World Countries

Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic coat of arms
The flag of the Dominican Republic is divided into four rectangles by a centered white cross that extends to the edges of the field and bears the national coat of arms in its center. The upper hoist-side and lower fly-side rectangles are blue and the lower hoist-side and upper fly-side rectangles are red.

Common Name: Dominican Republic

Official Name: Dominican Republic

Geographic Details

CapitalSanto Domingo
Continent(s)North America
RegionAmericas
SubregionCaribbean
Landlocked
Area48,671 km²
Coordinates(19° 0' N, 70° 39' W)

Demographic and Political Information

Population10,847,904
CurrencyDominican peso ($)
TimezonesUTC-04:00
LanguagesSpanish
UN Member

Additional Information

Top-level Domain.do
Calling Code+1
Independent
Start of weekmonday
alpha2CodeDO
alpha3CodeDOM