Sponsor: Southwest Chinese Baptist Church

Mission Trip 2001

Background: A legacy of unsettled, mostly non-representative, rule for much of the 20th century was brought to an end in 1996 when free and open elections ushered in a new government. Location: Caribbean, eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti Capital: Santo Domingo Area - comparative: slightly more than twice the size of New Hampshire Climate: tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation; seasonal variation in rainfall Environment - current issues: water shortages; soil eroding into the sea damages coral reefs; deforestation; Hurricane Georges damage Population: 8,581,477 (July 2001 est.) Religions: Roman Catholic 95% Languages: Spanish Life expectancy at birth: 73.44 years

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