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Afro-Dominicans
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Afro-Dominicans are Dominicans of total or predominant Sub-Saharan African ancestry. They are a minority in the country representing 7.5% or 642,018 of the population, according to the 2022 census.
Afro-Dominicans attending church service.
Afro-Dominicans attending church service.
Gregorio Luperon monument in Puerto Plata.
Gregorio Luperon monument in Puerto Plata.
Black Dominicans in Bayahibe.
Black Dominicans in Bayahibe.
Timeline of the Dominican Republic's genepool showing a predominantly European-admixed founder population, and an increase of the African population o
Timeline of the Dominican Republic's genepool showing a predominantly European-admixed founder population, and an increase of the African population over time. During most of the colonial period, the share of each ancestry group was as follows: 71% European, 10% Native, 19% African. After the 19th-century Haitian and Afro-Caribbean migrations the ratio changed to: 57% European, 8% Native and 35% African. European DNA Native American DNA African DNA
Dominican Republic
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The Dominican Republic is an island country on the eastern part of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea in the North Atlantic Ocean. It shares a maritime bor
Afro-Dominicans
…a minority in the country representing 7.5% or 642,018 of the population, according to the 2022 census. In a previous estimate they were 7.5% of the Dominican Republic's population according to a survey published in 2021 by the United Nations Population Fund. About 4.0% of the people surveyed claim an Afro-Caribbean…
Catedral Santa María La Menor is the oldest cathedral built in the Americas.
Catedral Santa María La Menor is the oldest cathedral built in the Americas.
In 1838, Juan Pablo Duarte and others established a secret patriotic society called La Trinitaria, which helped undermine Haitian occupation.
In 1838, Juan Pablo Duarte and others established a secret patriotic society called La Trinitaria, which helped undermine Haitian occupation.
Monument built by Dominicans in 1944, commemorating the participants of the War of Restoration
Monument built by Dominicans in 1944, commemorating the participants of the War of Restoration
The flag of the United States waving over Ozama Fortress during the U.S. occupation of the Dominican Republic, c. 1922
The flag of the United States waving over Ozama Fortress during the U.S. occupation of the Dominican Republic, c. 1922