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Los Minas
Los Mina (in full: San Lorenzo de Los Mina) is a eector in the city of Santo Domingo Este in the Santo Domingo Province, province of Santo Domingo of the Dominican Republic. Los Mina was part of Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional. Santo Domingo Este was created as municipality in 2001 by law 163-01, splitting the Santo Domingo province from the Distrito Nacional with Santo Domingo Este taking the other sectors of Alma Rosa I, Alma Rosa II, El Almirante, Hainamosa, Invivienda, Lucerna, Mendoza, Ozama, Ralma, San Isidro, Sans Sousi, and Urbanización Italia. It was founded as a village for formerly French-enslaved Maroon (people), maroons in the late-1670s as San Lorenzo de los Negros de Mina, later shortened to San Lorenzo de Los Mina. During the Haitian occupation of Santo Domingo, 1822–44 Haitian occupation, the village was officially designated in the French language as Saint-Laurent des Mines. Notable people * Monkey Black, (1986–2014) Rapper, he was murdered in Sant Adrià d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with Haiti, making Hispaniola one of only two Caribbean islands, along with Saint Martin, that is shared by two sovereign states. The Dominican Republic is the second-largest nation in the Antilles by area (after Cuba) at , and third-largest by population, with approximately 10.7 million people (2022 est.), down from 10.8 million in 2020, of whom approximately 3.3 million live in the metropolitan area of Santo Domingo, the capital city. The official language of the country is Spanish. The native Taíno people had inhabited Hispaniola before the arrival of Europeans, dividing it into five chiefdoms. They had constructed an advanced farming and hunting society, and were in the process of becoming an organized civilization. The Taínos also in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santo Domingo Este
Santo Domingo Este is a municipality and the provincial capital of the Santo Domingo province in the Dominican Republic. It has one municipal district (''distrito municipal''), San Luis. Santo Domingo Este is across the Ozama River which divides the east and west sections of metropolitan Santo Domingo. This eastern side is more residential and less commercially developed, but it too has experienced growth, though at a slower pace than Santo Domingo itself, with new malls and department stores. History Santo Domingo Este was created as a separate municipality in 2001 by Law 163-01, which split the Santo Domingo province from the Distrito Nacional. Plans for local government separate from the National District were first floated in the 1970s. Congress considered a bill in 1984 that would have created the province of Santo Domingo Oriental, which was rejected on grounds that the creation of a new province would be unconstitutional. Culture Santo Domingo Este has a variety of shopp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santo Domingo Province
Santo Domingo () is a province of the Dominican Republic. It was split from the Distrito Nacional on October 16, 2001. Municipalities and municipal districts As of June 20, 2006, the province is divided into the following municipalities (''municipios'') and municipal districts (''distrito municipal'' – D. M.) within them: *Boca Chica ** La Caleta (D.M.) *Los Alcarrizos ** Palmarejo-Villa Linda (D.M.) ** Pantoja (D.M.) * Pedro Brand ** La Cuaba (D.M.) ** La Guáyiga (D.M.) * San Antonio de Guerra ** Hato Viejo (D.M.) *Santo Domingo Este ** San Luis (D.M.) *Santo Domingo Norte ** La Victoria (D.M.) *Santo Domingo Oeste ** Instituto (D.M.) The following is a sortable table of the municipalities and municipal districts with population figures as of the 2012 census. Urban population are those living in the seats (''cabeceras'' literally heads) of municipalities or of municipal districts. Rural population are those living in the districts (''Secciones'' literally sections) and ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santo Domingo
, total_type = Total , population_density_km2 = auto , timezone = AST (UTC −4) , area_code_type = Area codes , area_code = 809, 829, 849 , postal_code_type = Postal codes , postal_code = 10100–10699 (Distrito Nacional) , website Ayuntamiento del Distrito Nacional Santo Domingo ( meaning "Saint Dominic"), once known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán and Ciudad Trujillo, is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population. As of 2022, the city and immediate surrounding area (the Distrito Nacional) had a population of 1,484,789, while the total population is 2,995,211 when including Greater Santo Domingo (the "metropolitan area"). The city is coterminous with the boundaries of the Distrito Nacional ("D.N.", "National District"), itself bordered on three sides by Santo Domingo Province. Founded by the Spanish in 1496, on the east bank of the Ozama River and then moved by Nicolás de Ovando in 1502 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Distrito Nacional
The Distrito Nacional (; D.N.) is a subdivision of the Dominican Republic enclosing the capital Santo Domingo. It is not in any of the Provinces of the Dominican Republic, provinces, but in practice, it acts as a province on its own. Before October 16, 2001, the Distrito Nacional was much larger, including what is now known as Santo Domingo Province. Published statistics and maps generally show the former, larger, Distrito Nacional. The Distrito Nacional has no rural or underdeveloped areas. Points of interest Poligono Central The Poligono Central is the central area of Santo Domingo. Upscale neighborhoods of Naco, Piantini, and Paraiso are located within this central polygon. Most of the financial activity in Santo Domingo is also located in the ''Poligono''. Central Government The Distrito Nacional houses the central government's executive branch Presidential Office (''Palacio Nacional''), the national congressional building (''Congreso Nacional'') and the top judicial court ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maroon (people)
