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The Archdiocese of Santo Domingo (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Sancti Dominici; Spanish: Arquidiócesis Metropolitana de Santo Domingo) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic. The see was erected 8 August 1511 as the Diocese of Santo Domingo and elevated to archdiocese ...
The Centro Israelita de República Dominicana is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic.. The Chabad Lubavitch movement was established in the Dominican Republic in 2008, and the congregation has grown and developed since then. [1]
It is not to be confused with the new Santo Domingo Province, which split off from it in 2001. While it is similar to a province in many ways, the Distrito Nacional differs in its lack of an administrative governor and consisting only of one municipality, Santo Domingo , the city council ( ayuntamiento ) and mayor ( síndico ) which are in ...
The Distrito Nacional (Spanish pronunciation: [disˈtɾito nasjoˈnal]; D.N.) is a subdivision of the Dominican Republic enclosing the capital Santo Domingo.It is not in any of the provinces, but in practice, it acts as a province on its own.
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]
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Coordinates 18°28′30″N 69°52′59″W / 18.47500°N 69.88306°W / 18.47500; -69.88306 ( National Pantheon of the Dominican
The Al-Noor Mosque (Spanish: Mezquita Al-Noor) is a mosque in Santo Domingo, National District, Dominican Republic. History
Santo Domingo was initially the political and cultural hub of Spanish presence in the new world, but after a few decades started to decline as the Spaniards focused their attention more on the mainland after conquering Mexico, Peru, and other regions of Latin America. Ciudad Colonial nevertheless remained an important historical site.