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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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The Dominican Republic is a North American country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea in the North Atlantic Ocean. It shares a maritime border with Puerto Rico to the east and a land border with Haiti to the west, occupying the eastern five-eighths of Hispaniola which, along with Saint Martin, is one of only two islands in the Caribbean shared by two sovereign states. In the Antilles, the country is the second-largest nation by area after Cuba at 48,671 square kilometers (18,792 sq mi) and second-largest by population after Haiti with approximately 11.4 million people in 2024, of whom 3.6 million reside in the metropolitan area of Santo Domingo, the capital city.

The Dominican Republic has the largest economy in the Caribbean and the seventh-largest in Latin America. Over the last 25 years, the Dominican Republic has had the fastest-growing economy in the Western Hemisphere – with an average real GDP growth rate of 5.3% between 1992 and 2018. GDP growth in 2014 and 2015 reached 7.3 and 7.0%, respectively, the highest in the Western Hemisphere. Recent growth has been driven by construction, manufacturing, tourism, and mining. The country is the site of the third largest (in terms of production) gold mine in the world, the Pueblo Viejo mine.

The Dominican Republic is the most visited destination in the Caribbean. A geographically diverse nation, the Dominican Republic is home to both the Caribbean's tallest mountain peak, Pico Duarte, and the Caribbean's largest lake and lowest point, Lake Enriquillo. The island has an average temperature of 26 °C (78.8 °F) and great climatic and biological diversity. The country is also the site of the first cathedral, castle, monastery, and fortress built in the Americas, located in Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone, a World Heritage Site. (Full article...)

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Protomycena is an extinct monotypic genus of gilled fungus in the family Mycenaceae, of order Agaricales. At present it contains the single species Protomycena electra, known from a single specimen collected in an amber mine in the Cordillera Septentrional area of the Dominican Republic. The fruit body of the fungus has a convex cap that is 5 mm (0.2 in) in diameter, with distantly spaced gills on the underside. The curved stipe is smooth and cylindrical, measuring 0.75 mm (0.030 in) thick by 10 mm (0.39 in) long, and lacks a ring. It resembles extant (currently living) species of the genus Mycena. Protomycena is one of only five known agaric fungus species known in the fossil record and the second to be described from Dominican amber. (Full article...)

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Image 1Christopher Columbus statue in colonial Santo Domingo. (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 2Dominican Republic people and culture. (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 3Safety corridor (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 4Balaguer in 1966 (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 5Marine machine gun unit in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 6Rafael Estrella (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 7Dominican Republic dance culture. (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 8Despite 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 9Chicharrón mixto, is a common dish in the country derived from Andalusia in southern Spain. (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 10Dominican Republic carnival parade costumes in San Juan de la Maguana (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 11Cartoon about constant revolutions in the Dominican Republic (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 12Rafael Trujillo (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 13The Guardia republicana, set up by President Cáceres in 1907 (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 14Reception of American commissioners by President Báez, 1871. (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 15Ulises Heureaux (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 16Lluvia en el mercado (English: Rain in the Market), 1942 (Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo). (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 17Mastrolilli residence interior by Dominican architect Rafael Calventi. (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 18Ruins of Hospital San Nicolás de Bari (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 19Massacre of Queen Anacaona and her subjects (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 20Marine Aviators in the Dominican Republic, 1919 (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 21Dominican singer/songwriter Juan Luis Guerra in concert, 2005 (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 22Dominican Republic students with historical national flag. (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 23Balaguer in 1988 (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 24Arrival of Christopher Columbus, art by Dominican painter Luis Desangles. (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 25Chiefdoms of Hispaniola. Marién, Maguá, Maguana, Jaragua and Higüey (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 26Painting by Johannes Vingboons of Santo Domingo, c. 1665 (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 27Assassination attempt on Venezuela's president by S.I.M. agents (June 24, 1960) (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 28Dominican Merengue dance. (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 29Ruins of Monasterio de San Francisco (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 30Battle of Vega Real (1494) (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 31Dominican native, fashion designer and perfume maker Oscar de la Renta (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 32In 1511, Antonio de Montesinos denounced the abuses against the indigenous people (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 33Rafael Trujillo in 1952 (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 34President Alejandro Woss y Gil taking office in 1903. (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 35The Cathedral of Santa María la Menor, Santo Domingo, the first cathedral in the Americas, built 1512–1540. (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 36National pantheon in Santo Domingo built from 1714 to 1746 (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 37A Marine heavy machine gunner in Santo Domingo (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 38Camp of US Marines in the Dominican Republic during the occupation.
Fortaleza San Luis (Santiago de los Caballeros) (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 39Traditional cojuelo mask of the Dominican carnaval (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 40Map of the Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo) and Haiti in 1921 (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 41Dominican Republic people in traditional culture dress. (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 42American Red Cross convoy in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in 1916. (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 43A 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 44A 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 45A rally in China, 1966, in solidarity with the Dominican Republic Constitutionalists against the US. Slogans are visible e.g. "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 46Dominican Republic music culture. (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 47Santo Domingo before the Haitian annexation (from History of the Dominican Republic)
Image 48National pantheon in Santo Domingo. (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)
Image 49Dominican native and Major League Baseball player Albert Pujols. (from Culture of the Dominican Republic)

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Jaragua National Park

Caribbean flamingos in Lago de Oviedo at Jaragua National Park

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Horford at the White House in 2024

Alfred Joel Horford Reynoso OMDSM (born June 3, 1986), nicknamed "Big Al", is a Dominican professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is a five-time NBA All-Star and won the 2024 NBA Finals.

Horford played college basketball for the Florida Gators and was the starting center on their back-to-back National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) national championships teams in 2006 and 2007. He was drafted with the third overall pick in the 2007 NBA draft by the Atlanta Hawks, with whom he played nine seasons before signing with the Celtics as a free agent in the 2016 off-season. (Full article...)

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