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    Santo Domingo

    Capital of the Dominican Republic
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    Santo Domingo, once known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, known as Ciudad Trujillo between 1936 and 1961, is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population. As of 2022, the city and immediate surrounding area had a population of 1,029,110 while the total population is 3,798,699 when including Greater Santo Domingo. The city is coterminous with the boundaries of the Distrito Nacional, itself bordered on three sides by Santo Domingo Province. Founded by the Spanish in 1496, on the east bank of the Ozama River and then moved by Nicolás de Ovando in 1502 to the west bank of the river, the city is the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the Americas, and was the first seat of the Spanish colonial rule in the New World, the Captaincy General of Santo Domingo. It is the site of the first university, cathedral, castle, monastery, and fortress in the New World. Wikipedia

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  2. en.wikipedia.org

    Santo Domingo (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsanto ðoˈmiŋɡo] meaning "Saint Dominic" but verbatim "Holy Sunday"), once known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, known as Ciudad Trujillo between 1936 and 1961, is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population. [7] As of 2022, the city and immediate surrounding area (the Distrito ...
    • Timeline of Santo Domingo

      The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic 15th century. 1492- First Viceroyalty in the New World is established in Santo Domingo (Viceroyalty ... Santo Domingo: Past and Present, with a Glance at Hayti. New York: Harper & Brothers. p. 228. Nathan Appleton (1891). "Santo Domingo City".

    • Santo Domingo (Disambiguation)

      Santo Domingo Province, a province, split in 2001 from the National District, that includes the hinterland of the capital city of the same name; Greater Santo Domingo, the metropolitan area of Santo Domingo and its surroundings; Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santo Domingo, Latin Metropolitan Archdiocese in the Dominican Republic

    • Provinces

      Provinces of the Dominican Republic map. The Dominican Republic is divided into thirty-one provincias (provinces; singular provincia), while the national capital, Santo Domingo, is contained within its own Distrito Nacional ("National District"; "D.N." on the map below).. The division of the country into provinces is laid down in the constitution (Title I, Section II, Article 5) [1] and ...

  3. britannica.com

    Dec 9, 2024Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic. It is situated on the southeast coast of the island of Hispaniola, at the mouth of the Ozama River, and is the oldest permanent city established by Europeans in the Western Hemisphere. It is also the seat of the oldest Roman Catholic archbishopric in the Americas.
    Author:The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  4. thoughtco.com

    Foundation of Santo Domingo . Santo Domingo de Guzmán was actually the third settlement on Hispaniola. The first, Navidad, consisted of some 40 sailors who were left behind by Columbus on his first voyage when one of his ships sank. Navidad was wiped out by angry Native people between the first and second voyages.
  5. en.wikipedia.org

    The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic 15th century. 1492- First Viceroyalty in the New World is established in Santo Domingo (Viceroyalty ... Santo Domingo: Past and Present, with a Glance at Hayti. New York: Harper & Brothers. p. 228. Nathan Appleton (1891). "Santo Domingo City".
  6. dominicanaonline.org

    History of Santo Domingo. Don Bartolomé Columbus, brother of Admiral Christopher Columbus, founded the city of Santo Domingo on the west bank of the Río Ozama on a date that generates controversy even today. Some historians date its establishment to the year 1496, others 1497 and still others, 1498. ...
  7. jackcana.tours

    The Casas Reales Museum, located in the heart of Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone, is a true treasure of Dominican history. This museum, housed in a building dating back to the 16th century, originally served as the governmental and judicial headquarters of Spain in the New World. Today, it has been transformed into a custodian of the Dominican Republic's rich history, offering visitors a window ...
  8. oxfordbibliographies.com

    Introduction. Santo Domingo became the first permanent European colony and city in the Americas (1495-1496). As the local Taínos encountered waves of Spanish invaders after the arrival of Christopher Columbus, colonial Santo Domingo and the island of Hispaniola (a region called Ayiti or Quisqueya by its then inhabitants) sank into a series of foreboding firsts of European colonialism in the ...
  9. britannica.com

    Santo Domingo, City (pop., 2007 est.: 2,154,000), capital of the Dominican Republic.It is situated on the southeastern coast of the island of Hispaniola, at the mouth of the Ozama River. It was founded in 1496 by Christopher Columbus's brother Bartolomeo as the capital of the first Spanish colony in the New World and is the oldest permanent city established by Europeans in the Western ...
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