Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic is a country that occupies the eastern half of the island of , which it shares with . Besides white sand beaches and mountain landscapes, the country is home to the oldest European city in the Americas, now part of .
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Essential Destinations

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is the capital of the Dominican Republic, the oldest European city in the Americas, and the most developed city on the island of Hispaniola.

is a city in the Dominican Republic. The buildings are old and classic Caribbean Spanish style.

is a town and tourist region at the easternmost tip of the Dominican Republic. The region, covering about 420,000 m2, is home to a coastline of sandy white beaches. It is a popular spring break destination.

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is a region of Dominican Republic.

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The Eastern Region is a region of Dominican Republic. It has a plain landscape of sugarcane plantations, and the world-famous beaches and resorts at Casa de Campo, Punta Cana, Cap Cana and Bavaro.

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is an area of the Dominican Republic containing the capital city of Santo Domingo and its surrounding towns and beaches.

The Southern Region is a region of the Dominican Republic.

Dominican Republic

Latitude of center
19° north
Longitude of center
-70.5° or 70° 30′ west
Population
10,500,000
Area
48,730 km² (18,815 miles²)
Elevation
1,459 metres (4,787 feet)
Currency
Peso (DOP)
Phone code
.do
Internet domain
+1-809 and 1-829
Open­Street­Map ID
node 246422158
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­country
Geo­Names ID
3508796
Wiki­data ID
Q786
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Dominican Republic” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: Доминиканатәи Ареспублика
  • Abkhazian: Доминикантәи Ареспублика
  • Afrikaans: Dominikaanse Republiek
  • Akan: Dɔmeneka Kurokɛse
  • Albanian: Republika Dominikane
  • Albanian: Republika Dominikanë
  • Amharic: ዶመኒካን ሪፑብሊክ
  • Amharic: ዶሚኒካን ሪፐብሊክ
  • Amis: Dominica
  • Amis: Dominican republic
  • Angika: डोमिनिकन गणराज्य
  • Arabic: الجمهورية الدومينيكية
  • Arabic: الدومينيكان
  • Arabic: جمهورية الدومنيكان
  • Arabic: جمهورية الدومينيك
  • Arabic: جمهورية الدومينيكان
  • Aragonese: Republica Dominicana
  • Armenian: Դոմինիկյան Հանրապետություն
  • Arpitan: Rèpublica domeniquêna
  • Assamese: ড’মিনিকান ৰিপাব্লিক
  • Asturian: República Dominicana
  • Aymara: Republika Duminikana
  • Azerbaijani: Dominik Respublikası
  • Azerbaijani: Dominikan Respublikası
  • Balinese: Républik Dominika
  • Bambara: Dɔmimiki republiki
  • Bashkir: Доминика Республикаһы
  • Basque: Dominikar Errepublika
  • Bavarian: Dominikanische Republik
  • Belarusian: Дамініканская Рэспубліка
  • Bengali: ডোমিনিকান প্রজাতন্ত্র
  • Bengali: ডোমিনিকান রিপাবলিক, ডিআর
  • Bengali: ডোমেনিকান প্রজাতন্ত্র
  • Betawi: Kiblik Dominika
  • Bhojpuri: डोमिनिकन रिपब्लिक
  • Bishnupriya: ডোমিনিকান প্রজাতন্ত্র
  • Bislama: Dominikan Ripablik
  • Bosnian: Dominikanska Republika
