Background: A legacy of unsettled, mostly non-representative, rule for much of the 20th century was brought to an end in 1996 when free and open elections ushered in a new government. |
The Dominican Republic is a Spanish-speaking representative democracy located on the eastern portion of the Caribbean? island of Hispaniola. A legacy of unsettled, mostly non-representative, rule for much of the 20th century was brought to an end in 1996 when free and open elections ushered in a new government. The capital is [Santo Domingo]?. |
The capital is [Santo Domingo]?.
From the CIA World Factbook 2000 and the U.S. Department of State website. Not Wikified.