Dominican Republic
By: Braden Fair
Punta Cana
This map shows you the location of the Dominican Republic.
Playa Rincon
Train station in Santo Domingo.
Flag of the Dominican Republic.
The absolute location is 18N, 70W.
Basic Info
The overall population of Dominican Republic is 10.65 million.
They have a democratic government.
Santo Domingo is the capital city.
The Dominican Republic overall area is 18,704 square miles.
Landforms
Island
Saona island, one of the largest islands in the Dominican territory.
Lake Enriquillo, one of the lowest points of the Caribbean. It is also a salt lake.
Salt lake
Pico Duarte, the highest point in all of the caribbean.
Mountain
Climate
In the Dominican Republic there are two different climate regions. The first climate region is in red, where the temperatures there can reach up to 85 degrees and down to 70 degrees Fahrenheit. The second climate region is in yellow, where the temperatures there can go down to 50 degrees and reach up to 60 degrees Fahrenheit.
The Dominican Republic has wide ranges of rain depending on where you are. The first climate region is a whitish-blue, where it averages 0 inches of rain per year. The second is a very light blue, where it can get up to 3.9 inches of rain per year. The third region is a light blue, and it averages about 9.8 inches per year. The last region is a very dark blue, and it can get up to 98.4 inches of rain per year.
Climate
Man made features
The Alcazar De Colon palace is the oldest European palace in the Americas.
The Monasterio De San Francisco was set on fire in 1586 and rebuilt. Then it was devastated by an earthquake in 1673 and rebuilt. It was hit by another earthquake and rebuilt, then hit by a hurricane and rebuilt again.
A light house made of cast iron and built in 1879.
El Faro
Monasterio De San Francisco
Alcazar De Colon
The total catch for all sea fishing in 2010 was 14,490 tons.
A mahi mahi
Natural resources
2009 estimate of gold mined in the Dominican Republic: 381.4 pounds.
Gold
2011 estimate of nickel mined in the Dominican Republic: 13,528 tons.
Nickel
Industry
They make a lot of coarse grains and soybean type of foods.
Food processing is another big industry.
The mining companies struggled in the 1980s because of the low cost for key minerals.
Mining is one of the big industries in the Dominican Republic.
In 2009 the Dominican Republic exported about 620 metric tons of ferronickel.
Metal refining is another big industry.
Agriculture
The Dominican Republic is the 4th largest producer of sugarcane.
Cocoa beans are the 2nd best selling cash crop.
Cocoa bean
Tobacco
They sold a lot of tobacco in 1978 but in the 1980s sales declined.
Sugar cane
Their primary language is Spanish.
Mangu (plantain mash)
Culture
They have mostly the same holidays as the US. Yet some are different such as Juan Pablo Duarte day, which is on January 26th.
One of the most common recipes in the Dominican Republic is La Bandera, it is considered the national dish. It is very colorful and matches the colors of the national flag. It contains rice, red beans, meat, and salad. (above)
Sancho (7 meat stew)
