Republic to the United States *

Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the Dominican Republic An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sov ...

Dominican Republic–Haiti relations Dominican Republic–Haiti relations refers to the diplomatic relations between the Dominican Republic and the Republic of Haiti. Relations have long been complex due to the substantial ethnic and cultural differences between the two nations an ...

Dominican Republic–Mexico relations The nations of the Dominican Republic and Mexico established diplomatic relations in 1890. Both nations have over the years joined several multilateral forums and are members of the Association of Caribbean States, Community of Latin American and ...

* Dominican Republic–Taiwan relations *

Embassy of the Dominican Republic in Washington, D.C. A diplomatic mission or foreign mission is a group of people from a state or organization present in another state to represent the sending state or organization officially in the receiving or host state. In practice, the phrase usually deno ...

Embassy of the Dominican Republic, London The Embassy of the Dominican Republic in London is the diplomatic mission of the Dominican Republic in the United Kingdom. References Other linksOfficial site {{Diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom Dominican Republic The Dominic ...

United States Ambassador to the Dominican Republic This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to the Dominican Republic. List of ambassadors See also *Dominican Republic – United States relations *Foreign relations of the Dominican Republic *Ambassadors of the United States Referenc ...

* Heads of missions from the Dominican Republic *

Dominican Republic–United States relations Dominican Republic–United States relations are bilateral relations between the Dominican Republic and the United States of America. There are around 200,000 Americans expats in the Dominican Republic, and a little over 2 million Dominicans live ...

Dominican Republic–Uruguay relations Dominican Republic–Uruguay relations refers to the diplomatic relations between the Dominican Republic and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay. Both nations are members of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, Group of 77, Organizat ...

International organization membership

The Dominican Republic is a member of: *

African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States The Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) is a group of countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that was created by the Georgetown Agreement in 1975. Formerly known as African, Caribbean and Pacific Group ...

(ACP) *

Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean The OPANAL (which stands for el Organismo para la Proscripción de las Armas Nucleares en la América Latina y el Caribe) is an international organization which promotes a non-aggression pact and nuclear disarmament in much of the Americas. In Eng ...

(OPANAL) *

Caribbean Community and Common Market The Caribbean Community (CARICOM or CC) is an intergovernmental organization that is a political and economic union of 15 member states (14 nation-states and one dependency) throughout the Caribbean. They have primary objectives to promote econom ...

(Caricom) (observer) *

Central American Bank for Economic Integration The Central American Bank for Economic Integration - CABEI ( BCIE in Spanish) was founded in 1960. It is an international multilateral development financial institution. Its resources are invested in projects that foster development to reduce pov ...

(BCIE) *

Central American Integration System The Central American Integration System ( es, Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana, or SICA) has been the economic and political organization of Central American states since 1 February 1993. On 13 December 1991, the ODECA countries (Spa ...

(SICA) (associated member) *

Food and Agriculture Organization The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)french: link=no, Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture; it, Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'Alimentazione e l'Agricoltura is an intern ...

(FAO) *

Group of 77 The Group of 77 (G77) at the United Nations (UN) is a coalition of 134 developing countries, designed to promote its members' collective economic interests and create an enhanced joint negotiating capacity in the United Nations. There were 77 fou ...

(G77) *

Inter-American Development Bank The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB or IADB) is an international financial institution headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States of America, and serving as the largest source of development financing for Latin America and the Caribb ...

(IADB) *

International Atomic Energy Agency The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an intergovernmental organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons. It was established in 1957 ...

(IAEA) *

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) is an international financial institution, established in 1944 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, that is the lending arm of World Bank Group. The IBRD offers l ...

(IBRD) *

International Chamber of Commerce The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC; French: ''Chambre de commerce internationale'') is the largest, most representative business organization in the world. Its over 45 million members in over 100 countries have interests spanning every s ...

(ICC) *

International Civil Aviation Organization The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO, ) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that coordinates the principles and techniques of international air navigation, and fosters the planning and development of international sc ...

(ICAO) *

International Criminal Court The International Criminal Court (ICC or ICCt) is an intergovernmental organization and international tribunal seated in The Hague, Netherlands. It is the first and only permanent international court with jurisdiction to prosecute individuals ...

(ICCt) *

International Criminal Police Organization The International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO; french: link=no, Organisation internationale de police criminelle), commonly known as Interpol ( , ), is an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and cri ...

(Interpol) *

International Development Association The International Development Association (IDA) (french: link=no, Association internationale de développement) is an international financial institution which offers concessional loans and grants to the world's poorest developing countries. Th ...

(IDA) *

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is a worldwide humanitarian aid organization that reaches 160 million people each year through its 192-member National Societies. It acts before, during and after disas ...

(IFRCS) *

International Finance Corporation The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is an international financial institution that offers investment, advisory, and asset-management services to encourage private-sector development in less developed countries. The IFC is a member of t ...

(IFC) *

International Fund for Agricultural Development The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD; french: link=no, Fonds international de développement agricole (FIDA)) is an international financial institution and a specialised agency of the United Nations that works to address ...

(IFAD) *

International Hydrographic Organization The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) is an intergovernmental organisation representing hydrography. , the IHO comprised 98 Member States. A principal aim of the IHO is to ensure that the world's seas, oceans and navigable waters a ...

(IHO) (suspended) *

International Labour Organization The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency whose mandate is to advance social and economic justice by setting international labour standards. Founded in October 1919 under the League of Nations, it is the first and o ...

(ILO) *

International Maritime Organization The International Maritime Organization (IMO, French: ''Organisation maritime internationale'') is a specialised agency of the United Nations responsible for regulating shipping. The IMO was established following agreement at a UN conference ...

(IMO) *

International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution, headquartered in Washington, D.C., consisting of 190 countries. Its stated mission is "working to foster globa ...

(IMF) *

International Olympic Committee The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ...

(IOC) *

International Organization for Migration The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is a United Nations agency that provides services and advice concerning migration to governments and migrants, including internally displaced persons, refugees, and migrant workers. The IOM was ...

(IOM) *

International Organization for Standardization The International Organization for Standardization (ISO ) is an international standard development organization composed of representatives from the national standards organizations of member countries. Membership requirements are given in Ar ...

(ISO) (correspondent) *

International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide. It was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, an ...

(ICRM) *

International Telecommunication Union The International Telecommunication Union is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for many matters related to information and communication technologies. It was established on 17 May 1865 as the International Telegraph Unio ...

(ITU) *

International Telecommunications Satellite Organization The International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) is an intergovernmental organization charged with overseeing the public service obligations of Intelsat, which was privatized in 2001. It incorporates the principle set forth i ...

(ITSO) *

International Trade Union Confederation The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC); german: Internationaler Gewerkschaftsbund (IGB), link=no; es, Confederación Sindical Internacional (CSI), link=no. is the world's largest trade union federation. History The federation w ...

(ITUC) *

Inter-Parliamentary Union The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU; french: Union Interparlementaire, UIP) is an inter-parliamentary institution, international organization of national parliaments. Its primary purpose is to promote democratic governance, accountability, and coop ...

