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Patron Saints: Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia (January 21), Saint Dominic of Osma

Continent: Central America

Capital: Santo Domingo

Area: 48,320 km²

Population: 10,734,247

Neighbouring Countries: ← Haiti , ↖ Turks and Caicos Islands , → Puerto Rico

Religions: Roman Catholic 95%, other 5%

Languages: Spanish (official)

Ethnic Groups: mixed 70.4% (mestizo/indio 58%, mulatto 12.4%), black 15.8%, white 13.5%, other 0.3%

Motto: Dios, Patria, Libertad (Spanish) (God, Country, Liberty)

Area: 48,511 km²

Catholic Population: 10,028,000 Catholics (95.1% of 10,550,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 719 parishes, 452 mission stations (without resident priest), 460 other centres

Clergy: 25 bishops (11 diocesan, 14 titular), 1,091 priests (724 diocesan, 367 religious), 695 permanent deacons (diocesan)

Non-Clergy: 2,150 religious (340 brothers, 1,810 sisters), 95 members of secular institutes (5 brothers, 90 sisters), 290 major seminarians, 6,371 missionaries, 33,550 catechists