  • Breton: Republik Dominikan
  • Bulgarian: Доминиканска република
  • Burmese: ဒိုမီနီကန်
  • Burmese: ဒိုမီနီကန်သမ္မတနိုင်ငံ
  • Catalan: República Dominicana
  • Cebuano: Dominikanhong Republika
  • Cebuano: Republikang Dominikanhon
  • Cebuano: Republikang Dominikano
  • Central Bikol: Dominikanang Republika
  • Central Kurdish: کۆماری دۆمینیکان
  • Chavacano: República Dominicana
  • Chechen: Доминикан Республика
  • Chechen: Доминикин Республика
  • Cherokee: ᏙᎻᏂᎧᏂ ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
  • Chinese: Dominica Kiōng-hô-kok
  • Chinese: 多明尼加
  • Chinese: 多明尼加共和国
  • Chinese: 多明尼加共和國
  • Chinese: 多米尼加
  • Chinese: 多米尼加共和国
  • Chinese: 多米尼加共和國
  • Cornish: Repoblek Dhominikanek
  • Cornish: Repoblek Dominikan
  • Corsican: Republica Dominicana
  • Corsican: Republica Duminicana
  • Corsican: Ripublica Duminicana
  • Corsican: Ripùblica Duminicana
  • Crimean Tatar: Dominikan Cumhuriyeti
  • Croatian: Dominikanska Republika
  • Czech: Dominikánská republika
  • Dagbani: Dominican Republic
  • Danish: Den Dominikanske Republik
  • Danish: Dominikanske Republik
  • Dhivehi: ޑޮމިނިކަން ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ
  • Dimli (individual language): Cumhuriyetê Dominika
  • Dimli (individual language): Cumurêtê Dominiki
  • Dotyali: डोमिनिकन गणतन्त्र
  • Dutch: DO
  • Dutch: DOM
  • Dutch: Dominicaanse Republiek
  • Dzongkha: ཌོ་མི་ནི་ཀཱན་ རི་པབ་ལིཀ
  • Eastern Mari: Доминикан Республик
  • Egyptian Arabic: جمهورية الدومينيكان
  • Erzya: Доминиканонь Республикась
  • Esperanto: Domingo
  • Esperanto: Dominika Respubliko
  • Esperanto: Respubliko Domingo
  • Estonian: Dominikaani Vabariik
  • Ewe: Dominican Republic
  • Ewe: Dominika repɔblik nutome
  • Extremaduran: Repúbrica Dominicana
  • Faroese: Dominikalýðveldið
  • Faroese: Dominikanalýðveldið
  • Fiji Hindi: Dominican Republic
  • Finnish: Dominikaaninen tasavalta
  • French: DO
  • French: Dominicaine, république
  • French: Dominicaine
  • French: la République dominicaine
  • French: Rep. Dominicaine
  • French: République dominicaine
  • French: République Dominicaine
  • Fulah: Ndenndaandi Dominikaana’en
  • Fulah: Ndenndanndi Dominika
  • Gagauz: Dominikan Respublikası
  • Galician: República Dominica
  • Galician: República Dominicana
  • Ganda: Lipubulika ya Dominika
  • Georgian: დომინიკანის რესპუბლიკა
  • Georgian: დომინიკელთა რესპუბლიკა
  • German: Dom. Republik
  • German: Dominikanische Republik
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: Dominican Republic
  • Gilaki: دؤمينيکن ٚ جؤمۊري
  • Goan Konkani: डोमिनिकन गणराज्य
  • Greek: Δομινικανή Δημοκρατία
  • Guarani: Tavakuairetã Ndominikagua
  • Guianese Creole French: Répiblik dominikenn
  • Gujarati: ડોમિનિકન રિપબ્લિક
  • Haitian: Dominikani
  • Hakka Chinese: Dominica Khiung-fò-koet
  • Hausa: Jamhuriyar Dominika
  • Hebrew: דומיניק
  • Hebrew: הרפובליקה הדומיניקנית
  • Hindi: डॉमिनिकन गणतंत्र
  • Hindi: डोमिनिकन गणराज्य
  • Hindi: डोमिनिकन रिपब्लिक, डीआर
  • Hindi: दोमिनिकन गणराज्य
  • Hungarian: Dominikai Köztársaság
  • Icelandic: Dóminíska lýðveldið
  • Ido: Dominikana Republiko
  • Igbo: Dominican Republik
