COUNTRY FLAG, BIRD, TREE Flag The bird is the Palmchat West
Indian Mahogany
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Maps and location Location in the Caribbean next to Haiti
Dominican Republic is on the map near South America
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The climate is very very hot. The landscaping is so nice and
sandy with palm trees
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ECONOMY The Dominican Republic has the second largest economy
in the Caribbean. Primarily dependent on agriculture, trade, and
services, especially tourism An important aspect of the Dominican
economy is the Free Trade Zone industry (FTZ), which made up U.S.
$4.55 billion in Dominican exports for 2006 (70% of total exports).
This really stinks
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Religion Assembly of God Church of God Baptist Pentecostal
Seventh-day Adventist Church Brethren This is our Religion
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Education in the Dominican Republic is free. However, a lot of
students plan to enter college in the US.
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Culture The people and their customs have origins mixing of
Spaniard, African and Taino roots. The Dominican Republic was the
first Spanish colony in the New World.
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Language They speak Spanish. But some people speak English.
HOLA SEORA!
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There is a lot of people walking and even living on the
streets. A ton of people go on vacations there in resorts which are
really nice.
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GOVERNMENT Nationality: Noun and adjective--Dominican(s).
Population (2012 est.): 10.09 million. Annual population growth
rate (2012 est.): 1.3%. Language: Spanish. Education: Years needed
-6. Attendance--70%. Literacy--84.7%. Health: Infant mortality
rate--19/1,000. Life expectancy--75.28 years for men, 79.69 years
for women. Work force: 60.2% services (tourism, transportation,
communications, finances, others), 15.5% industry (manufacturing),
11.5% construction, 11.3% agriculture, 1.5% mining.
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HISTORY Hundreds of thousands Tainos living on the island were
enslaved to work in gold mines. The first major slave revolt in the
Americas occurred in Santo Domingo during 1522, when slaves led an
uprising in the sugar plantation of admiral Don Diego Coln, son of
Christopher Columbus.
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INTERESTING FACTS Albert Pujols was born in Dominican Republic.
Dominican republic has lots of good baseball teams
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recourses used Wikipedia and Encyclopedia Cia. Gov.
Cultrugrams