Republik i ögruppen Större Antillerna i Västindien. Den utgörs av östra delen av ön Hispaniola och några mindre öar. Ytan uppgår till 48 380 km2, och invånarantalet är 8,5 miljoner (2001). Landet gränsar i väster mot Haiti, som utgör den västra delen av Hispaniola. Huvudstaden heter Santo Domingo.
A republic in the Greater Antilles in the West Indies. Its capital is Santo Domingo. With Haiti, it forms the island of Hispaniola - the Dominican Republic occupying the eastern two thirds, and Haiti, the western third. It was created in 1844 after a revolt against the rule of President Boyer over the entire island of Hispaniola, itself visited by Columbus in 1492 and settled the next year. Except for a brief period of annexation to Spain (1861-65), it has been independent, though closely associated with the United States. Its name comes from the Spanish Santo Domingo, Holy Sunday, with reference to its discovery on a Sunday. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p338, 506 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p151)
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