OFFICIAL NAME

• Dominican Republic

CAPITAL

• Santo domingo

CURRENT POPULATION

• 10,470,000

MAJOR GEOLOGICAL ELEMENTS

• Desert
• Verdant valleys
• Rain forest
• Beaches
• Mountains

CURRENCY

MAJOR ATTRACTIONS

• The Columbus Light House
• Museum of the Dominican Man
• The Cord House
• Santa Barbara
• San Francisco Monastery Ruins

MAIN RELIGION

INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT

CURRENT LEADER

CURRENT GOVERNMENT

FOODS/COSTOMS/TRADITIONS

• During christmas familys sit down and eat roasted pig and pigeon beans
• You can aslo eat a dish called the "Dominican Flag" ⬇️
• which is red kidney beans cooked in pungent herby tomato sauce
• Another is a dish called Asopao De Pollo
• Which is chicken and rice pottage.

FAMOUS PEOPLE

• David Ortiz- Baseball Player
• Roselyn Sanchez- Movie Actress
• Salvador Blanco- Politician

CLIMATE

• The majority of the Dominican Republic enjoys beautiful tropical weather all year round
• with the average annual temperature hovering around 25°C (77°F).
• Some call the Dominican Republic's climate, 'the endless summer', due to warm and sunny condition.
• Experienced pretty much everywhere in the country, all year round.

MEANING OF THE FLAG

• Plain flag without the emblem is flown by citizens both on land and sea
• The government of the domincan republic adds the national coat of arms
• In the center of the cross, this is according to the presidential decree of 1913

LATEST EVENT

• Attack on consultant stuns Dominican Republic Haiti ties
• The gov't of the Dominican Republic last night protested the attack on the Consulat
• which according to local media were thousands of people who marched to protest alleged Dominican racism

DOMINICAN FLAG

CITATIONS

• Www.everyculture.com/Cr-Ga/dominican-republic.html
• http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1809425/Danilo-Medina
• http://www.dominicanrepublic.com/?page_id=2129
• http://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount=1&From=USD&To=DOP
• Www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local