Dominican+Republic

Dominican Republic

Alan Baxter

Part A

1. Location - directly south of Florida Neighboring countries - Haiti Major topography - generally mountainous, with deserts in the extreme western regions 2. Government type - Unitary and Democratic Republic or Representative Democracy Leaders - President Leonel Fernández - Vice President Rafael Alburquerque 3. The Dominican Republic is divided into 31 provinces. Santo Domingo, the capital, is designated Distrito Nacional (National District). The provinces are divided into municipalities. They are the second-level political and administrative subdivisions of the country. 4.  5. Official language - Spanish

6. Population - The population of the Dominican Republic in 2007 was estimated by the United Nations at 9,760,000

7. I think it’s a MDC because it has a growth rate of 1.5% and is ranked 82nd in population of the 193 nations of the world.

Part B

1. Climate - The climate of the Dominican Republic is mostly tropical 2. GDP - total $93.383 billion - Per capita $9,286

5. Biodiversity Hotspots - the biodiversity hotspots are mostly in the tropical region of the country

6. Biomes - The highlands of the Dominican Republic. Local grassland surrounded by Pinus occidentalis forest and tropical forest vegetation. This is most likely a periglacial bog that formed at the end of the last glacial maximum.

7. Endangered Species –

1. Abarema abbottii Plants Dominican Republic 2. Antirhea radiata Plants Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti

Part C

1.Population Growth Rate - the annual population growth rate for 2006–2007 is 1.5%

2.Doubling Time – doubling time is 46.6667 years and it is faster than normal

4. age structure chart - Dominican Republic Population Pyramid for 2010 5. Demographic age structure – the demographic age stage is stage 3 6. Family Plans – there are some family plans that are supported by our government. This family plan is slightly effective but still has a lot of room for improvement.

Part D

1. Terrestrial Biome - The highlands of the Dominican Republic. Local grassland surrounded by Pinus occidentalis forest and tropical forest vegetation. This is most likely a periglacial bog that formed at the end of the last glacial maximum.

2. Marine Biomes – there are several offshore reefs that are home to many different species of fish and coral

4.

SpeciesName Group Range

1. Albizia berteriana Plants Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica

2. Antirhea radiata Plants Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti

3. Baoruco Burrowing Frog Amphibians Dominican Republic, Haiti

4. Baoruco Hammer Frog Amphibians Dominican Republic, Haiti

5. Barahona Rock Frog Amphibians Dominican Republic, Haiti

5. Why – they are mostly endangered because the area they lived/grew was cleared for the building of homes or cleared for farm land

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7. Is there a legislative government to protect the wild species? – No

Part E 1. Three major resources – coffee, sugar, cocoa 2. These are the main exports - ferronickel, sugar, gold, silver, coffee, cocoa, tobacco, meats, consumer goods

3. These are the major imports - foodstuffs, petroleum, cotton and fabrics, chemicals and pharmaceuticals

4. How are the forests managed and sustained – threw national parks and local sustained organizations (small organizations)

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6. list of national parks - Del Este National Park, El Choco National Park, Jaragua National Park, Armando Bermúdez National Park, José del Carmen Ramírez National Park

8. how are crops protected by pests – they use chemical pesticides that attack the nervous system of the pests

9. people and food resources – like most countries the people in the middle and upper class get the food resources they need but the lower class doesn’t and they are mal nutrients. 11. drinkable water? – the water in this country is somewhat drinkable but they only use the primary water treatment method.