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Country (long form)	Dominican Republic
Capital	Santo Domingo
Total Area	18,814.76 sq mi 48,730.00 sq km (slightly more than twice the size of New Hampshire)
Population	8,581,477 (July 2001 est.)
Estimated Population in 2050	14,922,735
Languages	Spanish
Literacy	82.1% total, 82.0% male, 82.2% female (1995 est.)
Religions	Roman Catholic 95%
Life Expectancy	71.34 male, 75.64 female (2001 est.)
Government Type	representative democracy
Currency	1 Dominican peso (RD$) = 100 centavos
GDP (per capita)	$5,700 (2000 est.)
Industry	tourism, sugar processing, ferronickel and gold mining, textiles, cement, tobacco
Agriculture	sugarcane, coffee, cotton, cocoa, tobacco, rice, beans, potatoes, corn, bananas; cattle, pigs, dairy products, beef, eggs
Arable Land	21%
Natural Resources	nickel, bauxite, gold, silver