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The Santo Domingo Metro ( Spanish: Metro de Santo Domingo) is a rapid transit system in Greater Santo Domingo. Serving the capital of the Dominican Republic, it is the most extensive metro system in the insular Caribbean and Central American region by length and number of stations. It began operation on January 30, 2009.
The Dominican Republic Government Railway ( United Dominican Railways or Ferrocarriles Unidos Dominicanos) was a 139 km (86 mi) 1,067 mm ( 3 ft 6 in) narrow gauge railway. Now defunct. Narrow Gauge Sugar Cane railway in San Pedro de Macorís. There are 240 km (149 mi) operated by other sugarcane companies in various gauges: 557 mm ( 21. +.
The Dominican Republic (Spanish: República Dominicana) is a country in the West Indies that occupies the eastern five-eighths of Hispaniola. It has an area of 48,670 km 2, including offshore islands. The land border shared with Haiti, which occupies the western three-eighths of the island, [1] [2] is 376 km long. [3]
May 17, 2024 at 7:57 PM. The Dominican Republic is days away from a general election that will see voters elect new lawmakers and the president as they weigh the nation’s economy and security ...
The Alcázar de Colón, or Columbus Alcazar is the first fortified European palace built in the Americas. It is located in the Dominican Republic 's colonial area of Santo Domingo city, and forms part of the Ciudad Colonial UNESCO 's World Heritage Site. It was built between 1510 and 1514 mostly in a Gothic and Renaissance style.
May 19, 2024 at 10:38 PM. SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader is on the path to a second term following Sunday’s general elections, with his top ...
Parque Colon, or Columbus Park, is the central square of the Ciudad Colonial historic district of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. In its center stands a statue of Christopher Columbus, in whose honor the square was renamed in 1887. Previously the square was known as Plaza Mayor.
Annexation of Santo Domingo. The 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 the Spanish province of Santo Domingo (as the Dominican Republic was commonly known) as a United States territory, with the promise of eventual statehood.