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11 unusual facts about Santo Domingo


Burton Harrison

In 1872, he was an envoy to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, with Samuel P. Samuels, and T. Scott Stewart, to negotiate annexation, with Buenaventura Báez.

Carlos Morban

Carlos Alberto Morban Rivera (born April 25, 1982 in Santo Domingo) is a professional basketball player from the Dominican Republic.

Equestrian at the 2003 Pan American Games

Equestrian competitions at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic were held in 2003 at the Palmarejo Equestrian Center (dressage and jumping).

Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés

In 1514 he was appointed supervisor of gold smeltings at Santo Domingo, and on his return to Spain in 1523 was appointed historiographer of the Indies.

At one point he was placed in charge of the Fortaleza Ozama, the famous fort in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, where there is a large statue of him, a gift to that country from a King of Spain.

Jenaro Gajardo Vera

Jenaro Gajardo Vera (Traiguén, Malleco Province, Chile, November 18, 1919 - Santo Domingo, San Antonio Province, Chile, May 3, 1998) was a Chilean lawyer, painter and poet.

José Solano y Bote

Solano was governor of Venezuela from 1763 to 1770 and later Governor and Captain General of Santo Domingo (1770).

Juan de Salmerón

Bishop Sebastián Ramírez de Fuenleal was in Santo Domingo at the time, but the other members of the Audiencia were in Spain.

Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto

The Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto is a 6,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, built in 1974 for the XII Central American and Caribbean Games.

Rio de Janeiro bid for the 2007 Pan American Games

The official bid was submitted in August 2001 during the XXXIX Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) General Assembly held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Vinicio Espinal

Vinicio Edwards Espinal Marte (born 14 November 1982 in Santo Domingo) is a Dominican football player who currently plays for Pro Vercelli.


1972 Caribbean Series

The games were played at Estadio Quisqueya in Santo Domingo, D.R., which boosted capacity to 14.000 seats, and the first pitch was thrown by Joaquín Balaguer, by then the President of Dominican Republic.

Alonso de Zuazo

Alonso de Zuazo (also spelled Suazo) (1466, Spain – March 1539, Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)) was a Spanish lawyer and colonial judge and governor in New Spain and in Santo Domingo.

Alstom Metropolis

The trains are in service in 22 major cities around the world, representing more than 3000 cars, including Singapore, Shanghai, Budapest, Warsaw, Nanjing, Buenos Aires, São Paulo, Lima, Santiago de Chile, Barcelona, Istanbul and Santo Domingo.

Andrés Manzanillo

Andrés Manzanillo (born August 1, 1977) is a volleyball player from Venezuela, who won the gold medal with the men's national team at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Antonio de la Maza

Antonio de la Maza (May 24, 1912 - June 4, 1961) was a Santo Domingo businessman and an opponent of Rafael Trujillo.

Bahia de las Aguilas

323 km from Santo Domingo and approximately 25 km from Pedernales (the nearest town) this beach is a true oasis in the middle of the deserted steppe of the park.

Benjamin Breny

Benjamin Breny (born 23 November 1990 in Santo Dominigo) is a belgo-dominican racing driver, currently competing in the European F3 Open Championship.

Captaincy General of Cuba

The transfer of the Spanish part of Santo Domingo to France in 1795 in the Treaty of Basel, made Cuba the main Spanish possession in the Caribbean.

Claud A. Jones Award

The award is named in memory of Medal of Honor recipient Admiral Claud Ashton Jones for "extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession" as a result of his courageous actions in 1916 while serving as engineer on USS Memphis (CA-10) when she was wrecked in the harbor of Santo Domingo by an unexpected tidal wave.

Dalia Fernández

Fernández competed as the representative of Santiago, one of 36 finalists in her country's national beauty pageant, Miss Dominican Republic 2011, broadcast live from Santo Domingo on March 8, 2011, where she became the eventual winner of the title, gaining the right to represent the Dominican Republic in Miss Universe 2011.

DR-1

From its southern terminus in the Distrito Nacional (Santo Domingo) to its northern terminus in Monte Cristi on the Dominican-Haitian Border, the highway changes names and quality slightly deteriorates farther from Santo Domingo.

DR-3

DR-3 is called by different names from its western terminus in Plaza de la Bandera, Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional to San Rafael del Yuma in the eastern corner of the country.

DR-6

The Highway starts 200 meters Northwest of Plaza De La Bandera in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional.

DR-7

The highway reduced the time a trip from Santo Domingo to the Samaná region took from 4 hours and 30 minutes to now less than 2 hours.

Eugenio María de Hostos Airport

Although the airport has always been a turbo-prop aircraft airport, Pan Am announced, in 2002, intentions to install jet flights between Mayagüez and Las Américas International Airport in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, with Boeing 727s.

Félix Acosta-Núñez

Acosta-Núñez received a number of awards, including being knighted by two different presidents into the Order of Duarte, Joaquín Balaguer and former president Hipólito Mejía, being inducted into the Dominican Sports Hall of Fame and being six times elected by the Sportwriters Association of Santo Domingo as "Chronicler of the Year".

