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La Vega, Dominican Republic. / 19.22000°N 70.53000°W / 19.22000; -70.53000. La Vega, is the fourth largest city and municipality of the Dominican Republic. It is in La Vega Province. The city is known as the Carnaval epicenter of the Dominican Republic for its tradition and culture, its large agricultural production methods throughout ...
Municipalities. The following is a list of the 158 [ 14] municipalities ( municipios) of the Dominican Republic as of June 1, 2021. [ 15] Name. Province. Created.
The Dominican Republic (Spanish: República Dominicana) is a country in the West Indies that occupies the eastern five-eighths of Hispaniola. It has an area of 48,670 km 2, including offshore islands. The land border shared with Haiti, which occupies the western three-eighths of the island, [ 1][ 2] is 376 km long. [ 3]
v. t. e. Dominican Republic people and culture. The culture of the Dominican Republic is a diverse mixture of different influences from around the world. The Dominican people and their customs have origins consisting predominantly in a European cultural basis, with native Taíno and African influences. [ 1] The Dominican Republic was the site ...
The provinces are the first-level administrative subdivisions of the country. The headquarters of the central government's regional offices are normally found in the capital cities of provinces. The president appoints an administrative governor ( Gobernador Civil) for each province but not for the Distrito Nacional (Title IX of the constitution).
The Chamber of Deputies ( Spanish: Cámara de Diputados) is the Lower house of the Congress which, along with the Senate, composes the legislature of the Dominican Republic . The composition and powers of the House are established by Constitution of the Dominican Republic. The Chamber is composed of deputies who are divided in 178 by province ...
The coat of arms of the Dominican Republic features a shield in similarly quartered colors as the flag, supported by a bay laurel branch (left) and a palm frond (right); above the shield, a blue ribbon displays the national motto: Dios, Patria, Libertad (God, Homeland, Liberty). Below the shield, the words República Dominicana appear on a red ...
The following is a table of cities with more than 20,000 inhabitants in the Dominican Republic. Population figures are as of the 2010 census. Santo Domingo. Santiago. San Pedro de Macoris. San Francisco de Macoris. Azua. Punta Cana. City.