Dominican Republic is an island of Hispaniola which is located in the Caribbean region. This island is one of the two in Hispaniola in the Antilles. Santo Domingo, the capital city is on the southern coast and metropolitan area. The official language of the country is Spanish. The first permanent European colony in the Americas was in Santo Domingo. The Dominican Republic is well known for its most unique way of celebrating their festivals. In 1804, the Dominican Republic became an independent state of Haiti.
The Dominican Republic introduced their pin code system. At first there was so much controversy over the places which were registered under the postal code office, but then slowly every region in the Dominican Republic got its own postal codes. The pin code is segregated in such a way that each of the postal codes.
The Dominican Republic has been ranked as the 128th largest nation in the world, and it has a total land area of 48,671 km2, which comes to around a total of 18,792 mi2. The Dominican Republic was divided into 10 regions, which in turn separated into 31 provinces and it has 124 municipal districts.
The Dominican Republic has a total water area of 0.7. The major sources of water include cloud harvesting, groundwater, lakes, rainwater, rivers, snow, soil moisture springs, streams, water, waterfall, wetlands, etc. There are 9 lakes in the Dominican Republic.
The Dominican Republic has four important mountain ranges. Cordillera Central (the central mountain range) is the highest range in the Dominican Republic. In Total, there are 2415 named mountains in the Dominican Republic. The highest point is Pico Duarte which is 10,164 feet which is 16th highest maximum elevation of any island in the world.
Dominician Republic Postal Code Address Format | |
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Postcode type and position |
5 digits to the left of the locality name
Dominica L. Hernandez C/45 # 33 Katanga, Los Minas 11903 SANTO DOMINGO DOMINICAN REP. |
Coding method |
XX -- (First two digit) ---> indicate the province. XXX-- (Last three digit) ---> indicate the locality / delivery block. |
Address format | Each administrative division maintains its own postal code for mail delivery purposes. Having the correct code is essential to your mail delivery. Dominican Republic uses 5 digit pin code system in which 1st two digits and the last 3 digits has different indications which is shown below; |
Examples |
Ms. XXXXX(addresse) C/45 # 33(area /street /village) Katanga, Los Minas(districtname) 11903 SANTO DOMINGO(postal code) DOMINICAN REP.(country) |