| Capital:
Santo Domingo de Guzmán
|
| Population:
8,833,634
(July 2004 est.) |
| Area:
48,730
sq. km. |
| Currency:
Dominican
peso (RD$) |
| Independence: February
27, 1844 (from Haiti) |
| Government:
Representative
Democracy |
| Official
Language: Spanish |
| Official
Religion: Roman
Catholic |
| National
Bird: Palmchat
(Dulus dominicus) |
| National
Flower: The
Mahogany flower |
| Founding
Father: Juan
Pablo Duarte |
| President:
Leonel
Fernández (since August 2004) |
| Vice
President: Rafael
Alburquerque (since August 2004) |
