Powerpoint presentation on Dominican Republic.

3. Goverment
• The president of Dominica
• Republic is Leonel Fernadez:
• Leonel born the 26 of December
• Of 1953 is Dominican politician.
And the vicepresident is Rafael
Albuquerque.

4. • Rafael was born on 4 of june
1940 in Santo Domino

6. • CLIMATE
• The majority of the Dominican Republic
has a beautiful tropical weather all year
round, with the average annual
temperature around 25°C (77°F). Some
call the Dominican Republic's climate, 'the
endless summer', due to warm and sunny
conditions that is everywhere in the
country, all year round.

7. • FLORA AND FAUNA IN REPUBLIC DOMINICAN
• Depending on the area there are poincianas, royal
palms, mangroves, pines and cedars. Without forgetting
the very many tropical fruits such as mangos, passion
fruits, and plants such as tobacco, sugar cane and
manioc... It consists of numerous types of reptiles
(snakes, crocodiles), birds (hummingbirds, storks,
pelicans) and all sorts of butterflies. Cabrotis Island,
located in the centre of Lake Enriquillo and declared a
national park, is the world's largest American crocodile
reserve.

8. • WHO EXPLORED IT?
• The Dominican Republic was explored by
Columbus on his first voyage in 1492. He
named it La Española, and his son, Diego,
was its first viceroy. The capital, Santo
Domingo, founded in 1496, is the oldest
European settlement in the Western
Hemisphere.

10. • The style of Dominican Republic is
Merengue.The based instruments are the
drums , brass and chorded
instruments.They use the Tambora (is a
drum),accordion and the guira.
• Bachata: is more slower than the
merengue.

11. Tambora
Guira
Accordion
Chorded
Instruments

12. • The colors that use
more in they paintings
is colorful ,there are
paintings that have a
dark color ,but almost
is colorful.

13. • Musical Festivals:
-Santo Domingo:The Santo Domingo Merengue
Festival is during the last week of July or the first
week of August every year at the Malecon.
-Puerto Plata Merengue Festivals:
Puerto Plata of merengue acts during the third week
in October every year. More than 100,000 turists .
-Dominican Republic Jazz Festival:The festival is
staged at three scenic north coast locations:
Cabarete, Sosua and Puerto Plata each October.

14. Civilization
Specialist

15. Sports
– Baseball is by far the most popular sport in the
Dominican Republic.After the United States, the
Dominican Republic has the second-highest number
of Major League Baseball (MLB) players. Some of
these players have been regarded among the best in
the game. Historically, the Dominican Republic has
been linked to MLB since Ozzie Virgil, Sr. became the
first Dominican to play in the league. Among the
outstanding MLB players born in the Dominican are:
Manny Ramirez, David Ortiz, Vladimir Guerrero,
Pedro Martinez, Albert Pujols, José Reyes, Hanley
Ramirez, Miguel Tejada, Juan Marichal, Rafael Furcal
and Sammy Sosa.

16. Economy
• The economy of Dominican
Republican is the largest or the
second largest in Central America.
Thanks to imports and exports
Domican Republic has a good
economy.

17. Language
• The official language of Dominican
Republic is the Spanish.