Dominican Republic

COUNTRY FACTS

Area: 48,670 km²

Total Population: 10,403,761
Official Language: Spanish
Religion: Roman Catholic 95%, Others 5%.
Literacy Rate: 87.0%
Life Expectancy: 73
HISTORY BACKGROUND
• After its discovery by Columbus in 1492, the
island was occupied by Spaniards, Hispaniola
became the fist European settlement of the New
World.
• It was under Haitian rule from 1822 till 1844
• Dominican Republic gained independence from
Haiti in 1844
• Santo Domingo, the country’s capital, is the
oldest city of the Americas
POLITICAL SYSTEM
The Dominican Republic is a representative democracy with
government authority divided among independent executive,
legislative and judicial branches.
The Dominican Republic has a multi-party political system with
national elections every four years.
A president is elected by the people and can only hold office for four
years at a time. The Constitution states that he/she can not be re-
elected and in an election they must win by 50 percent plus one
vote.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS
The Dominican Republic has the largest economy of Central
America and the Caribbean. The country has weathered the
global economic crisis well and in 2010 experienced one of the
highest growth rates in the region

GDP: $16.1 Billion usd

GDP Growth: 5.0%
Per Capita GDP: $1,896
Inflation: 4.8%
Currency : Dominican Peso (DOP)
Tourism: 5 milion tourists p/annum (4th largest in Latin America)
HERITAGE
The capitol of the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, is called
the first city of the Americas. The Colonial city of Santo Domingo
is considered as part of UNESCO’s World Heritage
EXPORT CROPS

The capitol of the Dominican Republic, Santo

Domingo, was called the first city of the
Americas.
 Parties
Carnival: It’s one of the two
popular celebrations in Dominican
Republic.
The people wear customs of
demons, also the woman wear a
mangulina custom, this custom is
for dance perico ripiao.

Perico Ripiao: It’s  Perico

Ripiao a set of three or four
musicians, whose specialty is to
run Dominican folk rhythms,
especially merengue, or carabiné
mangulina.
 Sports
In Dominican Republic there are a
many famous athletes such as:

Sammy Sosa: Samuel Peralta Sosa

Kelvin (born November 12, 1968 in
Consuelo) is a former outfielder who
played in the right position in Major
League Baseball. Better known as
Sammy Sosa. I did 600 home runes

Felix Sánchez: Felix Sanchez (New

York, August 30, 1977) is a track and
field athlete from the Dominican
Republic, Olympic champion in
Athens in 2004 and in 2012 in
London in the discipline of 400
hurdles, considered the greatest
athlete in the history of the
Dominican Republic
food
It’s the most popular food in
Dominican Republic it’s called La
bandera it’s the official dish of the
nation. Contains meet, beans, rice
and salad.

This dish is typical in Easter

Holidays
It’s made off: Beans, biscuits, dry
grapes, batata and milk of
carnesio

This food is sold in the streets of

D.R.
They are made off: Flour, water
and salt.
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