The 2010 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ - deaths:

      4,100 (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 48

      Major infectious diseases:

      degree of risk: high

      food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever

      vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria

      water contact disease: leptospirosis (2009)

      Nationality:

      noun: Dominican(s)

      adjective: Dominican

      Ethnic groups:

      mixed 73%, white 16%, black 11%

      Religions:

      Roman Catholic 95%, other 5%

      Languages:

      Spanish (official)

      Literacy:

      definition: age 15 and over can read and write

      total population: 87%

      male: 86.8%

      female: 87.2% (2002 census)

      School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):

      total: 12 years

      male: 11 years

      female: 13 years (2004)

      Education expenditures:

      2.2% of GDP (2007) country comparison to the world: 165

      Government ::Dominican Republic

      Country name:

      conventional long form: Dominican Republic

      conventional short form: The Dominican

      local long form: Republica Dominicana

      local short form: La Dominicana

      Government type:

      democratic republic

      Capital:

      name: Santo Domingo

      geographic coordinates: 18 28 N, 69 54 W

      time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

      Administrative divisions:

      31 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 1 district*

       (distrito); Azua, Bahoruco, Barahona, Dajabon, Distrito Nacional*,

       Duarte, El Seibo, Elias Pina, Espaillat, Hato Mayor, Independencia,

       La Altagracia, La Romana, La Vega, Maria Trinidad Sanchez, Monsenor

       Nouel, Monte Cristi, Monte Plata, Pedernales, Peravia, Puerto Plata,

       Salcedo, Samana, San Cristobal, San Jose de Ocoa, San Juan, San

       Pedro de Macoris, Sanchez Ramirez, Santiago, Santiago Rodriguez,

       Santo Domingo, Valverde

      Independence:

      27 February 1844 (from Haiti)

      National holiday:

      Independence Day, 27 February (1844)

      Constitution:

      28 November 1966; amended 25 July 2002 and January 2010

      Legal system:

      based on French civil codes; Criminal Procedures Code modified in 2004 to include important elements of an accusatory system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

      Suffrage:

      18 years of age, universal and compulsory; married persons regardless of age; note - members of the armed forces and national police cannot vote

      Executive branch:

      chief of state: President Leonel FERNANDEZ Reyna (since 16 August 2004); Vice President Rafael ALBURQUERQUE de Castro (since 16 August 2004); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government

      head of government: President Leonel FERNANDEZ Reyna (since 16 August 2004); Vice President Rafael ALBURQUERQUE de Castro (since 16 August 2004)

      cabinet: Cabinet nominated by the president (For more information visit the World Leaders website ) elections: president and vice president elected on the same ticket by popular vote for four-year terms; election last held on 16 May 2008 (next to be held in May 2012)

      election results: Leonel FERNANDEZ reelected president; percent of vote - Leonel FERNANDEZ 53.6%, Miguel VARGAS 41%, Amable ARISTY less than 5%

      Legislative branch:

      bicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists of the Senate or Senado (32 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) and the House of Representatives or Camara de Diputados (178 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)

      elections: Senate - last held on 16 May 2010 (next to be held in May 2014); House of Representatives - last held on 16 May 2010 (next to be held in May 2014)

      election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PLD 31, PRD 1; House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PLD 105, PRD 75, PRSC 3

      Judicial branch:

      Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (judges are appointed by the National Judicial Council comprised of the president, the leaders of both chambers of congress, the president of the Supreme Court, and an additional non-governing party congressional representative)

      Political parties and leaders:

      Dominican Liberation Party or PLD [Leonel FERNANDEZ Reyna];

       Dominican Revolutionary Party or PRD [Ramon ALBURQUERQUE]; National

       Progressive Front [Vincent CASTILLO, Pelegrin CASTILLO]; Social

       Christian Reformist Party or PRSC [Enrique ANTUN]

      Political pressure groups and leaders:

      Citizen Participation Group (Participacion Ciudadania); Collective of Popular Organizations or COP; Foundation for Institution-Building and Justice (FINJUS)

      International organization participation:

      ACP, AOSIS, BCIE, Caricom (observer), FAO, СКАЧАТЬ