(IPU) *

Latin American Economic System The Latin American and the Caribbean Economic System, officially known as Sistema Económico Latinoamericano y del Caribe (SELA), is an organization founded in 1975 to promote economic cooperation and social development between Latin American and th ...

(LAES) *

Latin American Integration Association The Latin American Integration Association / Asociación Latinoamericana de Integración / Associação Latino-Americana de Integração (LAIA / ALADI) is an international and regional scope organization. It was created on 12 August 1980 by the ...

(LAIA) (observer) *

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) is an international financial institution which offers political risk insurance and credit enhancement guarantees. These guarantees help investors protect foreign direct investments against ...

(MIGA) *

Nonaligned Movement The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is a forum of 120 countries that are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. After the United Nations, it is the largest grouping of states worldwide. The movement originated in the aftermath ...

(NAM) *

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is an intergovernmental organisation and the implementing body for the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which entered into force on 29 April 1997. The OPCW, with its 193 member ...

(OPCW) (signatory) *

Organization of American States The Organization of American States (OAS; es, Organización de los Estados Americanos, pt, Organização dos Estados Americanos, french: Organisation des États américains; ''OEA'') is an international organization that was founded on 30 April ...

(OAS) *

Permanent Court of Arbitration The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) is a non-UN intergovernmental organization located in The Hague, Netherlands. Unlike a judicial court in the traditional sense, the PCA provides services of arbitral tribunal to resolve disputes that arise ...

(PCA) *

Rio Group The Rio Group (G-Rio) was a permanent association of political consultation of Latin America and Caribbean countries, created in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on December 18, 1986 with the purpose of creating a better political relationship among the cou ...

(RG) *'' Unión Latina'' *

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...

(UN) *

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is an intergovernmental organization within the United Nations Secretariat that promotes the interests of developing countries in world trade. It was established in 1964 by the ...

(UNCTAD) *

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ...

(UNESCO) *

United Nations Industrial Development Organization The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) (French: Organisation des Nations unies pour le développement industriel; French/Spanish acronym: ONUDI) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that assists countries in e ...

(UNIDO) *

Universal Postal Union The Universal Postal Union (UPU, french: link=no, Union postale universelle), established by the Treaty of Bern of 1874, is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that coordinates postal policies among member nations, in addition to t ...

(UPU) *

World Confederation of Labour The World Confederation of Labour (WCL) was an international labour organization founded in 1920 and based in Europe. Totalitarian governments of the 1930s repressed the federation and imprisoned many of its leaders, limiting operations until the ...

(WCL) *

World Customs Organization The World Customs Organization (WCO) is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. The WCO works on customs-related matters including the development of international conventions, instruments, and tools on topics suc ...

(WCO) *

World Federation of Trade Unions The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) is an international federation of trade unions established in 1945. Founded in the immediate aftermath of World War Two, the organization built on the pre-war legacy of the International Federation of ...

(WFTU) *

World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of h ...

(WHO) *

World Intellectual Property Organization The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO; french: link=no, Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle (OMPI)) is one of the list of specialized agencies of the United Nations, 15 specialized agencies of the United Nation ...

(WIPO) *

World Meteorological Organization The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for promoting international cooperation on atmospheric science, climatology, hydrology and geophysics. The WMO originated from the Internati ...

(WMO) *

World Tourism Organization The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is the United Nations specialized agency entrusted with the promotion of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism. Its headquarters are in Madrid, Spain. UNWTO is the leading internati ...

(UNWTO) *

World Trade Organization The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization that regulates and facilitates international trade. With effective cooperation in the United Nations System, governments use the organization to establish, revise, and e ...

(WTO)

Law and order in the Dominican Republic

Law of the Dominican Republic *

Constitution of the Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic has gone through 39 constitutions, more than any other country, since its independence in 1844. This statistic is a somewhat deceiving indicator of political stability, however, because of the Dominican practice of promulg ...

Crime in the Dominican Republic Crime in the Dominican Republic is investigated by the Dominican Republic National Police The Dominican National Police ( es, Policía Nacional Dominicana) is the national police force of the Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ...

** Human trafficking in the Dominican Republic * Human rights in the Dominican Republic **

Abortion in the Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic is one of 24 countries in the world and one of six in Latin America that has a complete ban on abortion. This complete ban includes situations in which a pregnant person’s life is at risk. Abortion was banned in all circum ...

LGBT rights in the Dominican Republic Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in the Dominican Republic do not enjoy the same rights as non-LGBT residents, and face legal and social challenges that are not experienced by other people. While the Dominican Criminal Co ...

Law enforcement in the Dominican Republic The Dominican National Police ( es, Policía Nacional Dominicana) is the national police force of the Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Gre ...

Dominican Republic National Police The Dominican National Police ( es, Policía Nacional Dominicana) is the national police force of the Dominican Republic. It is the largest police force in the Dominican Republic under the control of the Ministry of Interior and Police. Its mai ...

Military of the Dominican Republic

Military of the Dominican Republic The Armed Forces of the Dominican Republic ( es, Fuerzas Armadas de la República Dominicana) are the military forces of the Dominican Republic. They consist of approximately 56,000 active duty personnel. The president is the commander in chief o ...

* Command ** Commander-in-chief:

* Forces ** Army of the Dominican Republic **

Navy of the Dominican Republic The Navy of the Dominican Republic ( es, Armada de Republica Dominicana (ARD)), is one of the three branches of the Armed Forces of the Dominican Republic, together with the Army and the Air Force. History After the Dominican Republic gained i ...

Air Force of the Dominican Republic The Air Force of the Dominican Republic ( es, Fuerza Aérea de República Dominicana), is one of the three branches of the Armed Forces of the Dominican Republic, together with the Dominican Army, Army and the Dominican Navy, Navy. History At ...

Local government in the Dominican Republic

* Provincial governors in the Dominican Republic

History of the Dominican Republic

History of the Dominican Republic The recorded history of the Dominican Republic began in 1492 when the Genoa-born navigator Christopher Columbus, working for the Crown of Castile, happened upon a large island in the region of the western Atlantic Ocean that later came to be kno ...

History of the Dominican Republic, by period

* Prehistory of the Dominican Republic **

Chiefdoms of Hispaniola The chiefdoms of Hispaniola (''cacicazgo'' in Spanish) were the primary political units employed by the Taíno inhabitants of Hispaniola (Taíno: ''Ayiti'', ''Quisqueya'', or ''Bohio'') in the early historical era. At the time of European conta ...

Captaincy General of Santo Domingo The Captaincy General of Santo Domingo ( es, Capitanía General de Santo Domingo ) was the first colony in the New World, established by Spain in 1492 on the island of Hispaniola. The colony, under the jurisdiction of the Real Audiencia of Santo ...

(1492–1795) – the island of Hispaniola came under Spanish tyranny starting with the arrival of Christopher Columbus. Most of the indigenous

Taíno The Taíno were a historic Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean, indigenous people of the Caribbean whose culture has been continued today by Taíno descendant communities and Taíno revivalist communities. At the time of European contact in the ...

folk were wiped out by disease, enslavement, or war. *

Spanish reconquest of Santo Domingo The war for Spanish reestablishment in Santo Domingo, better known as the Reconquista, was fought between November 7, 1808, and July 9, 1809. In 1808, following Napoleon's invasion of Spain, the ''criollos'' of Santo Domingo revolted against Fr ...

