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  1. A red ribbon under the shield reads, "República Dominicana" (meaning "Dominican Republic"). Out of all the flags in the world, the depiction of a Bible is unique to the Dominican flag. The national flower is the endemic Bayahibe rose ( Leuenbergeria quisqueyana ) and the national tree is the West Indian mahogany ( Swietenia mahagoni ). [307]

  2. En 2007, la República Dominicana tuvo una tasa de natalidad de 22.91 por 1000, y una tasa de mortalidad de 5.32 por 1000. [93] La prevalencia del sida en la República Dominicana en 2003 se situó en un estimado de 1.7 por ciento, con un estimado de 88 000 dominicanos seropositivos. Una misión patrocinada por los Estados Unidos está ayudando ...

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    The island of Hispaniola was discovered by Christopher Columbus on December 5th, 1492, but the first time that he saw part of the present Dominican Republic was on January 4th, 1493 when he saw a headland that he named Monte Cristi ("Mountain of Christ"). That mountain is called now El Morro and is near the city of Monte Cristi. From Monte Cristi, ...

    The Dominican Republic is a presidential democratic republic. The government is divided in three branches: the Executive, the Legislative and the Judiciary. The Executive branch is made up of the President, the Vice President and the Ministers who are called Secretaries of State. The President is chief of state and head of government and is elected...

    The Dominican Republic is a constitutional democracy ruled by a president. The president is elected every 4 years. The current president is Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona, of the PRM. There are 3 important political partiesin the Dominican Republic: 1. PRD: the Dominican Revolutionary Party (Spanish: Partido Revolucionario Dominicano). The PRD is a s...

    There are several mountain chains in the Dominican Republic. The four main chains, from North to South, are: 1. Cordillera Septentrional(in English, "Northern mountain range"), close to the Atlantic Ocean. 2. Cordillera Central (in English, "Central mountain range") that continues into northern Haiti where it is called Massif du Nord. The highest m...

    The Dominican Republic has a total population, estimated for July 2009, of 9,650,054 inhabitants, for a densityof 236.30 inhabitants per km². About 64% of Dominicans live in cities and towns and 87% of people that are 15 years old or more can read and write. The two largest cities are Santo Domingo(the capital city) with 1,817,754 inhabitants, and ...

    The Dominican Republic is divided into 31 provinces. The national capital Santo Domingo de Guzmán is in the Distrito Nationalthat is like a province and elects one Senator. The provinces are:

    The Dominican Republic has a mixed economy based mainly on agriculture, services (including tourism and finance), trade and money sent from the many Dominicans that live in other countries (United States, Europe). Agricultural production (mainly sugarcane, with smaller amounts of coffee, cacao, and tobacco) was the main economic activity but now is...

    The culture of the Dominican Republic, like in other Caribbean countries, is a mix of Taíno, African and European (mainly Spanish) cultures. There are not many Taíno traditions in the modern Dominican culture; many places keep their Taíno names: Dajabón, Bánica, Haina, Yaque, Samaná, etc. Also many objects, plants and animals have a Taíno origin an...

    Notes: 1. The non-working holidays are not moved to another day. 2. If a movable holiday falls on Saturday, Sunday or Monday then it is not moved to another day. If it falls on Tuesday or Wednesday, the holiday is moved to the previous Monday. If it falls on Thursday or Friday, the holiday is moved to the next Monday.

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  4. e. Dominican Republic people and culture. The culture of the Dominican Republic is a diverse mixture of different influences from around the world. The Dominican people and their customs have origins consisting predominantly in a European cultural basis, with native Taíno and African influences. [1] The Dominican Republic was the site of the ...

  5. The Dominican Republic is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with Haiti, making Hispaniola one of only two Caribbean islands, along with Saint Martin, that is shared by two ...

  6. The Dominican Republic is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with Haiti, making Hispaniola one of only two Caribbean islands, along with Saint Martin, that is shared by two sovereign states. It is the second-largest nation ...

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