Italian Dominicans

Italian Dominicans
Italo-dominicani (Italian); Ítalo-dominicanos (Spanish)
	Dominicans of Italian descent, businessman Frank Rainieri with his family.
Total population
	c. 50,000 (by birth); c. 300,000 (by ancestry, corresponding to about 3% of the total population)
Regions with significant populations
	Boca Chica, Santiago de los Caballeros, La Romana and Santo Domingo
Languages
	Dominican Spanish · Italian and Italian dialects
Religion
	Roman Catholic
Related ethnic groups
	Italians, Italian Americans, Italian Argentines, Italian Bolivians, Italian Brazilians, Italian Canadians, Italian Chileans, Italian Colombians, Italian Costa Ricans, Italian Cubans, Italian Ecuadorians, Italian Guatemalans, Italian Haitians, Italian Hondurans, Italian Mexicans, Italian Panamanians, Italian Paraguayans, Italian Peruvians, Italian Puerto Ricans, Italian Salvadorans, Italian Uruguayans, Italian Venezuelans

Italian Dominicans (Italian: italo-dominicani; Spanish: ítalo-dominicanos) are Dominican-born citizens who are fully or partially of Italian descent, whose ancestors were Italians who emigrated to the Dominican Republic during the Italian diaspora, or Italian-born people in the Dominican Republic. The Italian community in the Dominican Republic, considering both people of Italian ancestry and Italian birth, is the largest in the Caribbean region.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c Cite error: The named reference notizieitalodominicane was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Italia estera: Italiani nella Repubblica Dominicana nel 2002 (In Italian)

[notizieitalodominicane-1] Cite error: The named reference notizieitalodominicane was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[italiaestera-2] Italia estera: Italiani nella Repubblica Dominicana nel 2002 (In Italian)

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Italo-dominicani (Italian) Ítalo-dominicanos (Spanish)
Dominicans of Italian descent, businessman Frank Rainieri with his family.
Total population
c. 50,000 (by birth)^[1] c. 300,000 (by ancestry, corresponding to about 3% of the total population)^[1]
Regions with significant populations
Boca Chica, Santiago de los Caballeros, La Romana and Santo Domingo^[2]
Languages
Dominican Spanish · Italian and Italian dialects
Religion
Roman Catholic
Related ethnic groups
Italians, Italian Americans, Italian Argentines, Italian Bolivians, Italian Brazilians, Italian Canadians, Italian Chileans, Italian Colombians, Italian Costa Ricans, Italian Cubans, Italian Ecuadorians, Italian Guatemalans, Italian Haitians, Italian Hondurans, Italian Mexicans, Italian Panamanians, Italian Paraguayans, Italian Peruvians, Italian Puerto Ricans, Italian Salvadorans, Italian Uruguayans, Italian Venezuelans