多米尼加共和国的总结

多米尼加共和国,国家西印度群岛,占据三分之二的伊斯帕尼奥拉岛东部,它和海地。面积:18619平方英里(48223平方公里)。人口:2023(美国东部时间)10711000年。资本:圣多明各。大多数的混合European-African血统的人;其余的大部分是欧洲和非洲血统的。语言:西班牙语(官方)。宗教:基督教(主要是罗马天主教;也是新教)。货币:多米尼加比索。这个国家通常是山区,范围和运行从西北到东南山。中部高地达到10417英尺(3175米)在杜阿尔特的高峰期,西印度群岛的最高点。Cibao河谷北部的生育能力著称; the southwestern part of the country is generally dry with large stretches of desert. Traditionally dominated by sugar production, the Dominican Republic’s mixed economy became increasingly diversified in the late 20th century, when the country experienced one of the world’s highest economic growth rates, though widespread poverty remained despite a growing middle class. It is a multiparty republic with two legislative houses; its head of state and government is the president. The Dominican Republic was originally part of the Spanish colony of Hispaniola. In 1697 the western third of the island, which later became Haiti, was ceded to France; the remainder of the island passed to France in 1795. The eastern two-thirds of the island were returned to Spain in 1809, and the colony declared its independence in 1821. Within a matter of weeks it was overrun by Haitian troops and occupied until 1844. Since then the country has been under the rule of a succession of dictators, except for short interludes of democratic government, and the U.S. has frequently been involved in its affairs. The termination of the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo in 1961 led to civil war in 1965 and U.S. military intervention. For the rest of the country, politics in the Dominican Republic were dominated by seven-time president Joaquín Balaguer. The country suffered from severe hurricanes in 1979 and 1998.