(1808–1809) – war that resulted in España Boba **

Colonial governors of Santo Domingo Colonial or The Colonial may refer to: * Colonial, of, relating to, or characteristic of a colony or colony (biology) Architecture * American colonial architecture * French Colonial * Spanish Colonial architecture Automobiles * Colonial (1920 au ...

* French colony 1795–1809 *

España Boba In the history of the Dominican Republic, the period of ''España Boba'' (Spanish: "Meek Spain") lasted from 1809 to 1821, during which the Captaincy General of Santo Domingo was under Spanish rule, but the Spanish government exercised minimal ...

(1809–1821) *

Unification of Hispaniola The Haitian occupation of Santo Domingo ( es, Ocupación haitiana de Santo Domingo; french: Occupation haïtienne de Saint-Domingue; ht, Okipasyon ayisyen nan Sen Domeng) was the annexation and merger of then-independent Republic of Spanish Hai ...

(1822–1844) – Haiti control over the whole island ** La Trinitaria (1838–1844) – secret society leading the fight for independence from Haiti **

Dominican War of Independence The Dominican War of Independence made the Dominican Republic a sovereign state on February 27, 1844. Before the war, the island of Hispaniola had been united for 22 years when the newly independent nation, previously known as the Captaincy Gen ...

(1844) * First Republic (1844–1861) *

Spanish occupation of the Dominican Republic In 1861, Dominican general Pedro Santana suggested retaking control of the Dominican Republic to Queen Isabella II of Spain, after a period of 17 years of Dominican sovereignty. The newly independent Dominican Republic was recovering economicall ...

(1861–1865) **

Dominican Restoration War The Dominican Restoration War or the Dominican War of Restoration () was a guerrilla war between 1863 and 1865 in the Dominican Republic between nationalists and Spain, who had recolonized the country 17 years after its independence. The war r ...

(1863–1865) * Second Republic (1865–1916) ** Dominican Civil War (1911–12) ** Dominican Civil War of 1914 *

United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916–24) Military occupations of the Dominican Republic have occurred several times, including: * Haitian occupation of the Dominican Republic, from 1822 to 1844 * * * * * *Spanish occupation of the Dominican Republic, from 1861 to 1865 *United States oc ...

Rafael Trujillo Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina ( , ; 24 October 189130 May 1961), nicknamed ''El Jefe'' (, "The Chief" or "The Boss"), was a Dominican dictator who ruled the Dominican Republic from February 1930 until his assassination in May 1961. He ser ...

– ruled the Dominican Republic as dictator from 1930 to 1961 **

Parsley Massacre The Parsley massacre (Spanish: ''el corte'' "the cutting"; Creole: ''kout kouto-a'' "the stabbing") (french: Massacre du Persil; es, Masacre del Perejil; ht, Masak nan Pèsil) was a mass killing of Haitians living in the Dominican Republic's nor ...

1965 in the Dominican Republic The following lists events that happened during 1965 in the Dominican Republic. Incumbents *President: ** until 25 April: Triumvirate ** 25 April: Revolutionary Committee ** 25–27 April: José Rafael Molina Ureña ** 27 April–4 May: Va ...

Dominican Civil War The Dominican Civil War (), also known as the April Revolution (), took place between April 24, 1965, and September 3, 1965, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. It started when civilian and military supporters of the overthrown democraticall ...

(1965) * 1980 Dominican Embassy siege in Bogotá * 2013 Dominican Republic–Haiti diplomatic crisis

History of the Dominican Republic, by region

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– founded by Christopher Columbus' younger brother,

Bartholomew Columbus Bartholomew Columbus ( lij, label= Genoese, Bertomê Corombo; pt, Bartolomeu Colombo; es, Bartolomé Colón; it, Bartolomeo Colombo; – 1515) was an Italian explorer from Genoa and the younger brother of Christopher Columbus. Biography Bor ...

, in 1496 **

Timeline of Santo Domingo The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. 15th century * 1492- First Viceroyalty in the New World is established in Santo Domingo ( Viceroyalty of the Indies) * 1496 - Spanish colony of ...

History of the Dominican Republic, by subject

* Earthquakes **

1946 Dominican Republic earthquake __NOTOC__ The 1946 Dominican Republic earthquake occurred on August 4 at 17:51 UTC near Samaná, Dominican Republic. The mainshock measured 7.8 on the moment magnitude scale and 8.1 on the surface wave magnitude scale. An aftershock occurred fou ...

1984 San Pedro Basin earthquake The 1984 San Pedro Basin earthquake occurred on June 24 at with a moment magnitude of 6.7 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (''Very strong''). The event occurred off the southern coast of the Dominican Republic and resulted in an estimate ...

** 2003 Dominican Republic earthquake * Hurricanes **

1930 Dominican Republic hurricane Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 '' Ab urbe condi ...

** Effects of Hurricane Georges in the Dominican Republic *

History of the Jews in the Dominican Republic The Sephardic Jews that were exiled from Spain and the Mediterranean area in 1492 and 1497, coupled with other migrations dating from the 1700s and during World War II contributed to Dominican ancestry. The number of known Jews (or those with ge ...

LGBT history in the Dominican Republic Sexual encounters in private between two adults are legal. Although homosexuality was decriminalized, LGBT Dominicans still endure discrimination and violence due to their sexual orientation and/or gender identity. In a 2014 poll, almost three qua ...

Massacres in the Dominican Republic A massacre is the killing of a large number of people or animals, especially those who are not involved in any fighting or have no way of defending themselves. A massacre is generally considered to be morally unacceptable, especially when per ...

Wars involving the Dominican Republic War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular o ...

Culture of the Dominican Republic

Culture of the Dominican Republic The culture of the Dominican Republic is a diverse mixture of different influences from around the world. The People of the Dominican Republic, Dominican people and their customs have origins consisting predominantly in a European culture, Europe ...

* Architecture in the Dominican Republic ** Cathedrals in the Dominican Republic ** Lighthouses in the Dominican Republic *

Cuisine of the Dominican Republic Dominican cuisine is made up of Spanish, indigenous Taíno, Middle Eastern and African influences. As in Spain, the largest, most important meal of the day is lunch. Its most typical form, nicknamed ''la bandera'' ("the flag"), consists of w ...

** Dominican rums * Festivals in the Dominican Republic ** Carnival in the Dominican Republic *

Languages of the Dominican Republic This is a demography of the population of the Dominican Republic including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Population The area ...

* National symbols of the Dominican Republic **

Coat of arms of the Dominican Republic The coat of arms of the Dominican Republic features a shield in similarly quartered colors as the flag, supported by a bay laurel branch (left) and a palm frond (right); above the shield, a blue ribbon displays the national motto: ''Dios, Patria, ...

