DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Arroyo Barril : Barahona : Boca Chica : Cabo Rojo : La Romana : Manzanillo : Palenque : Puerto Plata : Puerto Viejo De Azua : Rio Haina : Santo Domingo : San Pedro De Marcores Country Information: International Telephone Code: 809 Capital: Santo Domingo Official Language: Spanish Area: 48,442 square km (18,703 square miles) Population: 7,700,000 Currency: Dominican peso Public Holidays: A-o Nuevo (New Year's Day) - D'a de la Virgen de Altagracia (21 Jan) - D'a de la Independencia (Independence Day 27 Feb) - Jueves Santo (Maundy Thurs) Viernes Santo (Good Friday) - D'a del Trabajo (Labor Day 1 May) - D'a del Corpus (Corpus Christi) - D'a de la Restauraci-n (18 Aug) - D'a de Nuestra Se-ora de las Mercedes (24 Sept) - Navidad (Christmas Day 25 Dec) Organizations: ACP, Caricom (observer), ECLAC, FAO, G-11, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO (subscriber), ITU, LAES, LAIA (observer), NAM (guest), OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WMO, WToO, WTrO
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