Popular locations in Dominican Republic

Location: Caribbean, eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti

Population: 9,365,818 (July 2007 est.)

Religions: Roman Catholic 95%, other 5%

Languages: Spanish

National holiday: Independence Day, 27 February (1844)

Currency (code): Dominican peso (DOP)

Exchange rates: Dominican pesos per US dollar - 33.113 (2007), 33.406 (2006), 30.409 (2005), 42.12 (2004), 30.831 (2003)