  • Iloko: Republika a Dominikano
  • Inari Sami: Dominikaanisâš täsiväldi
  • Indonesian: Republik Dominika
  • Indonesian: Republik Dominikana
  • Interlingua: Republica Dominican
  • Interlingue: Republica Dominican
  • Irish: an Phoblacht Dhoiminiceach
  • Irish: An Phoblacht Dhoiminiceach
  • Italian: Repubblica Dominicana
  • Jamaican Creole English: Daminikan Ripoblik
  • Japanese: ドミニカ共和国
  • Javanese: Républik Dominika
  • Kabiyè: Tominiika ɛjaɖɛ
  • Kabiyè: Tominiika
  • Kabyle: Tagduda n Duminik
  • Kalmyk: Доминиканмудин Орн
  • Kannada: ಡೊಮಿನಿಕ ಗಣರಾಜ್ಯ
  • Kannada: ಡೊಮೆನಿಕನ್ ರಿಪಬ್ಲಿಕ್
  • Kannada: ಡೊಮೆನಿಕ್ ರಿಪಬ್ಲಿಕ್
  • Kara-Kalpak: Dominikana
  • Karachay-Balkar: Доминикан Республика
  • Kashmiri: ڈومِنِکَن جموٗرِیَت
  • Kazakh: Доминикан Республикасы
  • Khmer: សាធារណរដ្ឋ​ដូមីនីក
  • Kikuyu: Dominican Republic
  • Kikuyu: Jamhuri ya Dominika
  • Kinyarwanda: Repubulika ya Dominikani
  • Kirghiz: Доминика Республикасы
  • Kirghiz: Доминикана Республикасы
  • Komi: Доминикан Республика
  • Korean: 도미니카 공화국
  • Korean: 도미니카공화국
  • Kotava: Dominikana
  • Kurdish: Komara Domînîk
  • Ladin: Republica Dominicana
  • Ladino: Repuvlika Dominikana
  • Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ໂດມິນິກັນ
  • Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດໂດມິນິກັນ
  • Latin: Res publica Dominicana
  • Latin: Res publica Dominiciana
  • Latin: Respublica Dominicana
  • Latvian: Dominikana
  • Latvian: Dominikāna
  • Latvian: Dominikānas Republika
  • Ligurian: Repubbrica Dominicann-a
  • Limburgan: Dominicaanse Rippubliek
  • Lingala: Repibiki ya Domínikɛ
  • Lingala: Republiki Dominikani
  • Lingala: Republíki Dominikani
  • Lingua Franca Nova: Republica Dominican
  • Literary Chinese: 多明尼加
  • Lithuanian: Dominikos Respublika
  • Livvi: Dominikanan Tazavaldu
  • Lombard: Repübliga Dominicana
  • Low German: Dominikaansche Republiek
  • Low German: Dominikaanse Reppubliek
  • Low German: Dominikaanse Republiek
  • Lower Sorbian: Dominikańska republika
  • Luba-Katanga: Ditunga wa Duminiku
  • Luxembourgish: Dominikanesch Republik
  • Macedo-Romanian: Republica Dominicanã
  • Macedonian: Доминиканска Република
  • Madurese: Republik Dominika
  • Malagasy: Repoblika Dôminikana
  • Malagasy: Repoblika Dominikanina
  • Malay: Republik Dominica
  • Malay: Republik Dominican
  • Malay: Republik Dominika
  • Malayalam: ഡൊമനിക്കൻ റിപ്പബ്ലിക്
  • Malayalam: ഡൊമിനിക്കൻ റിപ്പബ്ലിക്ക്
  • Maltese: ir-Repubblika Dominicana
  • Maltese: Repubblika Dominicana
  • Maltese: Repubblika Dominikana
  • Manx: y Phobblaght Ghominicagh
  • Manx: Yn Phobblaght Ghominicagh
  • Maori: Te Whenua Tominika
  • Marathi: डॉमिनिकन प्रजासत्ताक
  • Marathi: डोमिनिकन प्रजासत्ताक
  • Mazanderani: دومینیکن
  • Min Dong Chinese: Dominica Gê̤ṳng-huò-guók
  • Min Nan Chinese: Domingo Kiōng-hô-kok
  • Min Nan Chinese: Dominic Kiōng-hô-kok
  • Min Nan Chinese: Dominica Kiōng-hô-kok
  • Min Nan Chinese: Dominican Kiōng-hô-kok
  • Min Nan Chinese: Dominicana Kiōng-hô-kok
  • Min Nan Chinese: To-bêng-nî-ka Kiōng-hô-kok
  • Minangkabau: Republik Dominika
  • Mingrelian: დომინიკარეფიშ რესპუბლიკა
  • Mirandese: República Domenicana
  • Moksha: Доминиканонь Республикась
