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Dominican Republic República Dominicana (Spanish)
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Dios, Patria, Libertad" (Spanish) "God, Homeland, Freedom"
Anthem: ¡Quisqueyanos Valientes! Valiant Quisqueyans!
ISO 3166 code	DO

The Dominican Republic is a North American country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea in the North Atlantic Ocean. It shares a maritime border with Puerto Rico to the east and a land border with Haiti to the west, occupying the eastern five-eighths of Hispaniola which, along with Saint Martin, is one of only two islands in the Caribbean shared by two sovereign states. In the Antilles, the country is the second-largest nation by area after Cuba at 48,671 square kilometers (18,792 sq mi) and second-largest by population after Haiti with approximately 11.4 million people in 2024, of whom 3.6 million reside in the metropolitan area of Santo Domingo, the capital city.

The Dominican Republic has the largest economy in the Caribbean and the seventh-largest in Latin America. Over the last 25 years, the Dominican Republic has had the fastest-growing economy in the Western Hemisphere – with an average real GDP growth rate of 5.3% between 1992 and 2018. GDP growth in 2014 and 2015 reached 7.3 and 7.0%, respectively, the highest in the Western Hemisphere. Recent growth has been driven by construction, manufacturing, tourism, and mining. The country is the site of the third largest (in terms of production) gold mine in the world, the Pueblo Viejo mine.

The Dominican Republic is the most visited destination in the Caribbean. A geographically diverse nation, the Dominican Republic is home to both the Caribbean's tallest mountain peak, Pico Duarte, and the Caribbean's largest lake and lowest point, Lake Enriquillo. The island has an average temperature of 26 °C (78.8 °F) and great climatic and biological diversity. The country is also the site of the first cathedral, palace, monastery, and fortress built in the Americas, located in Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone, a World Heritage Site. (Full article...)

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A male rhinoceros iguana, Pedernales, Dominican Republic

The rhinoceros iguana (Cyclura cornuta) is an endangered species of iguana that is endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic) and its surrounding islands. A large lizard, they vary in length from 60 to 136 centimetres (24 to 54 in), and skin colours range from a steely grey to a dark green and even brown. Their name derives from the bony-plated pseudo-horn or outgrowth which resembles the horn of a rhinoceros on the iguana's snout. It is known to coexist with the Ricord's iguana (C. ricordii); the two species are the only taxa of rock iguana to do so. (Full article...)

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Image 1Rafael Estrella (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 2Dominican singer/songwriter Juan Luis Guerra in concert, 2005 (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 3Assassination attempt on Venezuela's president by S.I.M. agents (June 24, 1960) (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 4Ruins of Monasterio de San Francisco (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 5Camp of US Marines in the Dominican Republic during the occupation.
Fortaleza San Luis (Santiago de los Caballeros) (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 6The Cathedral of Santa María la Menor, Santo Domingo, the first cathedral in the Americas, built 1512–1540. (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 7Dominican Republic carnival parade costumes in San Juan de la Maguana (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 8Ruins of Hospital San Nicolás de Bari (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 9Balaguer in 1966 (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 10Christopher Columbus statue in colonial Santo Domingo. (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 11Balaguer in 1988 (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 12Dominican native, fashion designer and perfume maker Oscar de la Renta (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 13Mastrolilli residence interior by Dominican architect Rafael Calventi. (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 14Dominican Republic people in traditional culture dress. (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 15Traditional cojuelo mask of the Dominican carnaval (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 16Dominican Merengue dance. (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 17Marine machine gun unit in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 18Safety corridor (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 19Cartoon about constant revolutions in the Dominican Republic (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 20American Red Cross convoy in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in 1916. (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 21In 1511, Antonio de Montesinos denounced the abuses against the indigenous people (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 22Dominican Republic music culture. (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 23Dominican Republic students with historical national flag. (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 24Chiefdoms of Hispaniola. Marién, Maguá, Maguana, Jaragua and Higüey (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 25Marine Aviators in the Dominican Republic, 1919 (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 26Chicharrón mixto, is a common dish in the country derived from Andalusia in southern Spain. (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 27Despite the slowing in economic growth, the economy of the Dominican Republic has far surpassed that of its neighbour Haiti from the 1970s onwards (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 28A Marine heavy machine gunner in Santo Domingo (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 29Arrival of Christopher Columbus, art by Dominican painter Luis Desangles. (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 30Rafael Trujillo in 1952 (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 31Dominican native and Major League Baseball player Albert Pujols. (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 32Ulises Heureaux (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 33A group of peasant guerillas, known as gavilleros, who fought against the U.S. Marine occupation of the Dominican Republic (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 34Battle of Vega Real (1494) (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 35Reception of American commissioners by President Báez, 1871. (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 36Lluvia en el mercado (English: Rain in the Market), 1942 (Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo). (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 37Map of the Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo) and Haiti in 1921 (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 38A rally in China, 1966, in solidarity with the Dominican Republic Constitutionalists against the US. Slogans are visible e.g. "U.S. imperialism out of the Dominican Republic! Out of Latin America! Out of Vietnam! Out of our territory, Taiwan! (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 39Dominican Republic people and culture. (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 40A bohío near Santo Domingo. Many Dominicans —especially those in rural areas— used to live in bohíos until well into the mid-20th century, like the native Taínos. (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 41Dominican Republic dance culture. (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 42Rafael Trujillo (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 43The Guardia republicana, set up by President Cáceres in 1907 (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 44National pantheon in Santo Domingo built from 1714 to 1746 (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 45National pantheon in Santo Domingo. (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 46Santo Domingo before the Haitian annexation (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 47President Alejandro Woss y Gil taking office in 1903. (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 48Massacre of Queen Anacaona and her subjects (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 49Painting by Johannes Vingboons of Santo Domingo, c. 1665 (from History of the Dominican Republic)

