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The Santo Domingo Metro (Spanish: Metro de Santo Domingo) is a rapid transit system in Greater Santo Domingo. Serving the capital of the Dominican Republic, it is the most extensive metro system in the insular Caribbean and Central American region by length and number of stations. It began operation on January 30, 2009.
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic skyline. Santo Domingo may refer to Santo Domingo de Guzmán, the sole municipality of the Distrito Nacional, or the metropolitan area of Santo Domingo spread over several municipalities, which as such is not an administrative or political entity. The 2002 census does not give data for metropolitan areas.
Boeing 737-800 at Cibao International Airport in Santiago de los Caballeros in 2006. In 2009, there were seven major and 31 minor airports in the Dominican Republic. The major ones were: Las Américas International Airport, Santo Domingo City, Santo Domingo; Punta Cana International Airport, Punta Cana / Higüey
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]
The idea for the construction of a gondola arose as an answer to the chaos of traffic during peak hours, deficiencies in - and the high cost of - public transportation and roadways in Santo Domingo, and the need for a mode of transportation for the populace of the outlying areas of Ríos Isabela y Ozama and the zone to the northeast of the city.
The first rapid transit system opened in the state, inaugurated at the end of 2008, is a metro network serving the capital Santo Domingo. It consists of two lines for a total length of 27.4 km (17.0 mi), with planned expansion. [4] [5] [6] A light rail system has been planned for Santiago de los Caballeros, the second Dominican city. [7] [8]
Santo Domingo de Guzmán (Pipil: Witzapan) [1] is a municipality in the Sonsonate department of El Salvador. Small municipality at the border between Ahuachapán and Sonsonate Departments. References
People in Columbus park, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Parque Colón, or Columbus Park, is the central square of the Ciudad Colonial historic district of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. In its center stands a statue of Christopher Columbus, in whose honor the square was renamed in 1887. Previously the square was known as Plaza Mayor.