DOMINICAN REPUBLIC PRESENTATION

PRESENTATION

Dominican republic

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1. Dominican Republic

7. Naturl resources

2. Geography

8. Rich and Poor

3. History 3. Map

9. Cultures

10. Interesting facts

11. THANKS

4. Religion

5. Economy

6.Crime rates

GEOGRAPHY

-language: Spanish -capital city: Santo Domingo (3M inhabitants)

Santa Domingo

DOMINICAN republic

-president : Luis abinader _ The Dominican Republic has 11,025,378 Million inhabitants - located between North and South America -On the island Hispaniola

History

1. The recorded history of the Dominican Republic began in 1492 2. Columbus arrived in 1492 and claimed the island which they named Hispaniola 3. The natives demonstrated against the new comers but they were silenced by introduced sicknesses

1. Spain handed over the capital city to French in 1795 2. In 1801 the slaves of Haiti took over Santo Domingo -which French got back in 1802 and Spain got back in 1809 3. 1844 the Dominican Republik got the independence

1. Pedro Santana was the first president 2. When the us took over in 1916 they left the sport of baseball 3. The Island has achieved a high level of achievement and possess the caribbeans biggest economy

1. The Spanish married the taino women 2. We still use taino words like: barbecue, potato, canoe and tobacco 3. In the mid. 1600s the French started exploring the western side of Hispaniola which is now Haiti

The Five chiefdoms of the Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic now

Economy

-The DR makes a lot of money with Tourism - currency: PESOS -Farming: sugar cane,nickel, gold, silver, bauxite and more

Religion

1. The majority of the people living in the Dominican Republic are Christian’s 2. 44.3 % are Roman Catholics 3. 21.3% are Protestant 4. 1.1% have other religions or they don’t practice any. 5. The believes of the people were also influenced by the Spanish who invaded the land 1492. 6. There are also 7.6 million baptized Catholics in the Dominican Republic

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44.3%

21.3%

1.1%

CRIME RATES

Natruel resources

Gold

1. The Dominican Republic imports all petroleum products 2. Exports: gold, silver, coffee, cacao, sugar, and nickel. 3..Their natural resources are nickel, bauxite, gold and silver 4.The Pueblo Viejo mine is a gold mine, in the Sánchez Ramírez Province. 5. The Pueblo Viejo mine is the largest gold mine in the Americas and third largest in the world. 6. It is also the first exploited mine by the Spaniards in America. 7. The Dominican Republic made 574.4 million US dollars just with gold that is a 3.4% increase since 2020

Culture

Traditionell dances : salsa & bachata

Music: The merengue is the national music and dance of the Dominican Republic

They have traditional clothes , they have the national flag color's

Traditional Dominican food is a fusion that makes anyone's mouth water. The Dominican flag ,the national dish. Salsa and more

RICH AND POOR

• Los Cacicazgos is one of the richest neighborhoods in the Dominican Republic
• Around 48.6% of the income is held by 20% of its richest people
• To be considered as wealthy you need to have, your own house or apartment a nice car to own a company or run a successful business and of course, you also need to have an amount of cash in your bank.

• 40.4% of the people in the DR live in poverty
• Most people live in impoverished conditions
• They live of low quality water, unstable homes and a lack of food sources
• Children do not have enough clothing

Locrio

Chofan

Dominicano Procedente De La Región De Samana

Paella

DOMINICAN DANCES

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Art

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Celebrity's

From the Domenican Republic

Amelia Vega Polanco

Mary Joe Fernández Godsick

Born: 7 November 1984, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 1. She is a Model, actress, author and singer 2. She became the first Dominican woman to be named Miss Universe, in 2003.

Born: August. 19. 1971 1. Mary is a former professional tennis player. 2. She won two Grand Slam women's doubles titles and two Olympic gold medals.

Óscar Arístides Ortiz de la Renta Fiallo

Born juli. 22. 1932, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Died in October, 20. 2014 in Connecticut (USA) 1. Óscar was a Dominican American fashion designer. 2. He was trained by Cristóbal Balenciaga and Antonio Castillo. 3. He became internationally known in the 1960s as one of the couturiers to dress Jacqueline Kennedy.

INTERESTING FACTS

The size of the DR is roughly double size of New Hampshire.

The Dominican Rebuplic is the 86th most populous country in the world.

Dominicans are famously not punctual, arriving late to a meeting is the norm on the island.

In the Domenican Republic, members of the armed forces are not allowed to vote in political elections

The legal drinking age of the country is 18. It is also illegal to kiss a woman in front of a police officer.

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Sokhna & SHAHED