Outline of the Dominican Republic

The Flag of the Dominican Republic		The Coat of arms of the Dominican Republic

The location of the Dominican Republic

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See also: Index of Dominican Republic-related articles

The Dominican Republic is a sovereign island nation on the eastern portion of the Island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea.^[1] Part of the Greater Antilles archipelago, Hispaniola lies west of Puerto Rico and east of Cuba and Jamaica. Its western third is the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are occupied by two countries, Saint Martin being the other.

The Dominican Republic is the site of the first permanent European settlement in the Americas, its capital Santo Domingo, which was also the first colonial capital in the Americas.^[2] It is the site of the first cathedral,^[3] university, European-built road, European-built fortress, and more.

For most of its independent history, the nation experienced political turmoil and unrest, suffering through many non-representative and tyrannical governments. Since the death of military dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina in 1961, the Dominican Republic has moved toward representative democracy.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Dominican Republic:

General reference

An enlargeable basic map of the Dominican Republic

• Pronunciation: /dəˈmɪnɨkən rɨˈpʌblɨk/
• Common English country name: The Dominican Republic
• Official English country name: The Dominican Republic
• Common endonym(s):
• Official endonym(s):
• Adjectival(s): Dominican
• Demonym(s):
• Etymology: Name of the Dominican Republic
• International rankings of the Dominican Republic
• ISO country codes: DO, DOM, 214
• ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:DO
• Internet country code top-level domain: .do

Geography of the Dominican Republic

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Main article: Geography of the Dominican Republic

• the Dominican Republic is: an island country
• Location:
  • Northern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere
    • North America (though not on the mainland)
  • Atlantic Ocean
    • North Atlantic
      • Caribbean
        • Antilles
          • Greater Antilles
            • Hispaniola (island, which it shares with Haiti)
  • Time zone: Eastern Caribbean Time (UTC-04)
  • Extreme points of the Dominican Republic
    • High: Pico Duarte 3,098 m (10,164 ft) – highest point in the Caribbean
    • Low: Lago Enriquillo −46 m (−151 ft) – lowest point on any ocean island
  • Land boundaries:  Haiti 360 km
  • Coastline: 1,288 km
• Population of the Dominican Republic:
• Area of the Dominican Republic:
• Atlas of the Dominican Republic

Environment of the Dominican Republic

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Main article: Environment of the Dominican Republic

• Climate of the Dominican Republic
• Environmental issues in the Dominican Republic
• Ecoregions in the Dominican Republic
• Renewable energy in the Dominican Republic
• Geology of the Dominican Republic
• Protected areas of the Dominican Republic
  • Biosphere reserves in the Dominican Republic
  • National parks of the Dominican Republic
• Wildlife of the Dominican Republic
  • Flora of the Dominican Republic
  • Fauna of the Dominican Republic
    • Birds of the Dominican Republic
    • Mammals of the Dominican Republic

Natural geographic features of the Dominican Republic

Main article: Landforms of the Dominican Republic

• Fjords of the Dominican Republic
• Glaciers of the Dominican Republic
• Islands of the Dominican Republic
• Lakes of the Dominican Republic
• Mountains of the Dominican Republic
  • Volcanoes in the Dominican Republic
• Rivers of the Dominican Republic
  • Waterfalls of the Dominican Republic
• Valleys of the Dominican Republic
• World Heritage Sites in the Dominican Republic

Regions of the Dominican Republic

Main article: Regions of the Dominican Republic

Ecoregions of the Dominican Republic

Main article: Ecoregions in the Dominican Republic

Administrative divisions of the Dominican Republic

None

Municipalities of the Dominican Republic

• Capital of the Dominican Republic: Santo Domingo
• Cities of the Dominican Republic

Demography of the Dominican Republic

Main article: Demographics of the Dominican Republic

Government and politics of the Dominican Republic

Main article: Government of the Dominican Republic and Politics of the Dominican Republic

• Form of government: representative democracy
• Capital of the Dominican Republic: Santo Domingo

• Elections in the Dominican Republic
  • (specific elections)
• Political parties in the Dominican Republic
• Political scandals of the Dominican Republic
• Taxation in the Dominican Republic

Branches of the government of the Dominican Republic

Main article: Government of the Dominican Republic

Executive branch of the government of the Dominican Republic

• Head of state: President of the Dominican Republic, Leonel Fernández
• Head of government: President of the Dominican Republic, Leonel Fernández
• Cabinet of the Dominican Republic

Legislative branch of the government of the Dominican Republic

• Congress of the Dominican Republic (bicameral)
  • Upper house: Senate of the Dominican Republic
  • Lower house: Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic

Judicial branch of the government of the Dominican Republic

Main article: Court system of the Dominican Republic

• Supreme Court of the Dominican Republic

Foreign relations of the Dominican Republic

Main article: Foreign relations of the Dominican Republic

• Diplomatic missions in the Dominican Republic
• Diplomatic missions of the Dominican Republic

International organization membership

The Dominican Republic is a member of:^[1]

African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (ACP) Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL) Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) (observer) Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE) Central American Integration System (SICA) (associated member) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Group of 77 (G77) Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) International Criminal Court (ICCt) International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) International Development Association (IDA) International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS) International Finance Corporation (IFC) International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) (suspended) International Labour Organization (ILO) International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Monetary Fund (IMF) International Olympic Committee (IOC) International Organization for Migration (IOM) International Organization for Standardization (ISO) (correspondent) International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM)

