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Where is the Dominican Republic located in the West Indies?
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The Dominican Republic is a country in the West Indies that occupies the eastern two-thirds of Hispaniola, which is the second largest island of the Greater Antilles chain in the Caribbean Sea.1
Its shores are bordered by the Caribbean to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the north.1