Dominican Republic

República Dominicana

Dominican Republic (DO, DOM) is a country in Caribbean, with Santo Domingo as its capital. The currency is the Dominican Peso (DOP, DOP). The international dialling code is +1 and the trunk prefix is 1; mobile numbers are written like (809) 234-5678. The time zone is America/Santo_Domingo. Official language: Spanish.

CurrencyDOPDOP

Dial code+1e.g. (809) 234-5678

Time zoneSanto DomingoUTC−04:00

LanguageSpanish

CapitalSanto Domingo

Population10.8M48.7K km²

Overview

Official name: Dominican Republic
Native name: República Dominicana
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: DO
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: DOM
ISO 3166-1 numeric: 214
IOC code: DOM
Demonym: Dominican
Capital: Santo Domingo
Region: Americas › Caribbean
Status: Independent, UN member
Groups: Caribbean
United Nations
Internet domain: .do
Coordinates: 19, -70.66666666
Area: 48,671 km²
Population: 10,815,900
GDP: $261.6B ($24.2K per person)
Literacy: 90.1%
Landlocked: No
Land borders: 🇭🇹 Haiti

Currency

Dominican Peso DOP

Symbol: DOP narrow $
Minor units: 2 decimals
Example: RD$1,234.50

Former currencies: USD

Languages

Language	Status	Share of population	Writing
Spanish es	Official	78% (8.4M)
English en		0.074% (8K)

Time zones

Time zone	Local time	Standard	Daylight saving	Name
America/Santo_Domingo		UTC−04:00	none	Atlantic Standard Time

Phone numbers

Calling code: +1 (+1809, +1829, +1849)
Shared with: 🇦🇬 AG
🇦🇮 AI
🇦🇸 AS
🇧🇧 BB
🇧🇲 BM
🇧🇸 BS
🇨🇦 CA
🇩🇲 DM
🇬🇩 GD
🇬🇺 GU
🇯🇲 JM
🇰🇳 KN
🇰🇾 KY
🇱🇨 LC
🇲🇵 MP
🇲🇸 MS
🇵🇷 PR
🇸🇽 SX
🇹🇨 TC
🇹🇹 TT
🇺🇸 US
🇻🇨 VC
🇻🇬 VG
🇻🇮 VI
Dial-out prefix: 011
Trunk prefix: 1
National number length: 10 digits
Emergency number: 112 pattern 112|911

Number types

Type	National format	International format	Layout	Digits
Fixed line	(809) 234-5678	+1 809 234 5678	(XXX) XXX-XXXX	10
Mobile	(809) 234-5678	+1 809 234 5678	(XXX) XXX-XXXX	10
Toll free	(800) 212-3456	+1 800 212 3456	(XXX) XXX-XXXX	10
Premium rate	(900) 212-3456	+1 900 212 3456	(XXX) XXX-XXXX	10
Personal number	(500) 234-5678	+1 500 234 5678	(XXX) XXX-XXXX	10

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Address and postal code

Address layout

{Name}

{Organization}

{Street address}

{Postal code} {City}

No data.

Postal code

Pattern: \d{5}
Examples: 11903 · 10101
Post office lookup: http://inposdom.gob.do/

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Calendar, units and conventions

First day of the week: Sunday
Weekend: Saturday to Sunday
First week of the year: Contains at least 1 day of the new year
Hour cycle: 12-hour (1–12), also H, hB, hb
Calendars: gregorian
Measurement system: Metric
Temperature: Celsius
Paper size: A4
Locales: es-DO

Number and date formats

As written by the Spanish (Dominican Republic) locale (es-DO), amounts in DOP.

Number: 1,234,567.891
Percent: 45.7%
Currency (DOP): RD$1,234,567.89
Accounting: (RD$1,234,567.89)
Currency, name: 1,234,567.89 pesos dominicanos
Compact short: 1.2 M
Compact long: 1.2 millones
Scientific: 1.235E6
Speed: 88 kilómetros por hora
Temperature: 21.5 °C
Date, full: viernes, 27 de marzo de 2026
Date, long: 27 de marzo de 2026
Date, medium: 27 mar 2026
Date, short: 27/3/26
Time, medium: 3:04:05 p. m.
Time, short: 3:04 p. m.
Date and time: 27 mar 2026, 3:04 p. m.
Month and year: marzo de 2026
Weekday: viernes
Relative time: ayer · dentro de 3 días · hace 2 horas
List: and: A, B y C
List: or: A, B o C