  • Mongolian: Бүгд Найрамдах Доминикан Улс
  • Moroccan Arabic: جمهورية دومينيكان
  • Moroccan Arabic: لجمهورية د الدومينيكان
  • Nauru: Ripubrikin Dominika
  • Navajo: Domingo Bikéyah
  • Nepali: डोमिनिकन गणतन्त्र
  • Newari: डोमिनिकन गणतन्त्र
  • North Ndebele: Dominican Republic
  • Northern Frisian: Dominikaans Republiik
  • Northern Sami: Dominikána dásseváldi
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Den dominikanske republikk
  • Norwegian Bokmål: República Dominicana
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Den dominikanske republikk
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Den dominikanske republikken
  • Norwegian: Den dominikanske republikk
  • Novial: Dominikal Republike
  • Occitan (post 1500): Republica dominicana
  • Occitan (post 1500): Republica Dominicana
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Dominicanisce Cynewise
  • Oriya: ଡୋମିନିକାନ୍‌ ସାଧାରଣତନ୍ତ୍ର
  • Oriya: ଡୋମେନିକାନ ରିପବ୍ଲିକ
  • Oromo: Rippabiliika Dominiikaan
  • Ossetian: Доминиканæйы Республикæ
  • Pali: डोमोनिकन रिपब्लिक
  • Pampanga: Dominikana Republika
  • Pampanga: Republika Dominikana
  • Pampanga: Republikang Dominikánu
  • Pangasinan: Republika na Dominikana
  • Pangasinan: Republika na Dominique
  • Panjabi: ਡੋਮਿਨਿਕਾਈ ਗਣਰਾਜ
  • Panjabi: ਡੋਮੀਨਿਕਾਈ ਗਣਰਾਜ
  • Panjabi: ਦੋਮੀਨੀਕਾਨਾ ਗਣਰਾਜ
  • Papiamento: Republica Dominicana
  • Papiamento: Republika Dominikano
  • Persian: جمهوری دومونیکا
  • Persian: جمهوری دومینیکن
  • Picard: Républike donminicaine
  • Piemontese: Repùblica Duminican-a
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: Dominikan Repablik
  • Polish: Dominikana
  • Polish: RD
  • Polish: República Dominicana
  • Polish: Republika Dominikańska
  • Polish: Republika Dominikany
  • Portuguese: RD
  • Portuguese: República Dominicana
  • Pushto: جمهوريه ډومينيکن
  • Pushto: دومنيکا جمهوريت
  • Pushto: ډومنيکان جمهوريت
  • Quechua: Duminikana
  • Quechua: República Dominicana
  • Quechua: Thuminikana
  • Romanian: Republica Dominicană
  • Romansh: Republica Dominicana
  • Rundi: Repubulika ya Dominika
  • Russia Buriat: Бүгэдэ Найрамдаха Доминикана Улас
  • Russia Buriat: Доминикана Бүгэдэ Найрамдаха Улас
  • Russian: Доминикана
  • Russian: Доминиканская Республика
  • Rusyn: Доминиканска република
  • Sakizaya: Dominican republic
  • Samogitian: Duomėnėkas Respoblėka
  • Samogitian: Duomėnė̅kas Respoblėka
  • Samogitian: Duomėnė̅kas Respublika
  • Sango: Ködörösêse tî Dominîka
  • Sanskrit: डोमोनिकन रिपब्लिक
  • Sardinian: Repùblica Dominicana
  • Scots: Dominican Republic
  • Scottish Gaelic: A’ Phoblachd Dhoiminiceach
  • Scottish Gaelic: Poblachd Dhoiminicia
  • Serbian: Dominikanska Republika
  • Serbian: Доминиканска Република
  • Serbo-Croatian: Dominikanska Republika
  • Shan: မိူင်းၸွမ်ပွင်ၸိုင်ႈ တူဝ်ႇမီႇၼီႇၵၼ်ႇ
  • Shan: မိူင်းတူဝ်ႇမီႇၼီႇၵၼ်ႇ
  • Shona: Dominican Republic
  • Sicilian: Ripùbbrica Duminicana
  • Silesian: Důmińikana
  • Sindhi: ڊومينيڪن جمهوريه
  • Sindhi: ڊومينيڪن ريپبلڪ
  • Sinhala: ඩොමිනිකන් ජනරජය
  • Sinhala: ඩොමිනිකා ජනරජය
  • Sinhala: ඩොමිනිකානු ජනරජය
  • Skolt Sami: Dominikaanlaž tääʹssväʹldd
  • Slovak: Dominikánska republika
  • Slovenian: DO