Flag of the Dominican Republic The flag of the Dominican Republic represents the Dominican Republic and, together with the Coat of arms of the Dominican Republic, coat of arms and the National Anthem of the Dominican Republic, national anthem, has the status of a national ...

National anthem of the Dominican Republic The national anthem of the Dominican Republic ( es, Himno nacional de República Dominicana), also known by its incipit Valiant Quisqueyans ( es, Quisqueyanos valientes), was composed by José Rufino Reyes y Siancas (1835–1905), and its lyri ...

Prostitution in the Dominican Republic Prostitution in the Dominican Republic is legal, but related activities such as brothel-keeping or pimping are illegal. However, prostitution laws are generally not enforced. It is estimated that between 6,000 and 10,000 women work as prostitutes ...

Public holidays in the Dominican Republic This is a list of holidays in Dominican Republic. Public holidays * January 1: New Year's Day, national holiday * January 6: Epiphany (Dia de Los Reyes), national holiday * January 21: Our Lady of High Grace, national holiday * January 26: Du ...

* Scouting and Guiding in the Dominican Republic * World Heritage Sites in the Dominican Republic ** Colonial City of Santo Domingo

Art in the Dominican Republic

* Artists from the Dominican Republic ** List of Dominican painters * Cinema in the Dominican Republic ** Dominican Film Market **

Dominican Republic films Dominican may refer to: * Someone or something from or related to the Dominican Republic ( , stress on the "mi"), on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles, in the Caribbean ** People of the Dominican Republic ** Demographics of the Domi ...

* Dance in the Dominican Republic ** Dominican salsa * Literature of the Dominican Republic *

Music of the Dominican Republic The music of the Dominican Republic is primarily influenced by West African, European, and native Taino influences. The Dominican Republic is mainly known for its merengue and bachata music, both of which are the most popular forms of music i ...

National Symphony Orchestra The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) is an American symphony orchestra based in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1930, its principal performing venue is the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. It also performs for the annual National Mem ...

Dominican rock Dominican Rock (known as "Rock Dominicano" in Dominican Republic) is rock music created by Dominican groups and soloists. Originating in the 1980s with the start of Luis Dias' band Transporte Urbano, successful bands such as ''Tribu Del Sol'', '' ...

Beauty pageants in the Dominican Republic

Miss Dominican Republic Miss Dominican Republic (Spanish: ''Miss República Dominicana'') is a national beauty pageant in the Dominican Republic. History file:Amelia_Vega5.jpg, Amelia Vega, Miss Universe 2003 winner. Miss Dominican Republic Organization has been in ...

By year By or BY may refer to: Places * By, Doubs, France, a commune * By, Norway, a village Codes * Belarus ISO country code ** .by, country-code top-level domain for Belarus * Burundi FIPS Pub 10-4 and obsolete NATO digram country code * TUI Airw ...

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...

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1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...

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1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

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1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...

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1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

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1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

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1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ...

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1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

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1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...

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1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...

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1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid ...

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1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

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1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

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1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...

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1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...

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1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...

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2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

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2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

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2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

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** Miss Dominican Republic titleholders * Miss Mundo Dominicana –

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Mister Dominican Republic Mister Dominican Republic (Spanish: ''Mister República Dominicana'') is a pageant where men ranging from the ages of 18 to 30 compete, each representing their country to the male international pageants. Organization Mister Dominican Republic ...

Languages in the Dominican Republic

Afro-Dominican Afro-Dominican may refer to: * Afro-Dominican (Dominican Republic) * Afro-Dominican (Dominica) Afro-Dominicans are Dominicans of African descent and the majority of the Commonwealth of Dominica's population. Origins Africans were initially broug ...

Dominican Spanish Dominican Spanish () is Spanish language, Spanish as spoken in the Dominican Republic; and also among the Dominican diaspora, most of whom live in the United States, chiefly in New York City, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts ...

People of the Dominican Republic

People of the Dominican Republic Dominicans ( es, Dominicanos, links=no) are the citizens of Dominican Republic and their descendants in the diaspora. Dominican is historically the name for the inhabitants of the Captaincy General of Santo Domingo, the site of the first Spanis ...

* Diaspora of the Dominican Republic **

Dominican Americans Dominican Americans ( es, domínico-americanos, ) are Americans who trace their ancestry to the Dominican Republic. The word may refer to someone born in the United States of Dominican descent or to someone who has migrated to the United Stat ...

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list A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ...

) ** Dominican Argentine ** Dominican people in Italy **

Dominicans in Spain Dominicans in Spain from the Dominican Republic make up about 1.66% of all foreigners in Spain, this includes immigrants and people of Dominican descent born in Spain. The first country of destination for Dominicans in Europe is Spain, and it is ...

Dominicans in Uruguay Dominican Uruguayans are people born in the Dominican Republic who live in Uruguay, or Uruguayan-born people of Dominican descent. Overview There are some Dominican-born persons living in Uruguay, for a number of reasons. Both countries share the S ...

* People in the Dominican Republic ** Ethnic groups in the Dominican Republic ***

Afro-Dominicans Afro-Dominicans (also referred to as African-Dominicans or Black Dominicans) are Dominicans of predominant Black African ancestry. They are a minority in the country representing 7.8% of the Dominican Republic's population according to a censu ...

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Ethnic Chinese in the Dominican Republic The Chinese community in the Dominican Republic forms one of the largest Chinese communities in Latin America. As of 2012, there are over 3,600 recorded Chinese-born Dominican residents.Haitians in the Dominican Republic The Haitian minority of the Dominican Republic ( es, Haitianos en la República Dominicana; ht, Ayisyen nan Dominikani; french: Haïtiens en République dominicaine) is the largest ethnic minority in the Dominican Republic since the early 20th ce ...

*** Indian community in the Dominican Republic ***

Japanese settlement in the Dominican Republic Japanese Dominicans are Dominican citizens of Japanese origin. Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs estimates the Japanese descended population in the country at roughly 800. , there were also 873 Japanese nationals in the Dominican Republic. The ...

** People from the Dominican Republic **

Women in the Dominican Republic Women in the Dominican Republic have equal constitutional rights as men in the economic, political, cultural and social fields, as well as in the family. Their character has been defined by their history, culture, tradition and experience. Char ...

** Youth in the Dominican Republic

Religion in the Dominican Republic

Religion in the Dominican Republic Christianity is the most widely professed religion in the Dominican Republic. Historically, Catholic Church, Catholicism dominated the religious practices of the country, and as the State religion, official religion of the state it receives fi ...

* Christianity in the Dominican Republic ** Cathedrals in the Dominican Republic ** The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Dominican Republic **

Episcopal Diocese of the Dominican Republic The Episcopal Diocese of the Dominican Republic ( es, Iglesia Episcopal Dominicana) is the diocese of the Anglican Communion which covers all of the Dominican Republic. It is in Province IX of The Episcopal Church and includes about 60 parishes. ...

Evangelical Church of the Dominican Republic The Evangelical Church of the Dominican Republic (''Iglesia Evangélica Dominicana'') is one of the largest Protestant denominations in the Dominican Republic with approximately 10,000 members in 55 congregations. History The Evangelical Churc ...

