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Puerto Plata Province
Puerto Plata (, ''Silver Port'') is one of the northern provinces of the Dominican Republic. The area has become an increasingly popular tourist attraction since the late 1990s mainly due to its fine beaches. It borders the Septentrional mountain range to the north (which separates it from Laguna Salada). Created from the Santiago Province in 1867 as a "maritime district", it became a province in 1907, when maritime districts were suppressed by a new Dominican constitution. Municipalities and municipal districts The province is divided into the following municipalities (''municipios'') and municipal districts (''distrito municipal'' - D.M.) within them: *San Felipe de Puerto Plata ** Maimón (D.M.) ** Yásica Arriba (D.M.) *Altamira **Río Grande (D.M.) * Guananico * Imbert *Los Hidalgos **Cerro de Navas (D.M.) * Luperón **Los Bellosos (D.M.) ** La Isabela (D.M.) *Sosúa **Cabarete (D.M.) **Sabaneta de Yásica (D.M.) *Villa Isabela **Estero Hondo (D.M.) **La Jaiba (D.M.) ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provinces Of The Dominican Republic
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outside Italy. The term ''province'' has since been adopted by many countries. In some countries with no actual provinces, "the provinces" is a metaphorical term meaning "outside the capital city". While some provinces were produced artificially by colonial powers, others were formed around local groups with their own ethnic identities. Many have their own powers independent of central or federal authority, especially in Canada and Pakistan. In other countries, like China or France, provinces are the creation of central government, with very little autonomy. Etymology The English word ''province'' is attested since about 1330 and derives from the 13th-century Old French , which itself comes from the Latin word , which referred to the sphere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Río Grande, Puerto Plata
Rio or Río is the Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and Maltese word for "river". When spoken on its own, the word often means Rio de Janeiro, a major city in Brazil. Rio or Río may also refer to: Geography Brazil * Rio de Janeiro * Rio do Sul, a town in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil Mexico * Río Bec, a Mayan archaeological site in Mexico * Río Bravo, Tamaulipas, a city in Mexico United States * Rio, a location in Deerpark, New York, US * Rio, Florida, a census-designated place in Martin County, US * Rio, Georgia, an unincorporated community in Spalding County, US * Rio, Illinois, a village in Knox County, US * Rio, Virginia, a community in Albemarle County, US * Rio, West Virginia, a village in Hampshire County, US * Rio, Wisconsin, a village in Columbia County, US * El Río, Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, a barrio * Río Arriba, Añasco, Puerto Rico, a barrio * Río Arriba, Arecibo, Puerto Rico, a barrio * Río Arriba, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, a barrio * Río Arriba, Vega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Jaiba
La Jaiba is a small town in the Puerto Plata province of the 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 .... Sources http://nona.net/features/map/placedetail.1529439/La%20Jaiba/ * – World-Gazetteer.com Populated places in Puerto Plata Province {{DominicanRepublic-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estero Hondo
Estero Hondo Es un pueblo de Puerto Plata, Republica Dominicana con seis parajes, conocida por sus playas de arenas coralinas y aguas claras, como playa Puerto Coral o El Pato, El Buren, La Ensenada y Punta Rucia. Además cuenta con el parque nacional Santuario de Manatíes de Estero Hondo. Tambien es un pueblo histórico por la expedición militar del 14 de junio de 1959 dirigida por Enrique Jiménez moya Sources World Gazeteer: Dominican Republic– World-Gazetteer.com Comunidad de personas cuyos miembros están vinculados por un sentido de solidaridad, pueblo conocido historicamente por la expedición militar antitrujillista de junio de 1959 y su playa La Ensenada. Populated places in Puerto Plata Province {{DominicanRepublic-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villa Isabela
Villa Isabela is a town in the Puerto Plata province of the Dominican Republic. It lies 9 km south of the site of La Isabela, where Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus * lij, Cristoffa C(or)ombo * es, link=no, Cristóbal Colón * pt, Cristóvão Colombo * ca, Cristòfor (or ) * la, Christophorus Columbus. (; born between 25 August and 31 October 1451, died 20 May 1506) was a ... founded a settlement in 1493. References Sources * – World-Gazetteer.com Populated places in Puerto Plata Province Municipalities of the Dominican Republic {{DominicanRepublic-geo-stub es:Villa Isabela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabaneta De Yásica
