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My beautiful Dominican Republic
To our beloved homeland, to our Dominican Republic. To our beautiful nation, Which today raises its impressive tricolor flag higher.
The Dominican Republic is a Caribbean nation that shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti to the west. It is known for its beaches, resorts and golf courses.
General information about the Dominican Republic. The official name is the Dominican Republic, whose capital is Santo Domingo. The country is located in the Archipelago of the Greater Antilles and in the eastern part of the island of Hispaniola, which it shares with Haiti, occupying just over two thirds of it.
On the night of Tuesday, February 27, 1844, at Puerta del Conde, the Dominican Republic was proclaimed by Francisco del Rosario Sánchez, head of the movement after the absence of Juan Pablo Duarte, Tomás Bobadilla y Briones, representative of the conservatives, Matías Ramón Mella, Manuel Jimenes, Vicente Celestino Duarte, José Joaquín Puello, Gabino Puello, Eusebio Puello, Eduardo Abreu, Juan Alejandro Acosta, Remigio del Castillo, Jacinto de la Concha, Tomás de la Concha, Cayetano Rodríguez, Félix María del Monte, and others .
That February 27, the Dominican flag was raised at the Puerta del Conde and, embroidered by Concepción Bona and María Trinidad Sánchez, it flew in the city of Santo Domingo. The flag had emerged from a project presented by Juan Pablo Duarte, approved on July 16, 1838 in La Trinitaria, where the colors and shape of the banner that would represent the new state were defined.