LOCATION:
Caribbean, eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti
MAP REFERENCES:
Central America and the Caribbean
AREA:
total: 48,670 sq km
COASTLINE:
1,288 km
CLIMATE:
tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation; seasonal variation in rainfall
NATURAL RESOURCES:
nickel, bauxite, gold, silver
LANGUAGES:
Spanish (official)
RELIGIONS:
Roman Catholic 95%, other 5%
POPULATION:
10,088,598 (July 2012 est.)
GOVERNMENT TYPE:
democratic republic
CAPITAL:
name: Santo Domingo
GDP (purchasing power parity):
$93.38 billion (2011 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
4.5% (2011 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 6%
industry: 30.8%
services: 63.2% (2011 est.)
AGRICULTURE - products:
sugarcane, coffee, cotton, cocoa, tobacco, rice, beans, potatoes, corn, bananas; cattle, pigs, dairy products, beef, eggs
INDUSTRIES:
tourism, sugar processing, ferronickel and gold mining, textiles, cement, tobacco
EXPORTS:
$8.536 billion (2011 est.)
IMPORTS:
$17.42 billion (2011 est.)
