Santo Domingo has several firsts in the Americas, such as: first Spanish city in America, first mass and first city hall in the New World (in La Isabela), first cathedral of America, first vice royal palace, first town hall that operates from the colony, first hospital, first tower keep, first building of the Royal Houses, … Continue reading “Did you know?”
Cristóbal Colón llegó a la isla el 5 de diciembre de 1492, donde los taínos habían habitado desde el siglo VII. Se convirtió en el primer lugar de asentamiento europeo permanente en las Américas. Llamada Santo Domingo, es la ciudad más antigua continuamente habitada y la primera sede del gobierno colonial español del Nuevo Mundo.
La edición 19 de los Latin Grammy 2019 crea la categoría Mejor Álbum de Merengue y/o Bachata
In the most popular, casual or informal language, the Dominican Republic is abbreviated “RD” or “erredé.”
The top-level domain (ccTLD) that has been assigned to the Dominican Republic is .do
The Dominican Republic is one of the few countries that have officially registered three Fathers of the Homeland: Juan Pablo Duarte, Francisco del Rosario Sánchez and Ramón Matías Mella.
According to the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), in the book “World Factbook,” it suggests that 73 percent of the population of the Dominican Republic is mixed race (and mostly Mulatto); 16% is white and 11% is black. It is not by chance that, since the American intervention of 1916, this nation has been … Continue reading “Dominican Republic is mixed”
The country is also called Quisqueya La Bella or Hispaniola, although the latter term (used at the time of the Spanish conquest and colonization), refers to the entire island and includes Haiti.
The Dominican Republic is one of the three countries in the world that share an island with another nation. It shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti. Only Ireland and Papua New Guinea have the same island geopolitical condition.
SDQ is the abbreviation code used for the Las Americas International Airport, which is located in the Dominican capital, Santo Domingo.
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