Protestantism in the Dominican Republic Protestants in the Dominican Republic represent estimated 11% of population. Morgan Foley was the leader of the Protestantism for women in the 19th century. During the 1820s, Protestants migrated to the Dominican Republic from the United States. Wes ...

Roman Catholicism in the Dominican Republic The Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. The Catholic Church is the world's largest Christian Church, and its largest religious grouping. There are ...

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Roman Catholic dioceses in the Dominican Republic The Roman Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic comprises two ecclesiastical provinces, each headed by an archbishop. Each province is subdivided into an archdiocese and dioceses (nine in total), each headed by a bishop or an archbishop. S ...

**** Roman Catholic dioceses in the Dominican Republic by name * Hinduism in the Dominican Republic * Islam in the Dominican Republic * Judaism in the Dominican Republic *

Dominican Vudú Dominican ''Vudú'', or Dominican Voodoo, popularly known as ''Las 21 Divisiones'' (The 21 Divisions), is a heavily Catholicized syncretic shamanistic religion of African-Caribbean origin which developed in the erstwhile Spanish colony of Santo D ...

Sports in the Dominican Republic

Sports in the Dominican Republic *

Football in the Dominican Republic The sport of football in the country of the Dominican Republic is run by the Federación Dominicana de Fútbol. The association administers the national football team, as well as the Liga Dominicana de Fútbol. In the Dominican Republic, baseb ...

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Dominican Republic at the Olympics The Dominican Republic first participated in the Olympic Games in 1964, when Alberto Torres de la Mota (''"El Gringo" '') participated in the 10th heat of the 100m competition and ran 10.9 seconds, finishing 6th, not qualifying for the next roun ...

Aquatics in the Dominican Republic

* Dominican Republic at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships * Dominican Republic at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships * Dominican Republic at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Athletics in the Dominican Republic

* Athletics Federation of the Dominican Republic *

Dominican Republic records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in the Dominican Republic maintained by Federación Dominicana de Asociaciones de Atletismo (FDAA). So far FDAA maintains an official list only in outdoor events. Outdoor Key to tables: h ...

* Dominican Republic at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics * Dominican Republic at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics * Dominican Republic at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics * Dominican Republic at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics

Baseball in the Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic national baseball team The Dominican Republic national baseball team (Spanish: ''Selección de béisbol de República Dominicana'') is the national baseball team of the Dominican Republic. The team has won the Baseball World Cup in 1948 and World Baseball Classic in 201 ...

Dominican Summer League The Dominican Summer League (DSL) is a branch of affiliated Minor League Baseball which is played in the Dominican Republic. The league was founded in 1985. After the demise of the Venezuelan Summer League after the 2015 season, it is the only L ...

Dominican Summer League Angels The Dominican Summer Angels are a minor league baseball team in the Dominican Summer League. The team plays in the Boca Chica North division and is affiliated with the Los Angeles Angels. History The team came into existence in 1989, and has most ...

Dominican Summer League Astros The Dominican Summer League Astros, or DSL Astros, is a minor league baseball team of the Dominican Summer League, and a Rookie-level affiliate of the Houston Astros. They are located in Boca Chica, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. From 201 ...

Dominican Summer League Athletics The Dominican Summer League Athletics or DSL Athletics are a Minor League Baseball team of the Dominican Summer League that began play in 1989 as a rookie-level affiliate of the Oakland Athletics. They are located in Boca Chica, Santo Domingo, Do ...

Dominican Summer League Blue Jays The Dominican Summer Blue Jays are a baseball team in the Dominican Summer League. The DSL is a rookie level circuit, and therefore the team is a rookie affiliate. The team plays in the San Pedro de Macorís division. Facilities The team plays ...

** Dominican Summer League Braves **

Dominican Summer League Brewers The Dominican Summer League Brewers are a Minor League Baseball team of the Dominican Summer League (DSL) and a Rookie affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. They are located in Ramón Santana, San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic, and play ...

Dominican Summer League Cardinals The Dominican Summer League Cardinals or DSL Cardinals are a rookie league affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals based in the Dominican Republic. The team plays in the Boca Chica South division of the Dominican Summer League. History The team fi ...

Dominican Summer League Cubs The Dominican Summer League Cubs or DSL Cubs are a rookie league affiliate of the Chicago Cubs based in the Dominican Republic. They play in the Boca Chica North Division of the Dominican Summer League. History The team began in 1991 with a join ...

Dominican Summer League Diamondbacks The Dominican Summer League Diamondbacks or DSL Diamondbacks, commonly called the DSL D-backs, are a Rookie League affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks based in the Dominican Republic. They play in the Baseball City Division of the Dominican Sum ...

Dominican Summer League Dodgers The Dominican Summer Dodgers are a minor league baseball team in the Dominican Summer League. The team plays in the Boca Chica Northwest division and is affiliated with the Los Angeles Dodgers The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American profess ...

Dominican Summer League Giants The Dominican Summer League Giants or DSL Giants are a minor league baseball team in the Dominican Summer League. The team plays in the Boca Chica South division and is affiliated with the San Francisco Giants. History The team first came into e ...

Dominican Summer League Indians The Dominican Summer League Guardians are a minor league baseball team in Boca Chica, Dominican Republic. They are a Rookie-level team in the Dominican Summer League and are an affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians. Since 2011, the DSL Guardians ha ...

Dominican Summer League Mariners The Dominican Summer League Mariners or DSL Mariners are a Minor league baseball team in the Dominican Summer League. They play in the Boca Chica South Division. They are a Seattle Mariners The Seattle Mariners are an American professional b ...

** Dominican Summer League Marlins **

Dominican Summer League Mets After withdrawing their affiliate from the Venezuelan Summer League, the Major League Baseball's New York Mets have had two affiliates in the Dominican Summer League The Dominican Summer League (DSL) is a branch of affiliated Minor League Base ...

Dominican Summer League Nationals The Dominican Summer League Nationals or DSL Nationals are a rookie-level Minor League Baseball team of the Dominican Summer League that began play in 2005. They are located in Boca Chica, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic The Dominican R ...

Dominican Summer League Orioles The Dominican Summer League Orioles or DSL Orioles are a Minor League Baseball team of the Dominican Summer League and Rookie affiliates of the Baltimore Orioles. They are located in Boca Chica, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic The Domi ...

Dominican Summer League Padres The Dominican Summer League Padres or DSL Padres are a Rookie League affiliate of the San Diego Padres based in the Dominican Republic. They play in the Dominican Summer League. As an independent affiliate, they have been in existence since 1997. ...

Dominican Summer League Phillies The Dominican Summer Phillies are a minor league baseball team in the Dominican Summer League. The team plays in the Boca Chica North division and is affiliated with the Philadelphia Phillies The Philadelphia Phillies are an American profess ...

Dominican Summer League Pirates The Dominican Summer Pirates are a minor league baseball team in the Dominican Summer League. The team, also known as the DSL Pirates, plays in the Boca Chica, Dominican Republic, as a member of the Boca Chica North Division and are affiliated with ...

