Geography

• Location : In the Caribbean, between the Caribbean sea and the North Atlantic Ocean.
• Area: 48,730 sq km
• Climate: tropical maritime
• Highest Point: Pico Duarte, 3,175 m
• Natural Resources : bauxite, nickel, gold, and silver
• Shares the island La Hispaniola, with Haiti.

People

• Population:8,950,034
• Religion: Roman Catholic
• Language: Spanish

Government

• Government Type:Representative Democracy
• Capital:Santo Domingo
• Independance Day:Ferbruary 27, 1844
• President:Leonel Fernandez
• Political Parties:PLD, PRD, PRSC

Economy

• Major Revenue Source:exports, agriculture, and tourism.
• Challenges:inflation and unemployment
• Exports:sugar, tobacco, and coffee.
• Agricultural Products:sugarcane, coffee, cotton, cocoa, tobacco, rice, beans, potatoes, corn, bananas,cattle, pigs, dairy products, beef, and eggs.
• Industries:tourism, sugar processing, ferronickel and gold mining, textiles, cement, tobacco.
• Export Partners:South Korea and Canada
• Import Partners:Venezuela, Colombia, and Mexico.
• Currency:dominican peso.