_#_Literacy: 83% (male 85%, female 82%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
_#_Labor force: 2,300,000-2,600,000; agriculture 49%, services 33%, industry 18% (1986)
_#_Organized labor: 12% of labor force (1989 est.)
_*Government #_Long-form name: Dominican Republic (no short-form name)
_#_Type: republic
_#_Capital: Santo Domingo
_#_Administrative divisions: 29 provinces (provincias,
singular—provincia) and 1 district* (distrito); Azua, Baoruco, Barahona,
Dajabon, Distrito Nacional*, Duarte, Elias Pina, El Seibo,
Espaillat, Hato Mayor, Independencia, La Altagracia, La Romana, La Vega,
Maria Trinidad Sanchez, Monsenor Nouel, Monte Cristi, Monte Plata,
Pedernales, Peravia, Puerto Plata, Salcedo, Samana, Sanchez
Ramirez, San Cristobal, San Juan, San Pedro De Macoris, Santiago,
Santiago Rodriguez, Valverde
_#_Independence: 27 February 1844 (from Haiti)
_#_Constitution: 28 November 1966
_#_Legal system: based on French civil codes