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Dominican Republic      Country: Dominican Republic Internet: .do Continent: Central America / Central America and the Caribbean Area: 48730 sq km Population: 9,183,984 (CIA World Factbook est as of 2006) Population: 9021.495 (United Nations est as of 2006, in thousands) Population Men: 4550.791 Population Women: 4470.704 Annual Growth Rate: 1.469 % Birth Rate: 23.22 % Death Rate: 5.73 % Life Expectancy: 71.73 years Infant Mortality Rate: 28.25 % Fertility Rate: 2.83 % HIV AIDS Adult Prev Rate: 1.7 % HIV AIDS Living With: 88,000 HIV AIDS Deaths: 7,900 Labor Force: 3,896,000 Unemployment Rate: 16 % GDP Per Capita: $8,000 GDP Purchasing Power: $73,740,000,000 GDP Real Growth: 7.2 Industrial Growth: 2 Inflation Rate CP: 8.2 % Investment Gross Fixed: 15.5 Public Debt: 45.6 Capital: Santo Domingo Capital Population: 2851300 (metro area) / 2252400 (city proper) Capital Coordinates: 18 28 N, 69 54 W UTC Offset: -4 Washington D.C. UTC Offset Note: 1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time Merchant Marine: 1 (total ships 1,000 GRT or over) Roadways: 12600 km Railways: 517 km Airports: 33 (total paved or unpaved) Internet Users: 938300 Internet Hosts: 91895 Telephones Mobile: 3,623,000 Telephones Main: 894500 Debt External: $8,634,000,000 Foreign Exchange Reserves: $2,106,000,000 Imports: $11,390,000,000 Exports: $6,495,000,000 Current Account Balance: -$1,124,000,000 Natural Gas Imports: 130,000,000 Natural Gas Consumption: 130,000,000 Natural Gas Production: 0 Electricity Consumption: 13,960,000,000 Electricity Production: 15,020,000,000 Oil Consumption: 127,000 Oil Imports: 129,900 Oil Production: 12  Map of Dominican Republic

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