Dominican republic

area - 48740

population - 10,867,000

the island of espanola was founded by christopher columbus and is owned by both the dominican republic and haiti

capital - santa domingo

some important cities? santiag de los caballeros, la vega, puerto plata (we been there its cool), san pedro de macoris.

money - dominican peso

language - officially spanish but also criollo hatian

some celebrrities include juan pablo duarte who is a polotical person (1813-1876), celeste woss y gil who was a painter (1891-1985) and juan luis guerra who is a composer and singer of merengue (a type of music)

places? caterdal de santa maria la menor

RANDOM FACTS

fortaleza ozama is the oldest place in santa domingo, corte del virrey had women walk on it?

beisbol was first practicied in cuba and mexico NOT the dominican republic

Pedro Martinez and david ortiz were good baseball players from the dominican republic

baseball is a national sport

el merengue is a music form and became popular in the cities and has an urban style