Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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]
Country Dominican Republic ... is a subdivision of the Dominican Republic enclosing the capital Santo Domingo. ... is the oldest continually occupied European ...
Its capital, Santo Domingo, was Western Europe's first permanent settlement in, and the first seat of Spanish colonial rule in the New World. For most of its independent history, the nation experienced political turmoil and unrest, suffering through many non-representative and tyrannical governments.
Hispaniola is the site of one of the first European forts in the Americas, La Navidad (1492–1493), as well as the first settlement La Isabela (1493–1500), and the first permanent settlement, the current capital of the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo (est. 1498).
When Spain occupied the country in 1496, the population consisted of Arawak (Taíno Indians). When Spain returned in 1496, they founded the current capital, Santo Domingo, as the first European city in America. The country came under Spanish rule. France took over the part of Hispaniola that is today Haiti.
The Distrito Nacional contains the capital of the country Santo Domingo and has special status equal to the provinces. Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is DO, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the Dominican Republic. The second part is two digits: 01: district; 02–27: provinces as of late 1970s
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.
Europe: See also: List of Capitals of France. Philipsburg Sint Maarten: North America: Self-governing country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Phnom Penh Cambodia: Asia: Podgorica Montenegro: Europe Cetinje has been designated the "Old Royal Capital" and is the present seat of the President. Port Louis Mauritius: Africa: Port Moresby ...