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Dominican Republic is a country that occupies just over the eastern two thirds of the Spanish, in the archipelago of the Greater Antilles. The western third of the island is occupied by Haiti. So the Spanish is an island shared by two states. Both by area and population, the Dominican Republic is the second largest Caribbean nation (after Cuba). Its land area is 48,311 square kilometers and a total population of 9,445,281 inhabitants according to the census of 2010.4 bordered on the north by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea or the Caribbean Sea, the east by the Canal Mona, which separates it from Puerto Rico and west by the Republic of Haiti.

Inhabited by Taínos since the seventh century, the country was discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492 became the site of the first European settlement in America, named Santo Domingo, the capital of the country and the first capital of Spain in the New World. After three centuries of Spanish rule, with French and Haitian interludes, the country became the first independence in 1821 but was quickly taken over by Haiti in 1822.

After the victory in the War of Dominican Independence in 1844, Dominicans experienced many struggles in his inner most, and also a brief return to Spanish rule (1861-1865). The US occupation of 1916-1924 and then six years in calm and prosperity of Horacio Vásquez (1924 to 1930) were followed by the dictatorship of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo until 1961. The civil war ended with a 1965 US-led intervention States and was followed by several periods of repressive governments Joaquin Balaguer (1966-1978). Since then, the Dominican Republic has moved toward representative democracy.

The Dominican Republic has the ninth largest economy in Latin America and the second in Central and Caribe.11 Although known for sugar production, the economy is now dominated by services. Nevertheless, unemployment, government corruption and one electric service remain major problems for the country. It also has a marked inequality ingresos.5

The country's economic progress is exemplified by its advanced telecomunicaciones.12 International migration greatly affects the country as it receives and sends large flows of migrants. Haitian illegal immigration and integration in legal matters of the descendants of these is the main immigration problem; the total population of Haitian origin is estimated at around 800 000.13 In the United States there is a large Dominican diaspora, accounted for 1.3 million people; 14 that diaspora support to national development, sending billions of dollars to their families, representing a tenth of PIB.15

The Dominican Republic is the most visited Caribbean destination. Year-round golf courses in the country are among the main attractions in the country isla.12 the highest mountain in the Caribbean, Pico Duarte, and Lake Enriquillo, the lowest point is in terms of refers sea level and the largest lake Caribbean.16 Quisqueya, as it is called in the country, it has an average temperature of 26 ° C and a variety biológica.12

Music and sport are of great importance in Dominican culture, with merengue and bachata as national rhythms, and baseball as sport favorito.17