# Riphabliki ra Dominican

| Dominican Republic República Dominicana  (language?) *Kiskéya* (Ciguayo) |
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| **Motto:**"Dios, Patria, Libertad" () "God, Homeland, Freedom" |
| **Anthem:Quisqueyanos valientes* *Valiant Quisqueyans!*  |
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| Ntsindza-doroba |
Santo Domingo ﻿ / ﻿ |
| Tindzimi-Ximfumo |
Spanish |
| Other spoken languages | *See below* |
| Ethnic groups (2021) | * 73.9% Mixed
* 17.8% White
* 7.8% Black
* 3.2% other
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| Religion (2018) | * Template:Tree list
	+ 66.7% Christianity
		- 44.3% Catholicism
		- 21.3% Protestantism
		- 1.1% other Christian
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* 29.6% no religion
* 1.7% other
* 2.0% unspecified
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| Demonym |
Dominican Quisqueyan (colloquial) |
| Government |
Unitary presidential republic |
| • President |
Luis Abinader |
| • Vice President |
Raquel Peña de Antuña |
| Legislature |
Congress |
| • Upper house |
Senate |
| • Lower house |
Chamber of Deputies |
| Formation |
| • Ephemeral Independence |
1821–1822 |
| • First Republic |
1844–1861 |
| • Second Republic |
1865–1916 |
| • Third Republic |
1924–1965 |
| • Fourth Republic |
1966–present |
| Area |
| • Total |
48,671 km2 (18,792 sq mi) (128th) |
| • Water (%) |
0.7 |
| Population |
| • 2024 estimate |  11,434,005 (88th) |
| • Density |
220/km2 (569.8/sq mi) (65th) |
| GDP (PPP) |
2024 estimate |
| • Total |  $294.562 billion (64th) |
| • Per capita |  $27,231 (67th)
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| GDP (nominal) |
2024 estimate |
| • Total |  $127.913 billion (64th) |
| • Per capita |  $11,825 (74th) |
| Gini (2022) |  37 medium |
| HDI (2022) |  0.766 high · 82nd |
| Currency |
Dominican peso (DOP) |
| Time zone |
Atlantic Standard Time (UTC  – 4:00) |
| Drives on the |
right |
| Calling code |
+1-809, +1-829, +1-849 |
| ISO 3166 code |
DO |
| Internet TLD |
.do |
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**Riphabliki ra Dominican** i tiko ra Amerika N’walungu leri kumekaka exihlaleni xa Hispaniola exihlaleni xa Greater Antilles xa Lwandle ra Kharibiya, leri rhendzeriweke hi Lwandle ra Atlantic en’walungwini. Yi teka swiphemu swa ntlhanu wa vutsevu swa le vuxeni bya xihlala lexi, leswi yi swi avelana na Haiti, leswi endlaka leswaku Hispaniola yi va xin’wana xa swihlala swimbirhi ntsena swa le Kharibiya, kun’we na Saint Martin, leswi avelaniwa hi matiko mambirhi lama tifumaka . I tiko ra vumbirhi hi vukulu eAntilles hi vukulu (endzhaku ka Cuba ) hi 48,671 square kilometres (18,792 sq mi), naswona i ya vumbirhi hi vukulu hi nhlayo ya vaaki, laha ku nga ni vanhu va kwalomu ka 11,4 wa timiliyoni hi 2024, laha kwalomu ka 3,6 wa timiliyoni ta vona va tshamaka endhawini ya doroba-nkulu ra Santo Domingo, ku nga doroba-nkulu.

Vanhu va kwalaho va le Taíno a va tshame eHispaniola vanhu va le Yuropa va nga si fika, va ri avanyisa hi tihosi ta ntlhanu . Christopher Columbus u teke xihlala lexi a ya eCastile, a fika a dzima kona eka riendzo rakwe ro sungula hi 1492 . Koloni ya Santo Domingo yi ve ndhawu yo sungula ya vutshamo byo sungula bya nkarhi hinkwawo bya le Yuropa eAmerika . Hi 1697, Spain ri amukele vulawuri bya Mafurwa eka xiphemu xa vunharhu xa le vupela-dyambu bya xihlala lexi, lexi veke Mfumo wo Sungula lowu tiyimeleke wa Haiti hi 1804. Ntlawa wa vanhu va le Dominican wu hlongole holobye wa Spain exiluvelweni ivi wu tivisa ntshunxeko eka Spain hi November 1821, kambe wu tekiwe hi Haiti hi February 1822. Ntshunxeko wu ve kona endzhaku ka malembe ya 22 hi 1844, endzhaku ko hlula eka Nyimpi ya Ntshunxeko ya le Dominican . Eka malembe ya 72 lawa ya landzeleke, Dominican Republic yi langutane na tinyimpi to hlaya ta xin’wana-manana, ku hlaseriwa loku tsandzekeke hi Haiti, na ku tlhelela swa xinkarhana eka xiyimo xa vukoloni bya Spain, loko yinga se hlongola ma Spanish hi laha kunga heriki hi nkarhi wa Dominican War of Restoration ya 1863–1865. Ku sukela hi 1930, vulawuri bya tihanyi bya Rafael Leónidas Trujillo byi fume ku fikela loko a dlayiwa hi 1961. Juan Bosch u hlawuriwile ku va muungameri hi 1962 kambe u hlongoriwile exiluvelweni hi ku hluriwa ka mfumo hi masocha hi 1963 . Nyimpi ya le Dominican Civil War ya 1965 yi landzeriwe hi vulawuri bya vulawuri bya Joaquín Balaguer (1966–1978 na 1986–1996). Ku sukela hi 1978, Riphabliki ra Dominican ri ye eka xidemokirasi lexi yimelaka .

Riphabliki ra Dominican ri ni ikhonomi leyikulu swinene eKharibiya naswona ri ni ikhonomi ya vunkombo eLatin Amerika .