Country profile

Official Language

• Spanish

City

• Santo Domingo

Political System

• Democratic Republican

Currency

• Dominican Peso (DOP) (RD$)

Religion

• 65% Catholics

* GDP:

• Total (2014)  ->  USD$ 64.14 Billions

Area

• Total: 48,670 km²
• Land: 48,320 km²
• Water: 350 km²

Area – comparative

Approximately the size of Vermont and New Hampshire combined
Land boundaries

• Total: 376 km
• Border countries: Haiti 360 km (223.7 mi)

Coastline

• 1,288 km

Maritime claims

• Territorial sea: 6 nmi (11.1 km; 6.9 mi)
• Contiguous zone: 24 nmi (44.4 km; 27.6 mi)
• Exclusive economic zone: 200 nmi (370.4 km; 230.2 mi)
• Continental shelf: 200 nmi (370.4 km; 230.2 mi) or to the edge of the continental margin

* Source: World Bank http://www.bancomundial.org/es/country/dominicanrepublic