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  1. Santo Domingo is the cultural, financial, political, commercial and industrial center of the Dominican Republic, with the vast majority of the country's most important industries being located within the city. Santo Domingo also serves as the chief seaport of the country.

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  3. Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic. It is situated on the southeast coast of the island of Hispaniola, at the mouth of the Ozama River, and is the oldest permanent city established by Europeans in the Western Hemisphere. The city is also the seat of the oldest Roman Catholic archbishopric in the Americas.

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  4. Santo Domingo, the capital, is designated Distrito Nacional (National District). The provinces are divided into municipalities (municipios; singular municipio). They are the second-level political and administrative subdivisions of the country. The president appoints the governors of the 31 provinces.

  5. 1. (city) a. Santo Domingo. Carlos nació en Santo Domingo pero vive en Houston desde pequeño. Carlos was born in Santo Domingo but has lived in Houston since he was a little boy. 2. (island) a. Hispaniola. Haití es parte de la isla de Santo Domingo.Haiti is part of the island of Hispaniola.

  6. It was founded in 1496 by Christopher Columbus ’s brother Bartolomeo as the capital of the first Spanish colony in the New World and is the oldest permanent city established by Europeans in the Western Hemisphere. It was under French control from 1795 to 1809, and it was annexed to Spain in 1861.

  7. masculine noun. 1. (= capital) Santo Domingo. 2. (= isla) Hispaniola. Collins Spanish-English Dictionary © by HarperCollins Publishers. All rights reserved. Examples of 'Santo Domingo' in a sentence. Santo Domingo. Example sentences from the Collins Corpus.

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