  • Slovenian: Dominikanska republika
  • Slovenian: República Dominicana
  • Somali: Jamhuuriyadda Dominika
  • Somali: Jamhuuriyaddda Dominika
  • South Azerbaijani: دومینیکن جمهوریتی
  • South Azerbaijani: دومینیکن جومهوریتی
  • Spanish: Haití Español
  • Spanish: Quisqueya
  • Spanish: República de Santo Domingo
  • Spanish: Republica Dominicana
  • Spanish: República Dominicana
  • Spanish: Santo Domingo
  • Sundanese: Républik Dominika
  • Swahili: Jamhuri ya Dominika
  • Swahili: Jamhuri ya Dominikan
  • Swati: Tibuse weDomonokha
  • Swedish: Dominikanska republiken
  • Swiss German: Dominikanische Republik
  • Tagalog: Republikang Dominikano
  • Tajik: Ҷумҳурии Доминикан
  • Tajik: Ҷумҳурии Доминикана
  • Talysh: Dominikan Respublika
  • Tamil: டொமினிகன் குடியரசு
  • Tamil: டொமினிக்கன் குடியரசு
  • Taroko: Dominican Republic
  • Tatar: Доминикан Җөмһүрияте
  • Tatar: Доминикан Республикасы
  • Tatar: Доминикана Республикасы
  • Telugu: డొమినిక గణతంత్రం
  • Telugu: డొమినికన్ రిపబ్లిక్
  • Telugu: డొమెనికన్ రిపబ్లిక్
  • Tetum: Repúblika Dominikana
  • Thai: โดมินิกัน
  • Thai: สาธารณรัฐโดมินิกัน
  • Tibetan: ཌོ་མི་ནི་ཀན་སྤྱི་མཐུན་རྒྱལ་ཁབ།
  • Tibetan: ཌོ་མིནནི་ཀན་སྤྱི་མཐུན་རྒྱལ་ཁབ།
  • Tigrinya: ዶመኒካ ሪፓብሊክ
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): Lepupelika Tominika
  • Tosk Albanian: Dominikanische Republik
  • Tsonga: Riphabliki ra Dominican
  • Tunisian Arabic: جمهوريّة الدومينيك
  • Turkish: Dominik Cumhuriyeti
  • Turkish: República Dominicana
  • Turkmen: Dominikan Respublikasy
  • Udmurt: Доминикан Республика
  • Uighur: دومىنىكا جۇمھۇرىيىتى
  • Uighur: دومىنىكان جۇمھۇرىيەتى
  • Ukrainian: Домініканська Республіка
  • Upper Sorbian: Dominikanska republika
  • Urdu: جمہوریہ ڈومينيکن
  • Urdu: جمہوریہ ڈومینیکن
  • Uzbek: Dominika Respublikasi
  • Uzbek: Dominikan Respublikasi
  • Uzbek: Dominikana Respublikasi
  • Venetian: Repùblega Dominicana
  • Venetian: Repùblica Dominicana
  • Veps: Dominikanine Tazovaldkund
  • Vietnamese: Cộng hoà Đô-mi-ni-ca
  • Vietnamese: Cộng hoà Dominica
  • Vietnamese: Cộng hòa Dominica
  • Vietnamese: Cộng hòa Dominicana
  • Vlax Romani: Dominican Republic
  • Volapük: Repüblikän Dominiganik
  • Volapük: Sandominän
  • Võro: Dominikaani Vabariik
  • Waray (Philippines): Republika Dominicana
  • Welsh: Gweriniaeth Dominica
  • Welsh: Y Weriniaeth Ddominicaidd
  • Western Frisian: Dominikaanske Republyk
  • Western Panjabi: ڈومینیکائی گݨراج
  • Western Panjabi: ڈومینیکن
  • Wolof: Réewum Dominik
  • Wolof: Repiblik Dominiken
  • Wu Chinese: 多米尼加
  • Yakut: Доминика Өрөспүүбүлүкэтэ
  • Yakut: Доминика Республиката
  • Yiddish: דאמיניקאנישע רעפובליק
  • Yiddish: דאמיניקאַנישע רעפּובליק
  • Yoruba: Dòmíníkánì
  • Yoruba: Orílẹ̀òmìnira Dómíníkì
  • Yue Chinese: 多明尼加
  • Zeeuws: Dominicaanse Republiek
  • Zeeuws: Dominicaonse Rippebliek
  • Zhuang: Dominica Gunghozgoz
  • Zulu: i-Dominican Republic
  • DO
  • DOM
  • Dominikaani Vabariik
  • Dominikanah
  • Dominikanah Axkayotl
  • DR
  • Duomėnėkas Respoblėka
  • ma Tominika
  • Republica Dominicanã
  • Republik Dominika
  • Santoh Tominkoh
  • डोमिनिकन रिपब्लिक

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