Country Chooser Country InformationDominican Republic Standards
Road Traffic:right side
Electricity:
Voltage:110V
Frequency:60 Hz
Plug types:A,
Note:Type
Geography
Bordering countries:
Location:
Caribbean, eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti
Area:
total: 48,730 sq km
land: 48,380 sq km
water: 350 sq km
Climate:
tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation; seasonal variation in rainfall
Terrain:
rugged highlands and mountains with fertile valleys interspersed
Economy
GDP: $63.73 billion (2005 est.)
GDP growth rate: 9.3% (2005 est.)
GDP per capita: $7,000 (2005 est.)
Inflation rate: 4.2% (2005 est.)
Currency: Dominican peso (DOP)
Exchange rates:
Dominican pesos per US dollar - 30.409 (2005), 42.12 (2004), 30.831 (2003), 18.61 (2002), 16.952 (2001)
People
Population: 9,183,984 (July 2006 est.)
Growth rate: 1.47% (2006 est.)
Religions:
Roman Catholic 95%
Languages:
Spanish
Government
Capital:
name: Santo Domingo
time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Independence:
27 February 1844 (from Haiti)
Note: Information on Dominican Republic was mainly sourced from CIA's World Factbook and may represent an American point of view. To learn more about Dominican Republic, please visit one of the links below.
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