Portal:Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic
*República Dominicana* (Spanish)
Dominican Republic República Dominicana (Spanish)
	Flag Coat of arms
	Motto: "Dios, Patria, Libertad" (Spanish); "God, Homeland, Freedom"
	Anthem: ¡Quisqueyanos Valientes!; Valiant Quisqueyans!
ISO 3166 code	DO

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Introduction

The Dominican Republic (/dəˈmɪnɪkən/ də-MIN-ik-ən; Spanish: República Dominicana, pronounced [reˈpuβlika ðominiˈkana] ^ⓘ) is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with Haiti, making Hispaniola one of only two Caribbean islands, along with Saint Martin, that is shared by two sovereign states. It is the second-largest nation in the Antilles by area (after Cuba) at 48,671 square kilometers (18,792 sq mi), and second-largest by population, with approximately 11.4 million people in 2024, of whom approximately 3.6 million live in the metropolitan area of Santo Domingo, the capital city.

The Dominican people declared independence from Spain in November 1821, but were forcefully annexed by Haiti in February 1822. Independence came 22 years later in 1844, after victory in the Dominican War of Independence. Over the next 72 years, the Dominican Republic experienced several civil wars, failed invasions by Haiti, and a brief return to Spanish colonial status, before permanently ousting the Spanish during the Dominican War of Restoration of 1863–1865. The U.S. occupied the Dominican Republic (1916–1924) due to threats of defaulting on foreign debts; a subsequent calm and prosperous six-year period under Horacio Vásquez followed.

From 1930 the dictatorship of Rafael Leónidas Trujillo ruled until his assassination in 1961. Juan Bosch was elected president in 1962 but was deposed in a military coup in 1963. A civil war in 1965, the country's last, was ended by U.S. military intervention and was followed by the authoritarian rule of Joaquín Balaguer (1966–1978 and 1986–1996). Since 1978, the Dominican Republic has moved toward representative democracy. (Full article...)

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Los Haitises National Park in Samaná as seen from San Lorenzo bay

Los Haitises National Park is a national park located on the remote northeast coast of the Dominican Republic that was established in 1976. It consists of a limestone karst plateau with conical hills, sinkholes and caverns, and there is a large area of mangrove forest on the coast. Other parts of the park are clad in subtropical humid forest and the area has an annual precipitation of about 2,000 mm (79 in). The park contains a number of different habitats and consequently has a great diversity of mammals and birds, including some rare species endemic to the island. Some of the caverns contain pictograms and petroglyphs. The park has become a popular ecotourism destination but the number of tourists allowed to visit is limited. (Full article...)

