National flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1865–present | National Flag with coat of arms, State flag, State ensign, and War ensign | A crossed two-colored flag with the country's coat of arms in the center |
 | 1849–present | Civil flag and ensign | |
This is a lists of flags used in the Dominican Republic. For more information about the national flag, visit the article Flag of the Dominican Republic.
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| | 1865–present | National Flag with coat of arms, State flag, State ensign, and War ensign | A crossed two-colored flag with the country's coat of arms in the center |
| | 1849–present | Civil flag and ensign | |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | ?–present | Presidential Standard of the Dominican Republic (at Sea) | |
 | 1930s–1961 | Personal flag of Rafael Trujillo |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Flag of the Dominican Armed Forces | ||
 | Flag of the Dominican Civil Defence | ||
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Flag of the Dominican Army | ||
 | Standard of the Dominican Army Military Academy | ||
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Naval Ensign | ||
 | Naval jack of the Dominican Navy | ||
 | Flag of the Naval Academy |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Flag of the Dominican Air Force | ||
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Flag of the Dominican National Police | ||
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Flag of the Supreme Court of the Dominican Republic and the Dominican Judiciary System | ||
 | Flag of the Central Electoral Board | ||
 | Flag of the Dominican Port Authority | ||
 | Flag of the General Prosecutor of the Republic |
| Flag | Date | Party | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1973–present | Dominican Liberation Party | |
 | 2011–present | Country Alliance | |
 | 2009–present | Civic Renovation Party | |
 | 1959-1968 | Revolutionary Movement on June 14 es | |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1492–1500 | Royal Flag of The Crown of Castile | quartered banner of arms of Castile, represented by a castle, and León, represented by a lion. |
 | 1500–1516 | Royal Flag of The Crown of Castile | the same design of the previous flag in a slightly different shape. |
 | 1516–1785 | Flag of the Captaincy General of Santo Domingo | The Cross of Burgundy flag represents the Spanish Empire. |
 | 1785–1795, 1810–1821, 1861–1865 | Flag of Santo Domingo | A Tricolour of Red, Yellow and Red with the coat of arms off-centred toward the hoist. In 1861, general Pedro Santana asked queen Isabella II of Spain to retake control of the Dominican Republic, after a period of only 17 years of independence. Spain, which had not come to terms with the loss of its American colonies 30 years earlier, accepted his proposal and made the country a colony again. |
 | 1795–1809 | Flag of the Saint-Domingue | The tricolour flag of the French First Republic. France came to own the whole island by the Treaty of Basel, as Spain ceded Santo Domingo as a consequence of the French Revolutionary Wars. |
 | 1804–1809 | Colonial Flag of Saint Domingue | a red field with the French Tricolor in the canton and defaced with the arms of Saint Domingue. |
 | 1809–1813 | Flag of Spain under Joseph Bonaparte | A White Banner with the coat of arms off-centred toward the hoist. |
 | 1821–1822 | Flag of Spanish Haiti | On 9 February 1822 Jean-Pierre Boyer annexed the Spanish out of the colony of Santo Domingo, which a few months before had proclaimed its independence from Spain (30 November 1821) under the name The Republica del Haiti Español . An attempt to declare its alliance to Gran Colombia, the flag was raised in the early weeks of 1822, but it was short-lived when nine weeks later Boyer had ended the republic. |
 | 1822–1844 | Flag of the Unification of Hispaniola | |
 | 1822–1844 | Civil Flag of the Unification of Hispaniola | |
 | 1838–1844 | Early flag of the Trinitaria | It was developed from the flag of Haiti and was added a white cross in the center. In early version, 17 white stars placed vertically along the hoist, two white stars placed above and below the cross, respectively, and 9 white stars placed vertically along the hoist. |
 | 1838–1844 | Early flag of the Trinitaria, version 2 | |
 | 1838–1844 | Early flag of the Trinitaria, version 3 | |
 | 1844–1849 | Flag of the Dominican War of Independence | It was developed from the flag of Haiti and was added a white symmetric cross. |
 | 1849–1861 | Flag of the First Dominican Republic | A crossed two-colored flag with the country's coat of arms in the center |
 | 1905–1908 | Flag of The United States | Thirteen horizontal stripes alternating red and white; in the canton, 45 white stars on a blue field. |
 | 1908–1912 | Flag of The United States | Thirteen horizontal stripes alternating red and white; in the canton, 46 white stars on a blue field. |
 | 1912–1924 | Flag of The United States | Thirteen horizontal stripes alternating red and white; in the canton, 48 white stars on a blue field. |
The Dominican Republic is a North American country on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with Haiti, making Hispaniola one of only two Caribbean islands, along with Saint Martin, that is shared by two sovereign states. It is the second-largest nation in the Antilles by area at 48,671 square kilometers (18,792 sq mi), and second-largest by population, with approximately 11.4 million people in 2024, of whom approximately 3.6 million live in the metropolitan area of Santo Domingo, the capital city.
Transport in the Dominican Republic utilizes a system of roads, airports, ports, harbours, and an urban railway.
Dominicans are an ethno-national people, a people of shared ancestry and culture, who have ancestral roots in the Dominican Republic.
This gallery of sovereign state flags shows the national or state flags of sovereign states that appear on the list of sovereign states. For flags of other entities, please see gallery of flags of dependent territories. Each flag is depicted as if the flagpole is positioned on the left of the flag, except for those of Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia which are depicted with the hoist to the right.
The flag of the Dominican Republic represents the Dominican Republic and, together with the coat of arms and the national anthem, has the status of a national symbol. The blue on the flag stands for liberty, the white for salvation, and the red for the blood of heroes. The civil flag follows the same design, but without the charge in the center. The flag was designed by Juan Pablo Duarte.
The Dominican Republic competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. Francia Jackson was chosen to be the flag bearer at the games instead of the previous chosen athlete Félix Sánchez, who won the nation's first ever Olympic gold medal.
The coat of arms of the Dominican Republic features a shield in similarly quartered colors as the flag, supported by a bay laurel branch (left) and a palm frond (right); above the shield, a blue ribbon displays the national motto: Dios, Patria, Libertad. Below the shield, the words República Dominicana appear on a red ribbon. In the center of the shield, flanked by six spears, the front four holding the national flag, is a Bible which is open to John: 8:31–32 with a small golden cross above it. The coat of arms appears in the center of the flag of the Dominican Republic.
This is a gallery of flags of North American countries, territories and their affiliated international organizations.
The Dominican Republic first participated in the Olympic Games in 1964, when Alberto Torres de la Mota participated in the 10th heat of the 100m competition and ran 10.9 seconds, finishing 6th, not qualifying for the next round.
Restauración is the third largest city in the province of Dajabon, Dominican Republic. It is located in the northwest portion of the island, in the Cibao region.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Dominican Republic:
The following is an alphabetical list of topics related to the Dominican Republic.
Dominican Republic participated in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore.
The Dominican Republic competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's thirteenth consecutive appearance at the Olympics.
The Dominican Republic competed in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015. The country had 250 athletes in 26 sports.
Dominican Republic competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's fourteenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
The Dominican Republic participated at the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei, Taiwan with 29 competitors in 5 sports. The flag bearer was sprinter Luguelín Santos.
Dominican Republic competed in the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019.
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