Dominican Republic

Flag | Coat of Arms
Capital | Santo Domingo
Government | Presidential republic
Language | Spanish (official)
Monarch | Queen Elizabeth II

President | Danilo Medina Sánchez

Area | 18.704 sq mi
Population | 11,000,000 (2020)
GDP | $85,000,000,000 (2020)
GDP per capita | $7,727 (2020)
Currency | Dominican peso

The Dominican Republic is a Hispanic country in the Caribbean Sea. It comprises the eastern two thirds of the Caribbean island Hispaniola, which it shares with Haiti. Its capital is Santo Domingo.

Columbus's ship, the Santa Maria, reached the island on Christmas Eve 1492. The settlement there was named "La Navidad".

The Dominican Republic has produced many great baseball players, including Albert Pujols, Sammy Sosa, Pedro Martinez, Jose Reyes and Manny Ramirez.

## Further reading[edit]

### Guidebooks[edit]

* The Dominican Republic (A to Z) by Byron Augustin (2006) excerpt and text search
* Lonely Planet Dominican Republic by Gary Chandler and Liza Prado (2005) excerpt and text search
* Fodor's Dominican Republic, (2008) excerpt and text search
* Moon Dominican Republic (Moon Handbooks) by Ana Chavier Caamano (2006) excerpt and text search

### History[edit]

* Baud, Michael. Peasants and Tobacco in the Dominican Republic, 1870-1930. (1995). 326 pp.
* Bell, Ian. The Dominican Republic. (1981). 392 pp.
* Betances, Emelio. State and Society in the Dominican Republic. (1995). 162 pp.
* Engerman, Stanley L. et al. eds. Between Slavery and Free Labor: The Spanish-Speaking Caribbean in the Nineteenth Century. (1985). 294 pp.
* Moya Pons, Frank. The Dominican Republic: A National History. (1995). 543 pp.
* Ruck, Rob. The Tropic of Baseball: Baseball in the Dominican Republic. (1991). 205 pp.