Sabaneta de Yásica is a small municipal district (distrito municipal – D.M.) in the Puerto Plata province on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. Within Sabaneta are ten villages: Villa Islabon, Canta La Rana, Verdun, El Cementerio, El Cruze, La Gallera, El Framboyan, Los Robles, Palo Amarillo and Cuesta Barrosa. The district's cemetery is in the village of El Cementerio. The area has one public school (Enriqueta Omler) and one private school (Colegio Evangelico de Formacion Humana), a number of supermarkets, restaurants, stores, mechanics and an internet café. It has one medical center and various drugstores, but no clinic though there are two just 3 and 5 minutes away in the next town, Villa Progresso. There is a basketball court and numerous billiard sites which serve cold beer and where dominoes can be played. It is about 10 minutes away from Cabarete with its restaurants, bars, and discos; 20 minutes away from the airport in Sosúa Sosúa is a beach town in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabarete
Cabarete is a town in the Puerto Plata province of the Dominican Republic, noted for its tourism and beaches. It is located on Camino Cinco approximately from the airport of Puerto Plata (POP). History Cabarete was founded in 1835 by the merchant Zephaniah Kingsley as part of his Mayorasgo de Koka estate, where he moved along with his mixed-race family and 53 slaves he had freed from his Florida plantations and brought here while the island was under Jean Pierre Boyer's administration. He subsequently brought another 100 slaves. Anna Kingsley had a beach cottage by the harbour. Several descendants of the Kingsleys and of the former slaves live in the area today. Beaches * Cabarete Bay is considered "town" and has hosted many professional kitesurfing competitions like WorldCup/Copa Mundial, Master of the Ocean, PKRA, and WKL. * Kite Beach is 1.5 miles to the west of Cabarete Bay and is a kiting beach. It also has a reef break that is visited by stand up paddle surfers. * P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sosúa
Sosúa is a beach town in the Puerto Plata province of the Dominican Republic. Located approximately from the Gregorio Luperón International Airport in San Felipe de Puerto Plata. The town is divided into three sectors: ''El Batey'', which is the main tourist section and on the east side of the main beach (Playa Sosúa), ''Los Charamicos'', on the west end of the beach and past that, heading north toward the airport, is ''Sosúa Abajo''. Sosua is accessed primarily by Camino Cinco, or Highway 5, which runs the country's North coastline. History The town of Sosúa was officially founded by Jewish settlers (see Dominican Jews) who were fleeing from Nazi Germany. At the 1938 Evian Conference, Rafael Trujillo offered to accept up to 100,000 Jewish refugees; about 800 German and Austrian Jewish refugees received visas issued by the Dominican government between 1940 and 1945 and settled in Sosúa. An agreement was made between Trujillo and Jewish businessmen in New York City. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Isabela
La Isabela in Puerto Plata Province, Dominican Republic was the first Spanish town in the Americas. The site is 42 km west of the city of Puerto Plata, adjacent to the village of El Castillo. The area now forms a National Historic Park. La Isabela was founded by Christopher Columbus during his second voyage in December 1493, and named after Queen Isabella I of Castile. The first attempt of a permanent settlement, the fort of La Navidad, established by Columbus a year earlier to the west of La Isabela, in what is present day Haiti, had been destroyed by the native Taíno people before he returned. La Isabela was abandoned by 1500. The only earlier European settlements in the Americas were settlements by the Vikings in Greenland and Newfoundland which dated from 500 years earlier. La Isabela was established to search for precious metals. La Isabela was struck by the first known epidemic to spread from Europe to the New World in 1493 and two of the earliest North Atlant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Bellosos
Los Bellosos is a town in the Puerto Plata province of the 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 .... The town is 113 miles (182 kilometers) north-west of the country's capital Santo Domingo. Sources http://nona.net/features/map/placedetail.1530656/Los%20Bellosos/ * – World-Gazetteer.com Populated places in Puerto Plata Province {{DominicanRepublic-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luperón (locality)
Luperón may refer to: * Gregorio Luperón, a president of the Dominican Republic in the 19th century * Luperón, Dominican Republic, a town on the northern coast of the Dominican Republic * Gregorio Luperón International Airport, an airport in the northern Dominican Republic * Gregorio Luperón metro station Gregorio Luperón is a Santo Domingo Metro station on Line 1. It was open on 22 January 2009 as part of the inaugural section of Line 1 between Mamá Tingó and Centro de los Héroes. The station is between Gregorio Urbano Gilbert and José Franc ..., a metro station in Santo Domingo * Gregorio Luperón High School for Math & Science, a high school in New York City {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cerro De Navas
Cerro de Navas is a town in the Puerto Plata province of the 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 .... Sources World Gazeteer: Dominican Republic– World-Gazetteer.com Populated places in Puerto Plata Province {{DominicanRepublic-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
