Dominican Republic
Appearance
Dominican Republic República Dominicana (Spaingie) | |
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Motto: "Dios, Patria, Libertad" (Spaingie) "God, Hameland, Freedom" | |
Caipital and largest city | Santo Domingo 19°00′N 70°40′W / 19.000°N 70.667°W |
Offeecial leids | Spaingie |
Ethnic groups | |
Demonym(s) | Dominican |
Govrenment | Unitar presidential republic |
• Preses | Danilo Medina |
Margarita Cedeño de Fernández | |
Legislatur | Congress |
Senate | |
Chaumer o Deputes | |
Unthirldom | |
December 1, 1821[2] | |
Februar 27, 1844[2] (not recognized by Haiti until November 9, 1874)c[3] | |
• frae Spain (restoration) | August 16, 1863[2] (recognised on March 3, 1865) |
• frae the Unitit States (occupation) | Julie 12, 1924[4] |
Aurie | |
• Total | 48,315 km2 (18,655 sq mi) (128th) |
• Water (%) | 0.7[5] |
Population | |
• 2017 estimate | 10,800,857[6] (86t) |
• 2010 census | 9,478,612[7] |
• Density | 224/km2 (580.2/sq mi) (65t) |
GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate |
• Total | $174.180 billion[8] (72nt) |
• Per capita | $17,096[8] (76t) |
GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate |
• Tot | $76.850 billion[8] (67t) |
• Per capita | $7,543[8] (74t) |
Gini (2012) | 47.1[9] heich |
HDI (2015) | 0.732[10] heich · 99t |
Currency | Peso[2] (DOP) |
Time zone | UTC −4:00[5] (Staundart Time Caribbean) |
Drivin side | richt |
Cawin code | +1-809, +1-829, +1-849 |
ISO 3166 code | DO |
Internet TLD | .do[5] |
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The Dominican Republic (Listeni /dɒmˌɪnɪkən rɪˈpʌblɪk/; Spaingie: República Dominicana, pronoonced [reˈpuβlika ðominiˈkana]) is a naition on the island o Hispaniola, pairt o the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The wastren third o the island is occupied bi the naition o Haiti, makin Hispaniola ane o twa Caribbean islands that are shared bi twa kintras. Baith bi aurie an population, the Dominican Republic is the seicont lairgest Caribbean naition (efter Cuba), wi 48,442 square kilometres (18,704 sq mi) an an estimatit 10 million fowk.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Cuarto Censo Nacional de Población, 1960. Santo Domingo: Oficina Nacional de Estadísticas. 1966. p. 32.
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(help) - ↑ a b c d e "Embassy of the Dominican Republic, in the United States". Archived frae the original on 26 Juin 2015. Retrieved 27 Februar 2009.
- ↑ Convenios bilaterales entre la República Dominicana y Haití [Bilateral arrangements between the Dominican Republic and Haiti] (PDF) (in Spainish). Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de la República Dominicana. August 2000. pp. 15–17. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014. Unknown parameter
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ignored (help) - ↑ "12 de julio de 1924, una fecha relegada al olvido". Diario Libre. 18 August 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ↑ a b c d "CIA – The World Factbook – Dominican Republic". Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Retrieved 4 Juin 2007.
- ↑ "Estimaciones y proyecciones nacionales de población, 1950–2100". Oficina Nacional de Estadística. 1 December 2014. Archived frae the original (xlsx) on 5 November 2016. Retrieved 12 Julie 2017.
- ↑ Official census data Archived 2011-05-04 at the Wayback Machine. "Dominican Republic Census data"
- ↑ a b c d International Monetary Fund. "Gross domestic product based on purchasing-power-parity (PPP) valuation of country GDP".
- ↑ "Gini Index". World Bank. Retrieved 2 Mairch 2011.
- ↑ "Human Development Report 2016" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 21 Mairch 2017.
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