Dominican Summer League Pirates 2 The Dominican Summer Pirates 2 or DSL Pirates 2 was briefly the second Dominican Summer League team affiliated with the Pittsburgh Pirates and were based in Boca Chica, Dominican Republic from 2012 to 2013. History However the team was previously ...

Dominican Summer League Rangers The Dominican Summer League Rangers or DSL Rangers are a Minor League Baseball team of the Dominican Summer League and Rookie affiliates of the Texas Rangers. They are located in Boca Chica, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Since 2014, the tea ...

Dominican Summer League Rays The Dominican Summer League Rays or DSL Rays are a Rookie League affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays based in the Dominican Republic. They play in the Dominican Summer League. As an independent affiliate, they have been in existence since 1997. Histo ...

Dominican Summer League Red Sox The Dominican Summer League Red Sox, often called the DSL Red Sox, are a Minor League Baseball affiliate of the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball, playing in the foreign Dominican Summer League. The team, classed as a Rookie League franchis ...

Dominican Summer League Reds The Dominican Summer League Reds are a minor league baseball team of the Dominican Summer League. They are located in Boca Chica Boca Chica is a municipality ('' municipio'') of the Santo Domingo province in the Dominican Republic. Within t ...

Dominican Summer League Rockies The Dominican Summer League Rockies or DSL Rockies are a Rookie League affiliate of the Colorado Rockies based in the Dominican Republic. They play in the Dominican Summer League. As an independent affiliate, they have been in existence since 19 ...

** Dominican Summer League Rojos **

Dominican Summer League Royals The Dominican Summer League Royals or DSL Royals are a minor league baseball team in the Dominican Summer League. The team plays in the Boca Chica Northwest division and is affiliated with the Kansas City Royals. The DSL Royals1 won the organizati ...

** Dominican Summer League Tigers ** Dominican Summer League Twins ** Dominican Summer League White Sox **

Dominican Summer League Yankees 1 The Dominican Summer Yankees are a minor league baseball team in the Dominican Summer League. The team plays in the Boca Chica South division and is affiliated with the New York Yankees The New York Yankees are an American professional ba ...

** Dominican Summer League Yankees 2 *

Dominican Professional Baseball League Dominican may refer to: * Someone or something from or related to the Dominican Republic ( , stress on the "mi"), on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles, in the Caribbean ** People of the Dominican Republic ** Demographics of the Dom ...

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List of Major League Baseball players from the Dominican Republic This is an alphabetical list of notable baseball players from the Dominican Republic who have played in Major League Baseball since . Players in bold are still active in MLB, as of 2022. Since 1956 a large number of baseball players of Dominican ...

* Dominican Republic women's national baseball team

Basketball in the Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic national basketball team The Dominican Republic national basketball team ( es, Selección de Baloncesto de República Dominicana) represents the Dominican Republic in men's international basketball competitions. In 2011 and 2012, John Calipari, the head coach of the U ...

Dominican Republic women's national basketball team The Dominican Republic women's national basketball team participates in international competitions. Results FIBA Americas Championship * 1989 – 6th place * 1997 – 8th place * 1999 – 6th place * 2003 – 7th place * 2005 – 6th place * 200 ...

Field hockey in the Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic men's national field hockey team The Dominican Republic national field hockey team represents the Dominican Republic in international men's field hockey and is controlled by the Dominican Hockey Federation. The team are a member of the Pan American Hockey Federation, the governin ...

Dominican Republic women's national field hockey team The Dominican Republic women's national field hockey team represents the Dominican Republic in women's international field hockey competitions. The team won the silver medal at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games in Veracruz, Mexico. To ...

Football in the Dominican Republic

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Dominican Football Federation The Dominican Football Federation ( es, Federación Dominicana de Fútbol) is the governing body of football in the Dominican Republic. Liga Dominicana de Futbol The Liga Dominicana de Fútbol is the top division for association football in th ...

Football clubs in the Dominican Republic Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly ca ...

Dominican Republic national football team The Dominican Republic national football team ( es, Selección de fútbol de República Dominicana) represents the Dominican Republic in men's international football, and is governed by the Dominican Football Federation. The team is a member of ...

Dominican Republic national under-20 football team The Dominican Republic national under-20 football team is the association football team that represents the Dominican Republic at the under-20 level. Team history 2022 At the 2022 Concacaf Men’s Under-20 Championship held in Honduras from June ...

Dominican Republic women's national football team The Dominican Republic women's national football team ( es, Selección femenina de fútbol de República Dominicana) represents the Dominican Republic in international women's football. The team is governed by the Dominican Football Federatio ...

Cycling in the Dominican Republic

* Dominican records in track cycling *

Dominican Republic Cycling Federation The Dominican Republic Cycling Federation (in Spanish: ''Federación Dominicana de Ciclismo'') is the national governing body of cycle racing in the Dominican Republic. It is a member of the UCI and COPACI. It covers the disciplines of road r ...

Dominican Republic National Road Race Championships The Dominican Republic Road Race Championships are held annually to decide the national cycling champions in the road race discipline, across various categories. This event about the Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, Rep� ...

* Dominican Republic National Time Trial Championships * Dominican Republic at the 2009 UCI Road World Championships * Dominican Republic at the 2012 UCI Road World Championships

Golf in the Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic Open The Dominican Republic Open (also known as The DR Open) was a men's professional golf tournament on PGA Tour Latinoamérica. The event was originally hosted as a combined amateur stableford and professional stroke play competition by The Domini ...

Handball in the Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic women's national beach handball team The Dominican Republic women's national beach handball team is the national team of the Dominican Republic. It is governed by the Dominican Republic Handball Federation and takes part in international beach handball competitions. The team particip ...

Dominican Republic men's national handball team The Dominican Republic national handball team is the national handball team of Dominican Republic and is governed by the Dominican Republic Handball Federation. The team won the ''2009 Pan-American Men’s First Division Championship'', held in ho ...

* Dominican Republic national beach handball team *

Dominican Republic women's national handball team The Dominican Republic women's national handball team is the national handball team of Dominican Republic and is governed by the Dominican Republic Handball Federation. The team won the Bronze medal at the 2011 Pan American Games held in Guad ...

Martial arts in the Dominican Republic

* Dominican Republic Taekwondo Federation

Dominican Republic at the Olympics

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* Flag bearers for the Dominican Republic at the Olympics *

Dominican Republic at the 1964 Summer Olympics The Dominican Republic competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Athletics Men cono esto maldito ReferencesOfficial Olympic Reports Nations at the 1964 Summer Olympics 1964 ...

* Dominican Republic at the 1968 Summer Olympics *

Dominican Republic at the 1972 Summer Olympics The Dominican Republic competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. Five competitors, all men, took part in four events in three sports. Judo 63 kg: * Juan Chalas — Round of 32 (→ Did not advance) 80 kg: * Carl ...

Dominican Republic at the 1976 Summer Olympics The Dominican Republic competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Results by event Athletics Men's 800 metres * Francisco Solis ** Heat — 1:55.56 (→ did not advance) Boxing Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 ...