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Puerto Plata

The port of Puerto Plata seen from the heights of the city

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Dotel with the Tigers in 2012

Octavio Eduardo Dotel Diaz (born November 25, 1973) is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher. Dotel played for 13 major league teams, the second most teams played for by any player in the history of Major League Baseball (MLB), setting the mark when he pitched for the Detroit Tigers on April 7, 2012, breaking a record previously held by Mike Morgan, Matt Stairs, and Ron Villone. Edwin Jackson broke this record in 2019. Dotel's longest tenure with any one team was the five seasons he spent with the Houston Astros.

Dotel won the 2011 World Series as a member of the St. Louis Cardinals. In 2013, as part of the World Baseball Classic champions along with fellow Dominicans Robinson Canó and Santiago Casilla, Dotel became one of the few players in history to win both a World Series and a World Baseball Classic. (Full article...)

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Cacicazgo
Santo Domingo
- Colonial governors
Devastations of Osorio
Slave trade
Maroons
Era de Francia
Spanish reconquest
España Boba
Spanish Haiti
Unification of Hispaniola
La Trinitaria
War of Independence
Spanish occupation 1861–1865
Restoration War
U.S. occupation 1916–1924
Trujillo Era (Rafael and Héctor Trujillo)
Parsley massacre
Dominican Civil War
DOMREP
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Provinces of the Dominican Republic

v t e Provincial capitals of the Dominican Republic
Azua Baní Barahona Bonao Comendador Cotuí Dajabón El Seibo Hato Mayor Higüey Jimaní La Romana La Vega Mao Moca Monte Cristi Monte Plata Nagua Neiba Pedernales Puerto Plata Sabaneta Salcedo Samaná San Cristóbal San Francisco de Macorís San José de Ocoa San Juan de la Maguana San Pedro de Macorís Santiago de los Caballeros Santo Domingo Santo Domingo Este

v t e Municipalities of the Dominican Republic
Azua	Azua de Compostela Estebanía Guayabal Las Charcas Padre Las Casas Peralta Pueblo Viejo Nueva Sabana Yegua Sabana Yegua Tábara Arriba Las Yayas de Viajama
Baoruco	Galván Los Ríos Neiba Tamayo Villa Jaragua
Barahona	Cabral El Peñón Enriquillo Fundación Jaquimeyes La Ciénaga Las Salinas Paraíso Polo Santa Cruz de Barahona Vicente Noble
Dajabón	Dajabón El Pino Loma de Cabrera Partido Restauración
Distrito Nacional	See: Sectors
Duarte	Arenoso Castillo Eugenio María de Hostos Las Guáranas Pimentel San Francisco de Macorís Villa Riva
Elías Piña	Bánica Comendador El Llano Hondo Valle Juan Santiago Pedro Santana
El Seibo	Miches Santa Cruz de El Seibo
Espaillat	Cayetano Germosén Gaspar Hernández Jamao al Norte Moca San Víctor
Hato Mayor	El Valle Hato Mayor del Rey Sabana de la Mar
Hermanas Mirabal	Salcedo Tenares Villa Tapia
Independencia	Cristóbal Duvergé Jimaní La Descubierta Mella Postrer Río
La Altagracia	Higüey San Rafael del Yuma
La Romana	Guaymate La Romana Villa Hermosa
La Vega	Concepción de la Vega Constanza Jarabacoa Jima Abajo
María Trinidad Sánchez	Cabrera El Factor Río San Juan Nagua
Monseñor Nouel	Bonao Maimón Piedra Blanca
Monte Cristi	Castañuelas Guayubín Las Matas de Santa Cruz Pepillo Salcedo San Fernando de Monte Cristi Villa Vásquez
Monte Plata	Peralvillo Sabana Grande de Boyá Yamasá Bayaguana Monte Plata
Pedernales	Oviedo Pedernales
Puerto Plata	Altamira Guananico Imbert Los Hidalgos Luperón San Felipe de Puerto Plata Sosúa Villa Isabela Villa Montellano
Peravia	Baní Matanzas Nizao
Samaná	Las Terrenas Santa Bárbara de Samaná Sánchez
San Cristóbal	Bajos de Haina San Cristóbal Cambita Garabitos Los Cacaos Sabana Grande de Palenque San Gregorio de Nigua San Gregorio de Yaguate Villa Altagracia
San José de Ocoa	Rancho Arriba Sabana Larga San José de Ocoa
San Juan	Bohechío El Cercado Juan de Herrera Las Matas de Farfán San Juan de la Maguana Vallejuelo
San Pedro de Macorís	Consuelo Guayacanes Quisqueya Ramón Santana San José de los Llanos San Pedro de Macorís
Sánchez Ramírez	Cevicos Cotuí Fantino La Mata
Santiago	Baitoa Jánico Licey al Medio Puñal Sabana Iglesia San José de las Matas Santiago de los Caballeros Tamboril Bisonó Villa González
Santiago Rodríguez	San Ignacio de Sabaneta Monción Villa Los Almácigos
Santo Domingo	Los Alcarrizos Boca Chica Pedro Brand San Antonio de Guerra Santo Domingo Este Santo Domingo Norte Santo Domingo Oeste
Valverde	Esperanza Laguna Salada Santa Cruz de Mao

