The real was the currency of Santo Domingo (now the Dominican Republic) until 1822. Coins were minted in denominations of ¼, 1 and 2 reales which circulated alongside other Spanish colonial coins. The real was replaced by the Haïtian gourde when Santo Domingo was taken over by Haïti. Santo Domingo from space, May 1992 Plaza Colón Santo Domingo de Guzmán, population 2,061,200 (2003), estimated 2,253,437 in 2006, is the capital and the largest city of the Dominican Republic. ... The real was the currency of Spains colonies in the Americas. ... The gourde is the currency of Haiti. ... Haiti is a country situated on the western third of the island of Hispaniola and the smaller islands of La Gonâve, La Tortue (Tortuga), Grande Caye, and Ile a Vache in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba; the Dominican Republic shares Hispaniola with Haiti. ...