Dominican Republic
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
BY: SARAH, JACOB, NICK, JACOB, AND EMILY
HISTORY
- Christopher Columbus landed on the island in 1492
- Declared independence in 1844
- Ruled by Haiti for 22 years
- On the island of Hispanola
- Official language is Spanish
- Roman Catholic is the main religion
- 18,704 square miles
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POPULATION
- 10,400,000 people
- 73% racially mixed origins, 16% white, and 11% black
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PEOPLE
- 30% are unemployed
- 20% live in extreme poverty
- 300,012 immigrants from Haiti
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GOVERNMENT
- A representative democracy
- Three branches of government
- President is Danilo Medina
ECONOMY
- GDP in 2013: 5,879 American dollars
- Largest economy in the Caribbean and Central America
