Much of the population of this zone come from countries of Asia or Africa. The languages that are spoken are the French and creole.
During both the 16th and 17th Centuries, France seized the island’s Spanish-ruled zone on several occasions until its total annexation in 1795. The current territory of the Dominican Republic went back into Spanish hands in 1805, though its independence was not proclaimed until 1821.Between 1822 and 1844, its territory was occupied by Haiti. On February 27, 1844, revolutionaries Juan Pablo Duarte y Diez, Ramón Mella and Francisco del Rosario Sánchez, declared the country’s second and definitive independence and called the nation “Dominican Republic.”
Much of the population of this zone come from countries of Asia or Africa. The languages that are spoken are the French and creole.