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The following are images from various Dominican Republic-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1President Alejandro Woss y Gil taking office in 1903. (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 2Chiefdoms of Hispaniola. Marién, Maguá, Maguana, Jaragua and Higüey (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 3Dominican Republic people in traditional culture dress. (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 4Chicharrón mixto, is a common dish in the country derived from Andalusia in southern Spain. (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 5Santo Domingo before the Haitian annexation (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 6A Marine heavy machine gunner in Santo Domingo (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 7A bohío near Santo Domingo. Many Dominicans —especially those in rural areas— used to live in bohíos until well into the mid-20th century, like the native Taínos. (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 8Lluvia en el mercado (English: Rain in the Market), 1942 (Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo). (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 9Dominican Republic dance culture. (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 10Dominican native and Major League Baseball player Albert Pujols. (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 11Battle of Vega Real (1494) (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 12Dominican native, fashion designer and perfume maker Oscar de la Renta (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 13Balaguer in 1966. (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 14Painting by Johannes Vingboons of Santo Domingo, c. 1665 (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 15Massacre of Queen Anacaona and her subjects (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 16Rafael Trujillo in 1952 (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 17A mass rally in China in 1966 in solidarity with the Dominican Republic Constitutionalists against the United States, with numerous slogans visible in the picture, recognizable ones being "U.S. imperialism out of the Dominican Republic! Out of Latin America! Out of Vietnam! Out of our territory, Taiwan! (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 18The Guardia republicana, set up by President Cáceres in 1907 (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 19Christopher Columbus statue in colonial Santo Domingo. (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 20National pantheon in Santo Domingo built from 1714 to 1746 (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 21Marine Aviators in the Dominican Republic, 1919 (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 22Marine machine gun unit in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 23Rafael Estrella (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 241st Marine Regiment stationed in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 25The Cathedral of Santa María la Menor, Santo Domingo, the first cathedral in the Americas, built 1512–1540. (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 26Ruins of Hospital San Nicolás de Bari (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 27Mastrolilli residence interior by Dominican architect Rafael Calventi. (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 28Cartoon about constant revolutions in the Dominican Republic (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 29Francisco J. Peynado, Washington DC, 1913 (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 30American Red Cross convoy in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in 1916. (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 31Reception of American commissioners by President Báez, 1871. (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 32Ruins of Monasterio de San Francisco (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 33Dominican Republic people and culture. (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 34National pantheon in Santo Domingo. (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 35Rafael Trujillo (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 36Dominican Republic students with historical national flag. (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 37Ulises Heureaux (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 38Dominican Republic carnival parade costumes in San Juan de la Maguana (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 39Arrival of Christopher Columbus, art by Dominican painter Luis Desangles. (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 40Horacio Vasquez (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 41Despite the slowing in economic growth, the economy of the Dominican Republic has far surpassed that of its neighbour Haiti from the 1970s onwards (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 42Camp of US Marines in the Dominican Republic during the occupation.
Fortaleza San Luis (Santiago de los Caballeros) (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 43Dominican Merengue dance. (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 44Traditional cojuelo mask of the Dominican carnaval (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 45Balaguer in 1988 (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 46A group of peasant guerillas, known as gavilleros, who fought against the U.S. Marine occupation of the Dominican Republic (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 47Map of the Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo) and Haiti in 1921 (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 48In 1511, Antonio de Montesinos denounced the abuses against the indigenous people (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 49Safety corridor (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 50Dominican singer/songwriter Juan Luis Guerra in concert, 2005 (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)

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Humpback whale

A baby humpback whale in the waters of the Dominican Republic

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Trujillo in 1930

Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina (24 October 1891 – 30 May 1961), nicknamed El Jefe (Spanish: [el ˈxefe])), was a Dominican military commander and dictator who ruled the Dominican Republic from August 1930 until his assassination in May 1961. He served as president from 1930 to 1938 and again from 1942 to 1952, ruling for the rest of his life as an unelected military strongman under figurehead presidents. His rule of 31 years, known to Dominicans as the Trujillo Era (Spanish: El Trujillato or La Era de Trujillo), was one of the longest for a non-royal leader in the world, and centered around a personality cult of the ruling family. It was also one of the most brutal; Trujillo's security forces, including the infamous SIM, were responsible for perhaps as many as 50,000 murders. These included between 12,000 and 30,000 Haitians in the infamous Parsley massacre in 1937, which continues to affect Dominican-Haitian relations to this day.

During his long rule, the Trujillo government's extensive use of state terrorism was prolific even beyond national borders, including the attempted assassination of Venezuelan President Rómulo Betancourt in 1960, the abduction and disappearance in New York City of the Basque exile Jesús Galíndez in 1956, and the murder of Spanish writer José Almoina in Mexico, also in 1960. These acts, particularly the presumed murder of Galíndez, a naturalized US citizen, the attempted murder of Betancourt, a staunch critic of Trujillo, and the murder of the Mirabal sisters, who were among his most notable opponents, in 1960, eroded relations between the Dominican Republic and the international community and ushered in OAS sanctions and economic and military assistance to Dominican opposition forces. After this momentous year, large segments of the Dominican establishment, including the military, turned against him. (Full article...)

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