Bulletin 2026-09UCDP data through GED 26.1, Candidate Events 26.0.9Changes in the data

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Dominican Republic: events and estimated deaths in January 2026

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

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UCDP recorded 2 eventsP of organized violence in Dominican Republic in January 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 2P. UCDP counts 0P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. UCDP recorded no events in December 2025.

UCDP recorded no events in January 2025. Dominican Republic holds 0 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in January 2026. In January 2025, the share was 0 percent.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Not all events in UCDP Candidate will make it into the final UCDP GED and new events will be added. The UCDP Candidate is a dataset containing events that have a high probability of being included in the final annual version of UCDP GED.

An incident where armed force was used by an organized actor against another organized actor, or against civilians, resulting in at least 1 direct death at a specific location and a specific date

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5 (Introduction) and UCDP GED Codebook, version 26.1 (section 2, the definition of an event), copied on .

This page rests on UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

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Regions

The table has 10 regions at most.

Table 1. Dominican Republic, January 2026: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsPEstimated deathsP
Santiago province11
Santo Domingo province11

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Figure 1. Events in Dominican Republic, January 2026. The map shows 2 events with 2 estimated deaths. One dot is one event at the place that UCDP gives. When a source names no exact place, UCDP puts the event at the centre of a region or of the country. The area of a dot follows the best estimate of deaths. The largest dot is for 330 deaths or more.1 death10 deaths100 deathsOutlines: Natural Earth, with the first-level areas of the UCDP data. An outline shows where the events are. It is not a statement about a border.

Events

The table lists each event of the month. The CSV file of Dominican Republic has each event.

Table 2. Dominican Republic, January 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
13 Jan 2026Santo Domingo provinceActor not identified by UCDP; Actor not identified by UCDPNon-state111
27 Jan 2026Santiago provinceActor not identified by UCDP; Actor not identified by UCDPNon-state111

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Names are as UCDP writes them, with two labels that the site writes. UCDP does not identify some actors: the site writes "Actor not identified by UCDP" for each of them. UCDP names some groups for a person: the site writes "Group named for a person (name not shown)" for each of them. A line with a label can hold more than one actor.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 3. Dominican Republic: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of January 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Actor not identified by UCDP2P2P

An event has two sides, so one event can be in two rows. The deaths are the deaths in the events of a side. The table does not say which side caused a death. Names are as UCDP writes them, with two labels that the site writes. UCDP does not identify some actors: the site writes "Actor not identified by UCDP" for each of them. UCDP names some groups for a person: the site writes "Group named for a person (name not shown)" for each of them. A line with a label can hold more than one actor.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Type of violence

Table 4. Dominican Republic: events by type of violence, January 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict00%
Non-state conflict2P100%
One-sided violence against civilians00%

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

All months

Table 5. Monthly reports of Dominican Republic, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
July 20262P1PCandidate Events
May 20261P1PCandidate Events
March 20264P4PCandidate Events
February 20264P4PCandidate Events
January 20262P2PCandidate Events

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 20 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

Dominican Republic: all figures

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ConflictStats. Dominican Republic: events and estimated deaths in January 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/dominican-republic/month/2026-01/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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