Dominican Republic Capital In Spanish. Dominican republic country of the west indies that occupies the eastern two thirds of hispaniola the second largest island of the greater antilles chain in the caribbean sea. The national capital is santo domingo on the southern coast. The dominican republic is a caribbean nation located on the island of hispaniola within the greater antilles archipelago.
The country shares the island of hispaniola with haiti the dominican republic occupies an area of 48 445 square km making it the second biggest caribbean nation by area and has a population of approximately 10 million which is the third. Haiti also an independent republic occupies the western third of the island.
It is known for the mountains of which it is almost entirely formed.
It occupies the eastern five eighths of the island which it shares with haiti making hispaniola one of only two caribbean islands along. It is known for the mountains of which it is almost entirely formed. It occupies the eastern five eighths of the island which it shares with haiti making hispaniola one of only two caribbean islands along. Santo domingo spanish pronunciation.
