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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 recorded history of the Dominican Republic began in 1492 when the Genoa -born navigator Christopher Columbus, working for the Crown of Castile, happened upon a large island in the region of the western Atlantic Ocean that later came to be known as the Caribbean. It was inhabited by the Taíno, an Arawakan people, who called the eastern part ...
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.
National Anthem of the Dominican Republic. The national anthem of the Dominican Republic ( Spanish: Himno nacional de República Dominicana ), also known by its incipit Valiant Quisqueyans ( Spanish: Quisqueyanos valientes ), was composed by José Rufino Reyes y Siancas (1835–1905), and its lyrics were authored by Emilio Prud'Homme (1856–1932).
www.pucmm.edu.do. Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra ( English: Mother and Teacher Pontifical Catholic University) or PUCMM is a private, coeducational Roman Catholic university in the Dominican Republic. The university grants undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and professional degrees.
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]