Gustavo Valderrama

Gustavo Valderrama (born July 31, 1977 in Zulia State) is a volleyball player from Venezuela, who won the gold medal with the men's national team at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Indian racquetball team

The present team consisting of Venkat Vejju, Nirup Shetty, Ashish Mehta and captain Sathwik Rai represented India at the 2012 World Championships in Santo Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Jacobo Palm

As a concert pianist Jacobo Palm accompanied well known musicians such as Dalman from Argentina, Del Orbe from Santo Domingo, Luis Palma and the cellist Bogumil Sykora.

John H. Russell, Jr.

Early in March 1917, he assumed command of the 3rd Regiment, with headquarters in Santo Domingo City, Dominican Republic, and within a short period of time he was detached and ordered to command the 4th Regiment of Marines with headquarters at Santiago de los Caballeros, where he remained until October 1917, when he was detached and ordered to the Republic of Haiti to command the Marine Brigade serving in that country.

José Núñez de Cáceres

José Núñez de Cáceres Albor (b. Santo Domingo, March 14, 1772/1779; † Ciudad Victoria, September 11, 1846) was a Dominican politician and writer.

Jovanny Rosario

Jovanny (De Los Santos) Rosario (born April 12, 1985 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic is an outfielder for the Olmecas de Tabasco in the Mexican League.

Juan Reynoso Portillo

They provide frsh meat services and transportation from Ciudad Altamirano to Santo Domingo.

Julian C. Smith

In August 1915, he began a tour of expeditionary duty in Haiti, and in April 1916, was transferred to Santo Domingo with the 2nd Battalion, 1st Regiment, 1st Brigade.

Louis Godin

The expedition sailed from Rochelle, May 16, 1735, touched at Cadiz to take two naval lieutenants, whom Philip V had ordered to accompany it, and proceeded to Santo Domingo, where they remained six months to take observations.

Miguel Albarracín

Miguel Ángel Albarracín (born June 8, 1981 in Pinto, Santiago del Estero) is a male judoka from Argentina, who won the bronze medal in the extra lightweight division (– 60 kg) at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Mitchell Museum of the American Indian

Cases are devoted to Pueblo pottery, ranging from thousand year-old Anasazi bowls to contemporary works, including several pieces by the famed San Ildefonso potter Maria Martinez, and the silver and turquoise jewelry of Zuni, Navajo, Hopi and Santo Domingo artists.

Nuris Arias

Nuris Arias Doñé (born May 20, 1973 in San Cristobal) is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who won the gold medal with the women's national team at the 2003 Pan American Games in her home town Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Oscar de la Renta

De la Renta was born Óscar Arístides Ortiz de la Renta Fiallo in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, to a Dominican mother, María Antonia Fiallo, and a Puerto Rican father, Óscar Avelino de la Renta.

Pablo Vegetti

Pablo Ezequiel Vegetti Pfaffen (born October 15, 1988 in Santo Domingo (Santa Fe), Argentina) is an Argentine footballer who playing for Rangers of the Primera División in Chile.

Rafael Ithier

They were stranded at Las Américas International Airport in Santo Domingo when they failed to board the Dominicana Airlines DC-9 that crashed in the Caribbean.

Ronald K. McMullen

Other overseas assignments include serving as Deputy Principal Officer in Cape Town, South Africa; Economic Officer in Libreville, Gabon; Political Officer in Colombo, Sri Lanka; and Vice Consul in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Sylvana Gómez

Sylvana Anali Rivera Gómez is a female beach volleyball player from Guatemala, who played with María Orellana in the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Transporte Urbano

Días chose a few young, Santo Domingo-based musicians for this project: Juan Francisco Ordóñez on electric guitar, Guy Frómeta on drums, Héctor Santana on bass (later replaced by Peter Nova), Bruno Ranson on sax and percussionist José Duluc.

Tricom, S.A

On June 5, 2012, Tricom announced their intent to begin a buildout of a Hybrid fibre-coaxial network across Bayahibe, Bonao, Casa de Campo, La Romana, La Vega, San Cristóbal, San Francisco de Macorís, San Pedro de Macorís, Santiago, and Santo Domingo.

Uruca District, San José

The canton's whole boundary with Heredia Province is confined in this district: Belén, Heredia and Santo Domingo cantons limit with La Uruca on its northern side, as well as San José's Escazú and Tibás.

Vensecar Internacional

Vensecar Internacional operates freight services to the following international scheduled destinations (at January 2005): Aruba, Barbados, Bogotá, Curaçao, Miami, Panama City, Port of Spain, and Santo Domingo.

Victor Marie du Pont

He returned to New York, established a trading company, Victor du Pont de Nemours & Co., and acted as an agent for Louis Pichon, the French Consul-General and chargé d'affairs, provisioning French troops seeking to quell the rebellion then going on in Santo Domingo.