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Legislative branch. description: bicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists of: Senate or Senado (32 seats; 26 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, and 6 members indirectly elected based upon province-wide party plurality votes for its candidates to the Chamber of Deputies; all members serve 4-year terms; note - in 2019, the Central ...
Satellite view of Dominican Republic. Location Caribbean, it occupies five-eighths of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti Geographic coordinates Area. Total: 48,670 km²; Land: 48,320 km²; Water: 350 km²; Land boundaries
The Dominican Republic is a Caribbean country that occupies the eastern half of the island of Hispaniola, which it shares with Haiti. Besides white sand beaches and mountain landscapes, the country is home to the oldest European city in the Americas, now part of Santo Domingo .
The map shows the Dominican Republic with the location of the following cities and towns (official names in parentheses): Largest Cities: Santo Domingo (Santo Domingo de Guzmán; capital city; population: 3 million), Santiago (Santiago de los Caballeros; urban pop.: 2 million), Puerto Plata (San Felipe de Puerto Plata; pop.: 287,000), San ...
The Dominican Republic has an area of 48,310 km², which is about the size of Slovakia or around the size of the US states of Vermont and New Hampshire combined. The country has a population of 10.7 million people (in 2022). Capital and largest city is Santo Domingo. The official language is Spanish.
Aug 29, 2012 · Dominican Republic country profile. 29 March 2023. Once ruled by Spain, the Dominican Republic shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti, a former French colony. The Caribbean nation is a...
The Dominican Republic ( Spanish: República Dominicana) is a Caribbean country that occupies the eastern half of the island of Hispaniola, which it shares with Haiti. Besides white sand beaches and mountain landscapes, the country is home to the oldest European city in the Americas, now part of Santo Domingo.
