{"population":10760028,"blurb":{"text":"The Dominican Republic is an island country on the eastern part of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea in the North Atlantic Ocean. It shares a maritime border with Puerto Rico to the east and a land border with Haiti to the west, occupying the eastern five-eighths of Hispaniola which, along with Saint Martin, is one of only two islands in the Caribbean shared by two sovereign states. In the Antilles, the country is the second-largest by area after Cuba at 48,671 square kilometers (18,792 sq mi) and the second most populous after Haiti with approximately 11.4 million people in 2024, of whom 3.6 million reside in the metropolitan area of Santo Domingo, the capital city.","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_Republic"},"vexillology":{"text":"The national flag of the Dominican Republic is one of the official national symbols of the nation, along with the coat of arms and the national anthem. The blue on the flag stands for liberty, the white for salvation, and the red for the blood of heroes. The civil flag follows the same design, but without the charge in the center, which is the coat of arms of the Dominican Republic. The flag was designed by Juan Pablo Duarte.","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic"},"flagDesign":{"text":"The National Flag is composed of the colors ultramarine blue and vermillion red, in alternating quarters, located in such a way that the blue is in the upper part of the flagpole, separated by a white cross half the width of the height of a quarter and that carries in its center the National Coat of Arms. The merchant flag is the same as the national, but without the Coat of Arms.\n\n— Article 31, Chapter VII","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic"},"photos":["https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/1960._Junio%2C_24._Atentado_a_R%C3%B3mulo_Betancourt_en_Los_Pr%C3%B3ceres.jpg/500px-1960._Junio%2C_24._Atentado_a_R%C3%B3mulo_Betancourt_en_Los_Pr%C3%B3ceres.jpg","https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/27_de_febrero_av._Santo_Domingo.jpg/500px-27_de_febrero_av._Santo_Domingo.jpg","https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Bas%C3%ADlica_Menor_de_Santa_Mar%C3%ADa_SD_RD_02_2017_1941.jpg/500px-Bas%C3%ADlica_Menor_de_Santa_Mar%C3%ADa_SD_RD_02_2017_1941.jpg","https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Bas%C3%ADlica_Menor_de_Santa_Mar%C3%ADa_SD_RD_02_2017_1947.jpg/500px-Bas%C3%ADlica_Menor_de_Santa_Mar%C3%ADa_SD_RD_02_2017_1947.jpg"]}