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La Vega, a city in the central Dominican Republic, was founded in 1495 by Batholomew Columbus at the foot of a fortress built by Christopher Columbus in 1494, which intended to guard the route to the interior gold deposits of the Cibao valley. A Spanish settlement called Concepción de la Vega gradually grew around the fort. [5]
La Vega (Spanish pronunciation: [la ˈβeɣa]) is one of the 32 provinces of the Dominican Republic. It is located in the Cibao Valley , the north-central region of the country, and is divided into 4 municipalities with its capital city being the namesake of La Vega .
The division of provinces into municipalities is established in the Constitution [1] and further regulated by Law 5220 on the Territorial Division of the Dominican Republic. [2] It was enacted in 1959 and has been frequently amended to create new provinces, municipalities and lower-level administrative units.
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The city of La Concepción de la Vega was founded as a fortress by Christopher Columbus in 1495. The city was built up around the fortress and the gold mine of Pueblo Viejo, as the extraction of precious metals was the main objective of Columbus' missions to the new world. [2]
Cutupú is a small town in the northern part of La Vega Province in the Dominican Republic. It is 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) to the north of La Vega city . This Dominican Republic location article is a stub .
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Distance from Santo Domingo Santo Domingo: DR-4, DR-3: 0 km, begins here Villa Altagracia-- 42 km Piedra Blanca: DR-Route 17: 66 km Bonao-- 85 km Concepción de la Vega: DR-Route 21: 125 km Santiago de los Caballeros: DR-Route 25, DR-Route 14: 155 km Villa Bisonó: DR-5: 180 km San Fernando de Monte Cristi: DR-Route 45: 270 km, ends here