Location: Caribbean, eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti.
Geographic coordinates: 19 00 N, 70 40 W
Elevation extremes:
Lowest point: Lago Enriquillo -46 m
Highest point: Pico Duarte 3,175 m
Geography - note: shares island of Hispaniola with Haiti (eastern two-thirds is the Dominican Republic, western one-third is Haiti)
Population: 7,998,766 (July 1998 est.)
