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The Dominican Republic (Spanish: República Dominicana Spanish pronunciation: [reˈpuβliˌka ðoˌminiˈkana]) is a state located in the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands, along with Saint Martin, that are shared past two sovereign states. The Dominican Republic is the second-largest Caribbean nation past expanse (after Cuba) at 48,671 square kilometers (18,792 sq mi), and third past population with more or less 10 million people, of which more or less three million live in the metropolitan expanse of Santo Domingo, the uppercase metropolis.Christopher Columbus landed on the island on December 5, 1492, which the native Taíno people had inhabited since the 7th century. The colony of Santo Domingo became the site of the first permanent European settlement in the Worldwides, the oldest continuously inhabited metropolis, and the first seat of the Spanish colonial rule in the New World. After more than three hundred years of Spanish rule the Dominican people declared independence in November 1821. The leader of the independence movement José Núñez de Cáceres, intended the Dominican nation to unite with the state of Gran Colombia, but no longer under Spain’s custody the newly independent Dominicans were forcefully annexed past Haiti in February 1822. Independence came 22 years later after victory in the Dominican War of Independence in 1844. Over the next 72 years the Dominican Republic experienced mostly internal conflicts and a brief return to colonial status before permanently ousting Spanish rule during the Dominican War of Restoration of 1863–1865. A United States occupation lasted eight years betwixt 1916 and 1924, and a subsequent calm and prosperous six-year period under Horacio Vásquez was followed past the dictatorship of Rafael Leónidas Trujillo until 1961. A civil war in 1965, the state’s last, was ended past U.S. military occupation and was followed past the authoritarian rule of Joaquín Balaguer (1966–1978 & 1986–1996), the rules of Antonio Guzmán (1972–1978) & Salvador Jorge Blanco (1982–1986). Since 1996, the Dominican Republic has moved toward representative democracy and has been led past Leonel Fernández for most of the time since 1996. Danilo Medina, the Dominican Republic’s electric stream president, succeeded Fernandez in 2012, winning 51% of the electoral vote over his opponent ex-president Hipólito Mejía.The Dominican Republic has the ninth-largest economy in Latin Worldwide and is the largest economy in the Caribbean and exchange Worldwide region. Over the last two decades, the Dominican Republic has had one of the fastest-growing economies in the Worldwides – with an average real GDP growth rate of 5.4% betwixt 1992 and 2014. GDP growth in 2014 and 2015 reached 7.3 and 7.0%, respectively, the highest in the Western Hemisphere. In the first half of 2016 the Dominican economy grew 7.4% continuing its trend of rapid economic growth. Recent growth has been driven past construction, manufacturing, tourism, and mining. The state is the site of the second largest gold mine in the world, the Pueblo Viejo mine. Private consumption has been strong, as a result of low inflation (under 1% on average in 2015), job creation, as well as a high level of remittances.
The Dominican Republic is the most visited destination in the Caribbean. The year-round golf courses are major attractions. A geographically diverse nation, the Dominican Republic is home to both the Caribbean’s tallest mountain peak, Pico Duarte, and the Caribbean’s largest lake and point of lowest elevation, Lake Enriquillo. The island has an average temperature of 26 °C (78.8 °F) and great climatic and biological diversity. The state is also the site of the first cathedral, castle, monastery, and fortress built in the Worldwides, located in Santo Domingo’s Colonial Zone, a World Heritage Site. …