Bible
Society work in
Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic Bible SocietyPO Box 1767
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Tel: +(1 809)-687-8497 / +(1 809)-685-2025
Fax: +(1 809)-687-0735
E-mail: soc.biblica@codetel.net.do
Country Data:
| Area: | 48,671 sq.km. | |
| Population: | 8,300,000 (1999) | |
| Annual Per Capita Income: | US$2,080 (2000) | |
| Literate Population: | 82.8% (1998) | |
| Religions in % of Population: | Roman Catholic |
90.0%
|
| Protestant |
2.3%
|
|
| Voodooist |
0.7%
|
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| Other |
7.0%
|
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| Official Language: | Spanish | |
Bible Society Data:
| Beginning of organised work: | 1807 | |
| Date of formation of Bible Society: | 1968 | |
| Date of Full Membership in UBS: | 1987 | |
| Scripture distribution in 2005: | |||||
|
Bibles
|
New
Testaments |
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| 94,079 | 16,826 | 110,321 | 110,143 | 3,789,281 | 196,500 |
Latest News (Aug./Sep. 2004)
Enthusiastic response to distribution activity at Pan-American Games
(November 2003)
Scripture distribution brings hope to hard-hit Haitians (April/May 2001)
Hurricane Georges Hits Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico as Bible Month Closes (November 1998)
