Dominican Republic
Americas · Untouched
- Capital
- Santo Domingo
- Population
- 10.8M
- Area
- 49K km²
About Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic occupies the eastern two-thirds of Hispaniola, the Caribbean island it shares with Haiti. Its capital, Santo Domingo, preserves the oldest colonial quarter in the Americas, a UNESCO-listed grid of streets dating to the earliest years of Spanish settlement. Beyond the capital, the country ranges from white-sand beaches to the highest mountains in the Caribbean, all set to the rhythms of merengue and bachata.
- Santo Domingo, founded in the 1490s, is the oldest continuously inhabited European-established city in the Americas.
- Pico Duarte in the Dominican Republic is the highest mountain in the Caribbean, rising over 3,000 meters.
- The Dominican flag is the only national flag in the world that depicts a Bible, shown open at its center.
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