International Telecommunication Union (ITU) International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Latin American Economic System (LAES) Latin American Integration Association (LAIA) (observer) Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) Nonaligned Movement (NAM) Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) (signatory) Organization of American States (OAS) Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) Rio Group (RG) Unión Latina United Nations (UN) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Universal Postal Union (UPU) World Confederation of Labour (WCL) World Customs Organization (WCO) World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) World Health Organization (WHO) World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) World Meteorological Organization (WMO) World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) World Trade Organization (WTO)

Law and order in the Dominican Republic

Main article: Law of the Dominican Republic

• Capital punishment in the Dominican Republic
• Constitution of the Dominican Republic
• Crime in the Dominican Republic
• Human rights in the Dominican Republic
  • LGBT rights in the Dominican Republic
  • Freedom of religion in the Dominican Republic
• Law enforcement in the Dominican Republic

Military of the Dominican Republic

Main article: Military of the Dominican Republic

• Command
  • Commander-in-chief: Leonel Fernández
    • Ministry of Defence of the Dominican Republic
• Forces
  • Army of the Dominican Republic
  • Navy of the Dominican Republic
  • Air Force of the Dominican Republic
  • Special forces of the Dominican Republic
• Military history of the Dominican Republic
• Military ranks of the Dominican Republic

Local government in the Dominican Republic

Main article: Local government in the Dominican Republic

History of the Dominican Republic

Main article: History of the Dominican Republic, Timeline of the history of the Dominican Republic, and Current events of the Dominican Republic

• Economic history of the Dominican Republic
• Military history of the Dominican Republic

Culture of the Dominican Republic

Main article: Culture of the Dominican Republic

• Architecture of the Dominican Republic
• Cuisine of the Dominican Republic
• Ethnic minorities in the Dominican Republic
• Festivals in the Dominican Republic
• Humor in the Dominican Republic
• Languages of the Dominican Republic
• Media in the Dominican Republic
• National symbols of the Dominican Republic
  • Coat of arms of the Dominican Republic
  • Flag of the Dominican Republic
  • National anthem of the Dominican Republic
• People of the Dominican Republic
• Prostitution in the Dominican Republic
• Public holidays in the Dominican Republic
• Records of the Dominican Republic
• Religion in the Dominican Republic
  • Buddhism in the Dominican Republic
  • Christianity in the Dominican Republic
  • Hinduism in the Dominican Republic
  • Islam in the Dominican Republic
  • Judaism in the Dominican Republic
  • Sikhism in the Dominican Republic
• World Heritage Sites in the Dominican Republic

Art in the Dominican Republic

• Art in the Dominican Republic
• Cinema of the Dominican Republic
• Literature of the Dominican Republic
• Music of the Dominican Republic
• Television in the Dominican Republic
• Theatre in the Dominican Republic

Sports in the Dominican Republic

Main article: Sports in the Dominican Republic

• Football in the Dominican Republic
• The Dominican Republic at the Olympics

Economy and infrastructure of the Dominican Republic

Main article: Economy of the Dominican Republic

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 76th (seventy-sixth)

• Agriculture in the Dominican Republic
• Banking in the Dominican Republic
  • National Bank of the Dominican Republic
• Communications in the Dominican Republic
  • Internet in the Dominican Republic
• Companies of the Dominican Republic
• Banks of the Dominican Republic

• Currency of the Dominican Republic: Peso
  • ISO 4217: DOP

• Economic history of the Dominican Republic
• Energy in the Dominican Republic
  • Energy policy of the Dominican Republic
  • Oil industry in the Dominican Republic
• Mining in the Dominican Republic
• Tourism in the Dominican Republic
• Transport in the Dominican Republic

• the Dominican Republic Stock Exchange

Education in the Dominican Republic

Main article: Education in the Dominican Republic

Infrastructure of the Dominican Republic

• Health care in the Dominican Republic
• Transportation in the Dominican Republic
  • Airports in the Dominican Republic
  • Rail transport in the Dominican Republic
  • Roads in the Dominican Republic
• Water supply and sanitation in the Dominican Republic

See also

	Dominican Republic portal
	Caribbean portal
	Latin America portal

Main article: Dominican Republic

• Index of Dominican Republic-related articles
• List of international rankings
• Member state of the United Nations
• Outline of geography
• Outline of North America
• Outline of the Caribbean

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Dominican Republic". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 3, 2009. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/dr.html. Retrieved July 23, 2009. 
2. ^ Ramos, Ruth; Esther Ramos (2005). "Dominican Republic History". Visiting the Dominican Republic.com. http://www.visiting-the-dominican-republic.com/dominican_republic_history.html. Retrieved 2007-05-29. 
3. ^ "Santo Domingo, city, Dominican Republic". The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Bartleby.com. 2005. http://www.bartleby.com/65/sn/SntoDom-city.html. Retrieved 2007-06-03. 

External links

Wikimedia Atlas of Dominican Republic

• Official Website of the Ministry of Tourism of the Dominican Republic
• Presidency of the Dominican Republic (Spanish)
• Ministry of Tourism of the Dominican Republic
• World Bank Dominican Republic
• Dominican Republic Weather Information
• Dominican Republic Aviation Information

• Wikimedia Atlas of the Dominican Republic
• Outline of the Dominican Republic travel guide from Wikitravel
• Dominican Republic, an external wiki
• Outline of the Dominican Republic at the Open Directory Project
• Dominican Republic entry at The World Factbook