Dominican Republic

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Dominican Republicis a sovereign state occupying the eastern five-eighths of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western three-eighths of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands, along with Saint Martin, that are shared by two countries. The Dominican Republic is the second-largest Caribbean nation by area at 48,445 square kilometers ，and third by population with approximately 10 million people, of which approximately three million live in the metropolitan area of Santo Domingo, the capital city.