Dominican Republic at the 1980 Summer Olympics The Dominican Republic competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. Results by event Athletics Men's 100 metres * Gerardo Suero ** Heat — 10.53 ** Quarterfinals — 10.57 (→ did not advance) Women's 100 m Hurdles * Marisela ...

Dominican Republic at the 1984 Summer Olympics The Dominican Republic competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. The nation won its first Olympic medal at these Games. Medalists Results by event Athletics Men's 5,000 metres * Ruddy Cornielle ** Heat — 17:16.77 ...

Dominican Republic at the 1988 Summer Olympics The Dominican Republic competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Athletics ;Men ;Track and road events Boxing Judo Table tennis ;Men ...

Dominican Republic at the 1992 Summer Olympics The Dominican Republic competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Results by event Baseball The Dominican team won two of its seven games in the prelim ...

* Dominican Republic at the 1996 Summer Olympics * Dominican Republic at the 2000 Summer Olympics *

Dominican Republic at the 2004 Summer Olympics The Dominican Republic competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. Francia Jackson Francia Jackson Cabrera (born November 8, 1975, in Santo Domingo) is a volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who ...

* Dominican Republic at the 2008 Summer Olympics *

Dominican Republic at the 2012 Summer Olympics The Dominican Republic competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's thirteenth consecutive appearance at the Olympics. The Dominican Republic Olympic Committee ( es, Comité ...

* Dominican Republic at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Dominican Republic at the Pan American Games

Dominican Republic at the Pan American Games The Dominican Republic at the Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a ...

* Dominican Republic at the 1991 Pan American Games * Dominican Republic at the 1995 Pan American Games * Dominican Republic at the 1999 Pan American Games * Dominican Republic at the 2003 Pan American Games *

Dominican Republic at the 2007 Pan American Games The 2007 Pan American Games, 15th Pan American Games were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 13 July 2007 to 29 July 2007. Medals Gold *Men's Individual Road Race: Wendy Cruz *Men's Kumite (– 75 kg): Dionicio Gustavo *Women's Kumite ( ...

* Dominican Republic at the 2011 Pan American Games * Dominican Republic at the 2015 Pan American Games

Dominican Republic at the Paralympics

Dominican Republic at the Paralympics *

Dominican Republic at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Dominican Republic competed at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, Spain. 1 competitor from Dominican Republic won no medals and so did not place in the medal table. See also * Dominican Republic at the Paralympics * Dominican Republic at ...

* Dominican Republic at the 1996 Summer Paralympics * Dominican Republic at the 2004 Summer Paralympics * Dominican Republic at the 2008 Summer Paralympics * Dominican Republic at the 2012 Summer Paralympics * Dominican Republic at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Rugby Union in the Dominican Republic

Rugby union in the Dominican Republic * Dominican Rugby Federation * Dominican Republic national rugby union team

Shooting in the Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic Shooting Federation The Dominican Republic Shooting Federation was founded in 1963 and is the umbrella organization for sport shooting in the Dominican Republic, being a member of the international organization: * International Shooting Sport Federation The Intern ...

Softball in the Dominican Republic

* Dominican Republic men's national softball team * Dominican Republic women's national softball team

Swimming in the Dominican Republic

* Dominican Republic records in swimming

Tennis in the Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic Davis Cup team The Dominican Republic national tennis team represents the Dominican Republic in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Federación Dominicana de Tenis. The Dominican Republic currently compete in the Americas Zone of Group I. Hist ...

Dominican Republic Fed Cup team The Dominican Republic Fed Cup team represents the Dominican Republic in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Federación Dominicana de Tenis. They currently compete in the Americas Zone Group II. History Dominican Republic comp ...

Volleyball in the Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic men's national volleyball team The Dominican Republic men's national volleyball team represents the Dominican Republic in international volleyball competitions. In the 1950s the squad twice ended up in fourth place at the Pan American Games (1955 and 1959). The dominant forces ...

Dominican Republic women's national volleyball team The Dominican Republic women's national volleyball team had its biggest win in 2003, when the squad surprisingly won the 2003 Pan American Games on home soil. Currently ranked 6th. Results Summer Olympics Champions Runners-up & ...

Dominican Republic Volleyball Federation The Dominican Republic Volleyball Federation ( es, Federación Dominicana de Voleibol or ''FEDOVOLI'') is a non-profit organization which serves as the national governing body of volleyball in the Dominican Republic. The National Federation is re ...

Dominican Republic Volleyball League The Dominican Republic Volleyball League ( es, Liga Dominicana de Voleibol LIDOVOLI) was a professional volleyball league in Dominican Republic. The competitions are organized by the Dominican Republic Volleyball Confederation (Confederación Do ...

2008 Dominican Republic Volleyball League The 2008 Dominican Republic Volleyball League was the 2nd official season of the event. The SEDEFIR Cup was dedicated to Daniel Toribio. Distrito Nacional's team won their second title in both genders. Teams Women's * Distrito Nacional Women (Voll ...

Dominican Republic National Beach Volleyball Tour The Dominican Republic National Beach Volleyball Tour is a volleyball tournament based in Dominican Republic. This tournament is organized by the Dominican Republic Volleyball Federation. Included players, but not limited to: Bethania Almánzar ...

Weightlifting in the Dominican Republic

* Dominican Republic Weightlifting Federation

Wrestling in the Dominican Republic

WWC Dominican Republic Heavyweight Championship The WWC Dominican Republic Heavyweight Championship was a short-lived title in the World Wrestling Council like the WWC Hardcore Championship The WWC Hardcore Championship was a short-lived title in the World Wrestling Council that was defende ...

Other sports events

Dominican Republic at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games The 21st Central American and Caribbean Games (Spanish: ''XXI Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe, Mayagüez 2010'') took place in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, from 18 July 2010 to 1 August 2010. Bid It was understood that Mayagüez was going to b ...

* Dominican Republic at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics * Dominican Republic at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics * Dominican Republic at the 2011 Parapan American Games * Dominican Republic at the 2014 FEI World Equestrian Games * Dominican Republic at the 2015 Summer Universiade

Economy and infrastructure of the Dominican Republic

Economy of the Dominican Republic The economy of the Dominican Republic is the seventh largest in Latin America, and is the largest in the Caribbean and Central American region. The Dominican Republic is an upper-middle income developing country with important sectors includin ...

* Agriculture in the Dominican Republic ** Coffee production in the Dominican Republic **

Irrigation in the Dominican Republic Irrigation in the Dominican Republic (DR) has been an integral part of DR agricultural and economic development in the 20th century. Public investment in irrigation has been the main driver for irrigation infrastructural development in the count ...

* Banking in the Dominican Republic ** Banks in the Dominican Republic ***

Central Bank of the Dominican Republic The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic ( es, Banco Central de la República Dominicana, BCRD) was established by the Monetary and Banking Law of 1947 as the central bank of the Dominican Republic, responsible for regulating the country's moneta ...

* Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 76th (seventy-sixth) *

Communications in the Dominican Republic Telecommunications in the Dominican Republic include radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet. Numerous television channels are available. Tricom, S.A, WIND Telecom, S.A., Viva (network operator), and Claro Codetel pro ...

