The Dominican Republic shares the island of Hispaniola with the country of Haiti.
The Dominican Republic is a good place to go to. The people of the Dominican Republic are surely some of the friendliest people in the Caribbean.
The official language of the Dominican Republic is Spanish. Most people involved in tourism understand and speak at least some English.
Like Haiti, the government of the Dominican Republic is a representative democracy based on the French system.
Image by Shayer, Age 7, Grade 2, Dhaka, Bangladesh
There is both private and public education available in the Dominican Republic. Public school is provided for pre-school through 12th grade. School is required from pre-school until grade 8.
The majority of the people of the Dominican Republic identify themselves as Christian. Over 90 percent of those claim Roman Catholicism as their religion.
The most popular form of music and dance in the Dominican Republic is called Merengue. It is easily identified by its unique beat pattern of 2/2 and 2/4 time.