Travel & technology
Electric power
- Plug shape
- Voltage
- 110V, 60Hz
Phone dialing
- Code to call Dominican Republic
- +1.809|829
What every visitor should know about Dominican Republic:
- Money
- The currency is the Dominican peso (DOP). 10 DOP is worth about US$0.28, or €0.20.
- Crime
- CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 3.5 out of 5 (Safe)
Areas of concern:
- Mugging
- Pick-pocketing / bag-snatching
- Armed robbery is rare but occurs
- Robberies in unlicensed taxis
- Capital
- Santo Domingo
- Tap water
- Not recommended. Water is usually drinkable in large cities, but quality is uneven.
Dominican Republic facts and figures:
People
- Population
- 9,650,054
- Language
- Spanish
- Ethnicity
- Mixed 73%, white 16%, black 11%
Economy
- GDP
- US$8,800 (per capita)
- Income equality
- Moderate