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Duarte II, 5th Duke Of Guimarães
Duarte may refer to: * Duarte (name), person's surname (or composed surname) and given name * Duarte, California, United States * Duarte Province, Dominican Republic * Pico Duarte Pico Duarte is the highest peak in the Dominican Republic, on the island of Hispaniola and in all the Caribbean. At above sea level, it gives Hispaniola the 16th-highest maximum elevation of any island in the world. Additionally, it is only no ..., mountain in the Dominican Republic * Instituto Cuesta Duarte, a labour think-tank in Uruguay See also * * {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duarte (name)
Duarte is an Iberian given name and surname, being an alternative Portuguese form of the name Edward (another version is Eduardo). Given name * Duarte Alves (born 1991), Portuguese politician * Duarte Barbosa (c. 1480-1521), Portuguese writer and officer from Portuguese India * Duarte Coelho Pereira (c. 1485–1554), nobleman, military leader, and colonial administrator in the Portuguese colony of Brazil * Duarte de Menezes (1488-1539), Portuguese nobleman and colonial officer * Duarte de Menezes, 3rd Count of Viana (1414-1464), Portuguese nobleman and military figure * Duarte Brandão (1440-1508), the Governor of Guernsey, a knight, adventurer, ship commander and the godson and protégé of King Edward IV of England * Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza (1907–1976), former claimant to the Portuguese throne * Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza (born 1945), current claimant to the Portuguese throne, Duarte Nuno's eldest son * Duarte, Duke of Guimarães (1515–1540), the sixth s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duarte, California
Duarte () is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city population was 21,727. It is bounded to the north by the San Gabriel Mountains, to the north and west by the cities of Bradbury, California, Bradbury and Monrovia, California, Monrovia, to the south by the city of Irwindale, California, Irwindale, and to the east by the cities of Irwindale and Azusa, California, Azusa. Duarte is located on historic U.S. Route 66, which today follows Huntington Drive through the middle of the city. The town is named after Andrés Avelino Duarte, a California ''ranchero'' (rancher) who founded the community on his Ranchos of California, land grant, Rancho Azusa de Duarte. History Around 500 B.C., a band of Shoshonean-speaking Indians established settlements in what is now the San Gabriel Valley. These Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans were dubbed the Gabrieliño Indians (after San Gabriel, the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duarte Province
Duarte () is a northeastern province which comprises one of the 32 provinces of the Dominican Republic. It is divided into 7 municipalities and its capital city is San Francisco de Macorís. It is bordered by the provinces of María Trinidad Sánchez and Samaná to the east, Monte Plata and Sánchez Ramírez to the south, La Vega and Hermanas Mirabal to the west and Espaillat to the north. It is named after Juan Pablo Duarte, the founder of the Dominican Republic. It was created in 1896 as a district (an old country subdivision) with the name ''Distrito Pacificador'' but the Constitution of 1907 changed the category to province. In 1925 its name was changed to ''Duarte''. Geography The province has a total area of 1,605.35 km2.Listado de Códigos de Provincias, Municipio y Distritos MunicipalesOficina Nacional de Estadistica It has 3.3% of the area of the Dominican Republic and it is ranked as the 13th (out of 31 plus the National District) largest province. Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pico Duarte
Pico Duarte is the highest peak in the Dominican Republic, on the island of Hispaniola and in all the Caribbean. At above sea level, it gives Hispaniola the 16th-highest maximum elevation of any island in the world. Additionally, it is only northeast of the region's lowest point, Lake Enriquillo, 46 m (151 ft) below sea level. It is part of the Cordillera Central range, which extends from the plains between San Cristóbal and Baní to the northwestern peninsula of Haiti, where it is known as the Massif du Nord. The highest elevations of the Cordillera Central are found in the Pico Duarte and Valle Nuevo massifs. History The first reported climb was made in 1851 by a German who was British consul: Sir Robert Hermann Schomburgk. He named the mountain "Monte Tina" and estimated its height at . In 1912, Father Miguel Fuertes dismissed Schomburgk's calculations after climbing La Rucilla and judging it to be the tallest summit of the island. A year later, Swedish botanist Eri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