v t e Airports in the Dominican Republic
International	Barahona La Romana Puerto Plata Punta Cana Samaná–El Catey Santiago de los Caballeros Santo Domingo–Las Américas Santo Domingo–La Isabela
Domestic	Constanza Dajabón Montecristi Pedernales Sabana de la Mar Samaná–Arroyo Barril San Juan de la Maguana San Pedro
Military	San Isidro Air Base
Field	Azua Boca Chica Consuelo Consuelo–Batey Anita Cotuí–Angelina Cotuí–San Miguel El Valle Enriquillo Esperanza Higüey Jimani La Romana–La Caleta La Vega–El Ponton Montecristi–Walterio Monte Plata San Cristobal San Pedro–Ingenio Quisqueya
Closed	Herrera International Airport Samaná–El Portillo Punta Águila International Airport Santiago Municipal Airport
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v t e Foreign relations of the Dominican Republic
Americas	Canada Chile Colombia Cuba Haiti Mexico Peru Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay
Asia	China India Taiwan Turkey
Europe	Italy Spain Switzerland
Diplomatic missions	Diplomatic missions of the Dominican Republic / in the Dominican Republic

v t e National parks of the Dominican Republic
• Cueva de las Maravillas National Park • El Choco National Park • Isabel De Torres National Park • Isla Cabritos National Park • Jaragua National Park • José Armando Bermúdez National Park • José del Carmen Ramírez National Park • La Caleta Underwater National Park • Los Haitises National Park • Monte Cristi National Park • Parque Nacional Del Este • Perez Rancier National Park • Pueblo Viejo National Park • Sierra De Baoruco National Park • Valle Nuevo National Park

v t e National sports teams of the Dominican Republic
Badminton Baseball M W Basketball M M-U19 M-U17 W W-U15 Beach handball M W Field hockey M W Football M M-U20 W W-U20 W-U17 Futsal Rugby union Handball M W Softball M W Tennis M W Volleyball M W W-U23 W-U21 W-U18
Olympics Paralympics Pan American Games

v t e People of the Dominican Republic
African Cocolo Samaná Americans Arabs Chinese Haitians Indians Japanese Jews White Spanish French Indigenous peoples of the Dominic Republic Ciguayos Taíno Mulatto Italians Venezuelans
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v t e Presidents of the Dominican Republic (list)
1844–1865	Santana M. Jimenes B. Báez Santana Regla Mota B. Báez Valverde Santana Spanish occupation (1861–1865)
Restoration War (1863–1865)	Salcedo Polanco Rojas
1865–1924	Pimentel J. Cabral P. Guillermo B. Báez J. Cabral B. Báez González Espaillat González M. Cabral B. Báez González C. Guillermo González Castro C. Guillermo Luperón Meriño Heureaux Billini Woss y Gil Heureaux Figuereo Vásquez J. Jimenes Vásquez Woss y Gil Morales Cáceres Victoria Nouel Bordas R. Báez J. Jimenes Henríquez United States occupation (1916–1924) Vicini
1924–1966	Vásquez Estrella R. Trujillo Peynado Troncoso R. Trujillo H. Trujillo Balaguer Bonnelly Bosch Provisional Junta First Triumvirate Second Triumvirate Molina^‡ Caamaño^‡ Benoit^‡ Imbert^‡ García Godoy
After 1966	Balaguer Guzmán Majluta Jorge Blanco Balaguer Fernández Mejía Fernández Medina Abinader
‡ Served during the Dominican Civil War.

v t e Ports and harbors in the Dominican Republic
Active	Port of Azua Port of Barahona Port of Boca Chica Port of Cabo Rojo Multimodal Caucedo Port Central Romana Port Cayo Levantado Port Haina Occidental Port Manzanillo Port Port of Puerto Plata Port of San Pedro de Macoris Port of Santo Domingo

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