what is the dominican republic part of?
Hispaniola
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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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 Puerto Rico is a large island on the northern rim of the Caribbean Sea that is home to approximately 4 million people . It lies due east of the Dominican Republic and to the west of the United States Virgin Islands . Puerto Rico was first colonized by the Spanish , but was ceded to the United States in the wake of the Spanish – American War in 1898 . Puerto Ricans were granted American citizenship in 1917 , although it remained apart from the United States and has a constitution that provides for self @-@ government . 41 years after Puerto Ricans became American citizens , Puerto Rico sent its first delegation to the Olympics at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London , England . The American commonwealth has sent a delegation to all sixteen Summer Olympics between then and the 2008 Beijing Olympics in addition to six Winter Olympic games . 

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 Americas : Bolivia , Dominican Republic , El Salvador , Haiti , Honduras , Mexico , Peru , US 

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 Dominica is an island nation located in the far eastern rim of the Caribbean Sea that lis between the French colonies of Guadeloupe ( to the north ) and Martinique to the south . The country 's debut in the Olympics was in Atlanta during the 1996 Summer Olympics , and it has participated in every summer Olympics between then and the Beijing Olympics in 2008 – numbering four in total . The largest delegation sent by Dominica was in 1996 , and the size of its delegation decreased to four in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney , then to two in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens . Dominica 's Beijing delegation also only included two athletes , although its appearance at the Olympics marked the first Dominican delegation that included no women . As of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics , Dominican athletes had not won any medals . Jerome Romain , the coach accompanying the Dominican delegation , was the nation 's flagbearer at the ceremonies . 

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 Schoolbooks and official government publications in the Republic have shown the country as part of an " unliberated " whole , although the constitution of the Republic , especially after its amendment in 1995 , does not include any territorial claims . 