** Media in the Dominican Republic *** Newspapers in the Dominican Republic ****

Dominican Today Dominican Today is an online, English-language newspaper based in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. It is the first English-language online news publication in the country. The site Dominican Today was launched on March 23, 2005, and is owned b ...

Dominican Postal Institute The Dominican Postal Institute (, INPOSDOM) is the Dominican institution charged with postal services for the Dominican Republic. It was established on November 15, 1985 by Law 307. Apart from postal services, INPOSDOM offers email services for ...

– provides postal service and email **

Telecommunications in the Dominican Republic Telecommunications in the Dominican Republic include radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet. Numerous television channels are available. Tricom, S.A, WIND Telecom, S.A., Viva (network operator), and Claro Codetel pro ...

*** Internet in the Dominican Republic ***

Telephone numbers in the Dominican Republic Area codes 809, 829, and 849 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the Dominican Republic. As all NANP members, the Dominican Republic uses country code ''1'', and has similar dialing procedures for dialing the ...

* Companies of the Dominican Republic *

Banks of the Dominican Republic This is a list of banks in Dominican Republic as of November 2010, published by thBank Superintendency including credit unions and other financial services companies that offer banking services and may be popularly referred to as "banks". Central ...

* Currency of the Dominican Republic:

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: DOP * Energy in the Dominican Republic **

Electricity sector in the Dominican Republic The power sector in the Dominican Republic has traditionally been, and still is, a bottleneck to the country's economic growth. A prolonged electricity crisis and ineffective remedial measures have led to a vicious cycle of regular blackouts, high ...

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List of dams and reservoirs in Dominican Republic There are numerous dams and reservoirs in the Dominican Republic, which is composed of rivers, lakes, streams, and numerous waterfalls. The main rivers in the Dominican Republic are the Yaque del Norte, which is the longest in the country at 201& ...

Tourism in the Dominican Republic Tourism in the Dominican Republic is an important sector of the country's economy. More than 6 million tourists visit the Dominican Republic, making it the most popular tourist destination in the Caribbean and putting it in the top 5 overall in ...

Water supply and sanitation in the Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic has achieved impressive increases in access to water supply and sanitation over the past two decades. However, the quality of water supply and sanitation services remains poor, despite the country's high economic growth dur ...

Water resources management in the Dominican Republic With surface water resources of 20 billion m3 per year, of which 12 billion m3 are groundwater recharge, water resources in the Dominican Republic could be considered abundant. But irregular spatial and seasonal distribution, coupled with high co ...

*** Dams and reservoirs in Dominican Republic

Transport in the Dominican Republic

Transport in the Dominican Republic Transport in the Dominican Republic utilizes a system of roads, airports, ports, harbours, and an urban railway. Roadways Five main highways (DR-1, DR-2, DR-3, DR-4, DR-5) connect the Dominican Republic's biggest cities and tourist centers; ...

** Air transport in the Dominican Republic **

Airlines of the Dominican Republic An airline is a company that provides civil aviation, air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines use aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or Airline alliance, alliances with other airlines for ...

*** Defunct airlines of Dominican Republic **

Airports in the Dominican Republic This is a list of airports in the Dominican Republic, grouped by type and sorted by location. Airport names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines. See also * Transportation in the Dominican Republic ...

*** Azua Dominican Field *** Busiest airports in Dominican Republic **

Rail transport in the Dominican Republic Rail transport in the Dominican Republic is provided by one state-owned operator and several private ones, mainly for sugar mills. There are no connections with the neighbouring Haiti. History Railroads in the Dominican Republic were planned ...

** Vehicular transport in the Dominican Republic *** Roads in the Dominican Republic ****

Highways and routes in the Dominican Republic There are various highways and routes in the Dominican Republic. They are built and maintained by the Ministry of Public Works and Communication (Spanish: ''Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Comunicaciones'') or MOPC. Overall the system is centered a ...

Education in the Dominican Republic

Education in the Dominican Republic In the Dominican Republic, education is free and compulsory at the elementary level, and free but non-mandatory at the secondary level. It is divided into four stages: * preschool education (''Nivel Inicial''); * primary education (''Nivel Bási ...

Schools in the Dominican Republic A school is an educational institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is sometimes compulsor ...

Universities in the Dominican Republic A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the ...

** Dominican Adventist University *

Museums in the Dominican Republic A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make thes ...

Health in the Dominican Republic

* HIV/AIDS in the Dominican Republic * Hospitals in the Dominican Republic **

Hospital General de la Plaza de la Salud Hospital General de la Plaza de la Salud (HGPS) is a non-profit entity with self-management in the selection and recruitment of staff and in the formulation and use of its budget. It is located on Avenida Ortega y Gasset Ensanche La Fe, Santo Domin ...

** Hospital Metropolitano de Santiago **

Hospital San Nicolás de Bari The Hospital San Nicolás de Bari is a preserved hospital ruin, and it was recognized by UNESCO for being the oldest hospital built in the Americas. Construction began in 1503 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, at the behest of governor (and n ...

References

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General reference

Geography of the Dominican Republic

Location of the Dominican Republic

Locations within the Dominican Republic

Environment of the Dominican Republic

Natural geographic features of the Dominican Republic

Regions of the Dominican Republic

Ecoregions of the Dominican Republic

Administrative divisions of the Dominican Republic

= Provinces of the Dominican Republic

= Municipalities of the Dominican Republic

Demography of the Dominican Republic

Government and politics of the Dominican Republic

Branches of the government of the Dominican Republic

Executive branch of the government of the Dominican Republic

Legislative branch of the government of the Dominican Republic

Judicial branch of the government of the Dominican Republic

Foreign relations of the Dominican Republic

International organization membership

Law and order in the Dominican Republic

Military of the Dominican Republic

Local government in the Dominican Republic

History of the Dominican Republic

History of the Dominican Republic, by period

History of the Dominican Republic, by region

History of the Dominican Republic, by subject

Culture of the Dominican Republic

Art in the Dominican Republic

Beauty pageants in the Dominican Republic

Languages in the Dominican Republic

People of the Dominican Republic

Religion in the Dominican Republic

Sports in the Dominican Republic

Aquatics in the Dominican Republic

Athletics in the Dominican Republic

Baseball in the Dominican Republic

Basketball in the Dominican Republic

Field hockey in the Dominican Republic

Football in the Dominican Republic

Cycling in the Dominican Republic

Golf in the Dominican Republic

Handball in the Dominican Republic

Martial arts in the Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic at the Olympics

Dominican Republic at the Pan American Games

Dominican Republic at the Paralympics

Rugby Union in the Dominican Republic

Shooting in the Dominican Republic

Softball in the Dominican Republic

Swimming in the Dominican Republic

Tennis in the Dominican Republic

Volleyball in the Dominican Republic

Weightlifting in the Dominican Republic

Wrestling in the Dominican Republic

Other sports events

Economy and infrastructure of the Dominican Republic

Transport in the Dominican Republic

Education in the Dominican Republic

Health in the Dominican Republic

See also

References

External links