The Dominican Republic is a North American country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea in the North Atlantic Ocean. It shares a maritime border with Puerto Rico to the east and a land border with Haiti to the west, occupying the eastern five-eighths of Hispaniola which, along with Saint Martin, is one of only two islands in the Caribbean shared by two sovereign states. In the Antilles, the country is the second-largest nation by area after Cuba at 48,671 square kilometers (18,792 sq mi) and second-largest by population after Haiti with approximately 11.4 million people in 2024, of whom 3.6 million reside in the metropolitan area of Santo Domingo, the capital city.
A catastrophic roof collapse at the iconic Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, claimed at least 184 lives and..
A tragic night in Santo Domingo turned deadly as the iconic Jet Set nightclub collapsed during a packed event, killing 113 people...
Dominican Republic nightclub roof collapse kills at least 98
It is not yet known what caused the incident at the Jet Set..
