Santo Domingo is a town and
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the
Colombia
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n
department
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* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
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of
Antioquia, part of the subregion of
Northeastern Antioquia
Northeastern Antioquia is a subregion in the Colombian Department of Antioquia. The region is made up by 10 municipalities.
Municipalities
* Amalfi
* Anorí
* Cisneros
* Remedios
* San Roque
* Santo Domingo
* Segovia
Segovia ( , , ) is a c ...
.
The municipio was founded in 1778 by Don Juan Gregorio Duque. In 1858, the writer
Tomás Carrasquilla
Tomás Carrasquilla Naranjo (1858 – 1940) was a Colombian writer who lived in the Antioquia region. He dedicated himself to very simple jobs: tailor, secretary of a judge, storekeeper in a mine, and worker at the Ministry of Public ...
was born here.
References
Municipalities of Antioquia Department
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