what is the local currency in the dominican republic?
Dominican peso
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 The Dominican Republic had its second war for independence in 1844 , which was successful in obtaining independence from Haiti . Spain reannexed the country at the request of its then @-@ dictator , Gen. Pedro Santana ( who attempted to benefit personally from the event ) , in 1861 . A third revolt , the War of Restoration , sought independence from the Spanish in 1863 . Its leaders used Haiti as a guerrilla base , since the Haitian government feared a Spanish takeover and the restoration of slavery in the occupied territories , and was thus sympathetic to their cause . Their stronghold , however , was the Cibao valley in the northeastern part of Hispaniola . 

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 Dominican Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit declared August 19 , 2007 to be a national day of prayer and thanks @-@ giving . The destruction of 546 residences forced approximately 1 @,@ 000 people into 100 shelters . A USAID disaster specialist liaised with the Dominican Office of Disaster Management and arraigned for assistance to the order of US $ 60 @,@ 648 of relief supplies and $ 25 @,@ 000 of Emergency Shelter supplies . 

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 Like the other Francophone musics of the Lesser Antilles , Dominican folk music is a hybrid of African and European elements . The quadrille is an important symbol of French Antillean culture , and is , on Dominica , typically accompanied by a kind of ensemble called a jing ping band . In addition , Dominica 's folk tradition includes folk songs called bélé , traditional storytelling called kont , masquerade , children 's and work songs , and Carnival music . 

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 Dominican folk music is an oral tradition , learned informally through watching others perform . As of 1987 , most performers of traditional music were either over 50 years old or under 35 , which indicates an ongoing revival of previously declining traditions . Music is evaluated based on both characteristics of the music , such as complex syncopated rhythms , as well as social factors , such as the ability of the performers to improvise and respond to their surroundings and to keep the audience excited and participating in the music . 

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 The Puerto Rico Department of the Family currently provides the benefits to each participating family through a debit card , which replaced the physical cheques in the early 2000s . The monthly benefit is deposited through an electronic benefit transfer ( EBT ) system into a government @-@ designated personal bank account , which can be accessed at any time with the debit card to withdraw cash or to make food purchases from authorized retailers . Since September 2001 , 75 % of each family ’ s monthly benefit has been designated exclusively for making direct food and grocery purchases , while the remaining 25 % can be withdrawn as a cash benefit . The EBT debit card system has improved the program ’ s payment accuracy rate to 96 @.@ 4 % in 2003 , 4 years ahead of its 2007 goal of 95 % accuracy . 
