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Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate ChangePub. date: 2008 | Online Pub. Date: April 25, 2008 | DOI: 10.4135/9781412963893 | Print ISBN: 9781412958783 | Online ISBN: 9781412963893| Publisher:SAGE Publications, Inc.
About this encyclopediaDominican Republic
Justin Corfield
LOCATED IN THE Caribbean, the Dominican Republic occupies the eastern part of the island of Hispaniola, the other part the Republic of Haiti. It has a land area of 18,810 sq. mi. (48,442 sq. km.), with a population of 9,183,984 (2007 est.), and a population density of 474 people per sq. mi. (182 people per sq. km.). The capital, Santo Domingo, makes up for about a quarter of the population of the country, which remains extremely poor, with a Gross Domestic Product per capita of $2,776 per year. About 21 percent of the ...
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