Dominican republic

By: Jackson and Kevin

Almost all of the people speak Spanish About 8,000 people speak Samaná

English Phrases

•Hi-Hola•How are you-¿Cómo está usted?•What is your name- ¿Como se llama?•I ate a hamburger- Yo como la hamburgesa

Spanish is a Romance language named for its origins as the native tongue of a large proportion of the inhabitants of Spain. It is also named Castilian after the Spanish region of Castile where it originated. Spanish is the second most natively spoken language in the world, after Mandarin Chinese.

Breakfast they eat eggs or meat just like in the US

Arepa is very popular as street food in the Dominican Republic.

An arepa is a dish made of ground corn dough or cooked flour

Merengue and Bachata are the 2 most popular types of music

Nico Lora made Merengue and Angel Viloria made it popular in the US

Agricultural land was long the nation’s most important economic resource. About one-third of the land is under permanent cultivation. Pastures and meadows account for more than two-fifths of the total.

Dominican Republic impacts us because there are many places to visit there that are fun so then Dominican Republic gets more money.

Things to do there• Surfing• Zip lining• Kite Boarding• Diving

Literacy rate is 89.1 Unemployment rate is 14.4 These aspects connect to the USA

because the USA unemployment rate is low just like Dominican Republic.

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