Maroons are descendants of Africans in the Americas who escaped from slavery and formed their own settlements. They often mixed with indigenous peoples, eventually evolving into separate creole cultures such as the Garifuna and the Mascogos. Etymology ''Maroon'', which can have a more general sense of being abandoned without resources, entered English around the 1590s, from the French adjective , meaning 'feral' or 'fugitive'. (Despite the same spelling, the meaning of 'reddish brown' for ''maroon'' did not appear until the late 1700s, perhaps influenced by the idea of maroon peoples.) The American Spanish word is also often given as the source of the English word ''maroon'', used to describe the runaway slave communities in Florida, in the Great Dismal Swamp on the border of Virginia and North Carolina, on colonial islands of the Caribbean, and in other parts of the New World. Linguist Lyle Campbell says the Spanish word ' means 'wild, unruly' or 'runaway slave'. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haitian Occupation Of Santo Domingo
The Haitian occupation of Santo Domingo ( es, Ocupación haitiana de Santo Domingo; french: Occupation haïtienne de Saint-Domingue; ht, Okipasyon ayisyen nan Sen Domeng) was the annexation and merger of then-independent Republic of Spanish Haiti (formerly Santo Domingo) into the Republic of Haiti, that lasted twenty-two years, from 9 February 1822 to 27 February 1844. While many Haitians view the invasion and occupation of Spanish Santo Domingo as a " unification" of the island designed to protect their country from re-enslavement via the Spanish side, Dominicans consider it as a forced military invasion and occupation. The Haitian occupation's suppression of Dominican culture (including the Spanish language and Catholic Religion), forceful redistribution of Dominican wealth, and strict policies based on labor led to growing resentment that culminated in a Dominican movement for national independence, which was attained in February 1844. In the Dominican Republic Independence D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monkey Black
Leonardo Michael Flores Ozuna (Los Mina, 26 July 1986 – 30 April 2014 San Adrián de Besós), known by his stage name Monkey Black, was a singer of urban music from the Dominican Republic. Early life Flores was born in Los Mina, Santo Domingo July 26, 1986, and recorded his first material with El Sujeto at age 10. He then emigrated to Puerto Rico where he dedicated himself to various trades. Career When he returned to the Dominican Republic, Flores became an urban artist. In 2006, he collaborated with Big K. Together they recorded the CD entitled ''Tienen Miedo''. This album and the support of Lápiz Conciente helped him become widely known. Monkey Black was best known for his raps and his collaboration with American rapper, Pitbull, on the song "El Sol y La Playa" which was produced by Nico Clinico. Personal life Eventually, Flores moved to Spain and married. He died 30 April 2014, stabbed during a fight in Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Lenin Castillo
Gilbert Lenin Castillo Rivera (born August 21, 1988) is a Dominican professional boxer who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Early and personal life Castillo was born on August 21, 1988, in Santo Domingo. He boxed for the Julito López Club in Los Mina trained by Papito Pujols. Amateur career In 2006, Castillo won the gold medal at the Junior Pan American Championships and the gold in the Romana Cup. In 2007 he won the bronze in the ALBA Games, silver in the Romana Cup, bronze in the Dominican Independence Cup. Castillo qualified to the 2008 Olympic Games in Guatemala in April 2008, and in May he won the gold medal at the Cheo Aponte Cup in Caguas, Puerto Rico. He competed at the Olympic welterweight category in Beijing, China, but lost his first fight to Olexandr Stretskyy 6:9. He also went to the 2009 American Continental Championships, earning the bronze medal. He also participated at the 2009 World Championships in Milan, Italy in the light heavyweight category ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hansel Emmanuel
Hansel Enmanuel Donato Domínguez, known as Hansel Enmanuel, (born 24 October 2003) is a Dominican college basketball player for the Austin Peay Governors of the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN). He played high school basketball at Life Christian Academy in Kissimmee, Florida and committed to play college basketball at Northwestern State, transferring after his freshman season. He went viral in early 2021 for his flashy dunks, passes, three-pointers and athleticism against top high school talent despite having only one arm due to a childhood incident. Early life Hansel was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to Hansel Salvador Donato and Katia "Katy" Domínguez Pérez, and grew up in Los Mina, one of the poorest ''barrios'' in the city. His father had a standout career in the Dominican professional basketball league. At the age of six, Hansel lost his left arm when a cinderblock wall came down on him and trapped him for two hours, requiring amputation below the shoulder. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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