DOMINICAN

Dominican Republic (Spanish: República Dominicana) is a state on the island of Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean. Located in the western third of the island nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two islands in the Caribbean shared by two states. Both in terms of area or population of the Dominican Republic is the second largest country in the Caribbean (after Cuba). An area of ​​48.442 km 2 (18,704 square miles) and the estimated population of 10 million people.

Taino people inhabited the island since the seventh century.While Christopher Columbus arrived in the territory of the Dominicans in 1492 and became the city of Santo Domingo, the first permanent European settlement in the Americas, the capital of the country and the first Spanish capital in the new world. Are located in Santo Domingo's first university and the first cathedral and the first castle in the Americas. Another two in the Ciudad Colonial are on the UNESCO list of World Heritage.

After three centuries of Spanish rule with the breaks of the French and the Haitian government, the country gained its independence in 1821, but fell under the rule of Haiti soon after. Dominicans won in the war of independence Aledumnikih in 1844, but suffered from political turmoil and return to the short Spanish rule during the following 72 years. This was followed by its occupation by the United States 1916-1924, and then a period of calm and prosperity as long as 6 years under the rule of Horacio Vasquez to Guadalajara, and then the dictatorship of Rafael Leonidas Molina Tockheo until 1961. Signed the civil war in 1965, followed by military intervention led by the United States followed by the authoritarian rule of Joaquin Balaguer between the years 1966 to 1978. Since then, the Dominican Republic has moved toward representative democracy and was chaired by Lionel Fernandez more than once after 1996.

Owns the Dominican Republic's second largest economy in the Caribbean. and despite the adoption of the economy for a long time alleged production of sugar, it is currently on the services.shows the economic progress of the country through a system of telecommunications and advanced. Nevertheless, unemployment remains, government corruption, intermittent electrical service of the country's main problems. There is also a clear disparity in income levels in the country.

International migration affects significantly to the country where the receive and send large numbers of immigrants. The migration of Haiti and the integration of Aledumnakanyen of Haitian origin of the key issues and estimated the total number of people out of Haiti by about 800,000 people. There are large numbers of Aledumnakanyen in the Diaspora, mostly in the United States census 1.3 million. contributes to those immigrants in the national development where they send billions of dollars to their families, which represents a tenth of GDP for Dominica. become the Dominican Republic tourist destination the largest in the Caribbean, including the golf courses open all year. is located in the mountainous terrain the highest mountains of the Caribbean, Pico Duarte, as well as Lake Enriquillo, the largest lake in the Caribbean and the lowest rise. "Quisqueya", a name given by Aledumnicaon on their country, has average temperatures of 26 degrees Celsius (78.8 degrees Fahrenheit) and versatile biologically significant.

Music and sport are among the most important things in the culture Aldominiqah as the dance merengue is the national musical and dance, baseball is the most popular sport.