Geographical position: Dominican Republic is located in Caribbean, eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti.
The country’s climate is tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation; seasonal variation in rainfall.
Languages: Spanish.
Santo Domingo is the capital of Dominican Republic.
Surface: 48,730 sq km
Population: 8,950,034
System of government: representative democracy
Capital: Santo Domingo
Religion: Roman Catholic 95%
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