{"id":1139,"date":"2007-02-02T17:29:30","date_gmt":"2007-02-02T13:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dominicana-online.org\/?p=1139"},"modified":"2018-04-19T03:50:46","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T03:50:46","slug":"ficha-del-pais","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/republica-dominicana\/ficha-del-pais\/","title":{"rendered":"Country Data"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Official name<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nDominican Republic<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Capital<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nSanto Domingo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Geographic location<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nBetween\u00a068′ 19″ y 72′ 31″ longitude west.
\nBetween\u00a017′ 36″ y 19′ 56″ latitude north.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Geographic limits<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nTo the north:\u00a0Atlantic Ocean
\nSouth:\u00a0Caribbean Sea
\nEast:\u00a0Mona Passage
\nWest: Haiti<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Land Mass<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n48,730 km2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
North-South Longitude<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n265\u00a0kms, from\u00a0Cabo Beata,\u00a0in the far southwest, to Cabo Isabela, in the north.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
East-West Longitude<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n390\u00a0kms, from Cabo\u00a0Enga\u00f1o, in the east,\u00a0to the community of\u00a0Lajas, in the extreme west (on the border)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Inhabitants<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n10.4 million\u00a0(2014)*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Official Language<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nSpanish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Official Currency<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nDominican Peso\u00a0(RD$)**<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Official Religion<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Religions practiced by percentage<\/i>***<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Catholic: 56.4%
\n<\/span>Christian non-Catholic: 24%
\nOther, non-Christian\u00a0a: 0.3%
\nNone: 19.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Administrative Divisions\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n31 provinces and a (1) National District ****<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
System of Government<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nRepresentative Democracy \/ Presidential Republic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Clima<\/b>te<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nTropical. Average annual temperature: between 19 degrees Celsius and 34 degrees Celsius (66 degrees Fahrenheit and 93 degrees Fahrenheit).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

* World Bank:\u00a0http:\/\/datos.bancomundial.org\/pais\/republica-dominicana#cp_surv<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

**\u00a0Central Bank of the Dominican Republic\u00a0(BCRD),\u00a0exchange market\u00a0(Exchange rates of Dominican currency):\u00a0http:\/\/www.bancentral.gov.do\/estadisticas_economicas\/mercado_cambiario\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

***\u00a0National Statistics Office\u00a0(ONE):\u00a0Percent distribution of the population 18 years or older, according to religious affiliation (2012).\u00a0http:\/\/www.one.gob.do<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

****\u00a0National Statistics Office\u00a0(ONE):\u00a0http:\/\/www.one.gob.do\/cartografia\/317\/division-politica-administrativa<\/a><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Official name\u00a0 Dominican Republic\u00a0 Capital\u00a0 Santo Domingo Geographic location\u00a0 Between\u00a068′ 19″ y 72′ 31″ longitude west. Between\u00a017′ 36″ y 19′ 56″ latitude north. Geographic limits\u00a0 To the north:\u00a0Atlantic Ocean South:\u00a0Caribbean Sea East:\u00a0Mona Passage West: Haiti Land Mass\u00a0 48,730 km2 North-South Longitude\u00a0 265\u00a0kms, from\u00a0Cabo Beata,\u00a0in the far southwest, to Cabo Isabela, in the north. East-West Longitude\u00a0 … Continue reading “Country Data”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1520,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1139","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1139"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1139"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10065,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1139\/revisions\/10065"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}