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The proposed annexation of Santo Domingo was an attempted treaty during the later Reconstruction era, initiated by United States President Ulysses S. Grant in 1869, to annex Santo Domingo (as the Dominican Republic was commonly known) as a United States territory, with the promise of eventual statehood. President Grant feared some European ...
Port of Santo Domingo. / 18.469; -69.883 ( Port of Santo Domingo) The Port of Santo Domingo is located at the mouth of the marine entrance to the city of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The port is suited for both turnaround and transit visits. It is located 16 kilometres from the port of Rio Haina.
Santo Domingo ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsanto ðoˈmiŋɡo] meaning "Saint Dominic" but verbatim "Holy Sunday"), once known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, known as Ciudad Trujillo between 1936 and 1961, is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population. [ 7]
Annexation of Santo Domingo. Annexation of Santo Domingo or of the Dominican Republic may refer to: French annexation during the Era de Francia (1795–1815) Haitian occupation of Santo Domingo (1822–1844) Annexation of the Dominican Republic to Spain (1861–1865) Proposed annexation of Santo Domingo by the United States (1869–1871)
The Dominican War of Independence ( Spanish: Guerra de Independencia Dominicana) was a war of independence that began when the Dominican Republic declared independence from the Republic of Haiti on February 27, 1844 and ended on January 24, 1856. Before the war, the island of Hispaniola had been united for 22 years when the newly independent ...
The Cathedral of Santa María la Menor in the Colonial City of Santo Domingo is dedicated to St. Mary of the Incarnation. It is the first and oldest cathedral in the Americas, [ 1] begun in 1504 and was completed in 1550. [ 2] It is the cathedral of the Archbishop of Santo Domingo who has the honorary title of Primate of the Indies because this ...
1714–1715 Colonel Antonio Landeche. 1715–1723 Brigadier Fernando Constanzo y Ramírez, Knight of Santiago. 1723–1732 Colonel Francisco de la Rocha y Ferrer. 1732–1739 Brigadier Alfonso de Castro y Mazo. 1739–1750 Brigadier Pedro Zorrilla y de San Martín, Marquis of la Gándara Real. 1750 Brigadier Juan José Colomo.
The Dominican Republic's population (1961–2003). According to the 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects [ 2][ 3] the total population was 11,117,873 in 2021, compared to 2,380,000 in 1950. The proportion of the population aged below 15 in 2010 was 31.2%, 62.8% were aged between 15 and 65 years of age, while 6% were aged 65 years or ...