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 Dominican Republic

Basic Data*

Area: 48 730 km²
Capital: Santo Domingo
Language: Spanish
Total population: 5.1 (millions 2004)
Urban population:
65.9 (% of total)
Total estimated population 2015:
10.1 (millions)
Currency: Dominican peso
GDP Per Capita: 7.449 (US$, 2004)
Grow Rate of Population: 1.3 (%/annum, 2004-2015)
Religion(s): Roman Catholic (95%)
Population with sustainable access to an improved water source: 95 (%, annum 2004)
Population with sustainable access to improved sanitation: 78 (%, annum 2004)
Borders: The Atlantic Ocean to the north and east, the Caribbean Sea to the south, and Haiti to the west
Record of disasters:
http://www.em-dat.net/disasters/Visualisation/profiles/natural-table-emdat.php?country=Dominican%20Rep
Technological disasters:
http://www.em-dat.net/disasters/Visualisation/profiles/tech-table-emdat.php?country=Dominican%20Rep

 

Civil Defense
Av. Ortega y Gasset, Plaza de la Salud, Edif. Defensa Civil
Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
Tel.: (809) 472-8614
E-mail: d.civil@codetel.net.do / informacion@defensacivil.gov.do
Web Site: http://www.defensacivil.gov.do


National Emergency Comission

Av. Ortega y Gasset, Plaza de la Salud
Edificio Defensa Civil, Santo Domingo, D.N.
Tel.: (809) 472-0909
Fax: (809) 472-8623
Web Site: http://www.comisiondeemergencia.com/


Disaster Mitigation Dominican Committee
Calle República del Libano, Esquina Fray Cipriano de Utreta
Edificio OEA, Centro de los Héroes
Tel.: (1-809) 508-2596
Fax: (1-809) 508-2595
E-mail: m.desastre@codetel.net.do
Web Site: http://www.desastre.org/home/index.php4?lang=eng&m=1&c=0


Dominican Republic Red Cross
Calle Juan E. Dunant No. 51 Ensanche. Miraflores
Apdo. 1293 Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
Tel.: (1-809) 682-3793
Fax: (1-809) 682-2837
E-mail: cruz.roja@codetel.net.do

United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
Avenida Anacaona No. 9
Mirador del Sur, Apartado 1424
Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
Tel.: (1-809) 531-3403
Fax: (1-809) 531-3507
E-mail: fo.dom@undp.org
Web site: http://www.pnud.org.do/


National Meteorological Office
C/ Juan Moliné #1, Villa Duarte
Santo Domingo Este, DN, República Dominicana
Apdo. Postal: 1153
Tel.: (809) 788-1122
Fax: (809) 594-8844
E-mail: info@onamet.gov.do
Web Site: http://www.onamet.gov.do

Secretary of Public Health
Calle No. 28, esquina 41, segundo piso, eEnsanche La Fé
Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
Tel: (809) 549-4780 / 566-6648
Fax: (809) 549-4780


European Commission - ECHO Regional Office

Frantz Felix Miranda #22, Ensanche Naco
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Tel.: (809) 472-1615
Fax: (809) 472-3767
E-mail: SantoDomingo@echodom.net

Dominican Federation of Municipalities (FEDOMU)
Tel.: (809) 573-2811
Fax: (809) 573-8544
E-mail: fedomu@codetel.net.do


National Planning Office
E-mail: informatica@onaplan.gov.do
Web Site: http://www.onaplan.gov.do


National Institute of Hydraulics Resources
Av. Jiménez de Moya, Centro Los Héroes
Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
Tel.: (809) 532-3271
Fax (809)508-2741
E-mail: indhri2@codetel.net.do
Web Site: http://www.indrhi.gov.do


National Police

C/ Leopoldo Navarro, entre las avenidas México y Francia
Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
Tel.: (809) : 682-2151, 221-3004
E-mail: info@policianacional.gov.do
Web Site: http://www.policianacional.gov.do


Dominican Air Force (FAD)
Base aérea de San Isidro
Santo Domingo Este, República Dominicana
Tel.: (809) 688-3333
E-mail: contacto@fad.mil.do
Web Site: http://www.fad.mil.do/


National Housing Institute (INVI)

Tiredentes Esquina Pedro Henriquez Ureña
Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
Tel.: (809) 732-0600
E-mail: invi@codetel.net.do

Interinstitutional Housing Commission
Tel.: (809) 221-8121
E-mail: cii.viviendas@codetel.net.do


Dominican Electricity Corporation

Av. Independencia esq. Fray C. de Utrera
Edificio principal CDE, Centro de los Héroes
Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
Tel.: (809) 535-7204
Fax: (809) 533-7204
Web Site: http://www.cde.gov.do


Dominican Ministry of Foreign Relations

Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
E-mail: correspondencia@serex.gov.do
Web Site: http://www.serex.gov.do/default.aspx


Under-Secretary Office of Soil and Water

Autopista Duarte Km. 6.5. Los Jardines del Norte
Edificio de la Secretaría de Agricultura
Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
Tel: (809) 547 –3888 Ext. 2203
Fax: (809) 547-21-89
E-mail: suelo-agua@codetel.net.do
Web Site: http://www.ceiba.gov.do/2004/suelos_agua/esp/suelo_esp.html


 
* Source: Statistics and indicators are provided by the International Center for Scientific Research (CIRS); the United Nations Statistics Division from the World Statistics Pocketbook, Statistical Yearbook and Report, except capital cities, languages and illiteracy rate; the Human Development Report 2006; and the Data Base of Stadistics and Social Indicators (BADEINSO) of ECLAC.

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Pavas, San José, Costa Rica,
P.O. Box 1122-1200 San José, Costa Rica – 101092
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