The Dominican Development Group

The Dominican Republic and Haiti make up the
island of Hispaniola, located roughly 830 miles SW of Miami in the Caribbean Sea, between
Cuba and Puerto Rico.

Capital:  Santo Domingo

Population: (est.) 9,650,000

Annual average income: $8,200 per person

Industries (by rank):  tourism, sugar processing, gold and ferronickel mining, textiles, cement, tobacco

Currency: Dominican Peso

Time Zone: Atlantic Standard Time (+1 hour from EST)

Religions: 95% Roman Catholic, 5% other

Climate: tropical maritime; average temperature 77 degrees

• 42.2% of Dominicans live below the Poverty
  Level
  

• 20% of Dominicans live on one dollar a day or less per person
  
  
• 56% living in areas of poverty do not go
  beyond 8th Grade