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The Dominican Republic is in the continent of North America, on the island of Hispaniola between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean. It borders Haiti to the west.
At 48,730 square kilometers, the Dominican Republic is slightly more than twice the size of New Hampshire.
The population of the Dominican Republic is predominantly mixed (73%). White represents 16% of the population and black 11%.
Ninety-five percent of the population holds Roman Catholic beliefs.
Eighty-seven percent of people age 15 and over can read and write.
Haiti has an unemployment rate of 15.4%.
The Dominican Republic is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor; a large number of Dominican women are trafficked into prostitution and sexual exploitation in Western Europe, Australia, Central and South America, and Caribbean destinations; a significant number of women, boys, and girls are trafficked within the country for sexual exploitation and domestic servitude.