World Summary --- Dominican Republic

Summary information

Names
ISO3-Code	DOM
Continent	North America
Country Name	Dominican Republic
Administrative
Admin Level Used	1
Level1 Type	Provincia
Number of Units	30
Population Estimates
Ref. Year First	1981
Ref. Year Last	1993
Pop '90 (estimated) ('000)	6,849
Pop '95 (estimated) ('000)	7,608
Pop '90 (UN) ('000)	7,110
Pop '95 (UN) ('000)	7,823
Difference '90	3.7 %
Difference '95	2.8 %
Spatial Estimates
Area (sq km)	48,730
Resolution (km)	40
PopPerUnit ('000)	261
Resources
Web Site	http://www.estadistica.gov.do/

Data sources Boundaries digitized at NCGIA from a 1:600,000 source map published by the Instituto Geografico Universitario, Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo, 1990. Pop81 (census) from Laenderbericht Dominikanische Republik Statistisches Bundesamt, Wiesbaden Pop93 (census) from NSO web site. For the following regions, average national growth rates were used. For these municipio level rates were unavailable because 3 regions were split off from 3 others. Monte Plata, Hata Mayor, Monseñor Nouel San Cristobal, El Seibo, La Vega

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