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Miss Tierra República Dominicana 2005
The Miss Tierra República Dominicana 2005 beauty pageant was held in the Dominican Republic. This year, 25 candidates competed for the national crown. The winner represented the Dominican Republic at the Miss Earth 2005, which was held in Manila. Results *Miss Tierra República Dominicana 2005 : Amell Yoselín Santana de Jesús ( Hato Mayor) *1st Runner Up : Mariela Zamora ( Vílla Bisonó) *2nd Runner Up : Carina Sousa (Neiba Neiba (also spelt ''Neyba'') is a city in the southwest of the Dominican Republic. It is the capital city of the Baoruco province, and is located 180 kilometres west of the national capital, Santo Domingo, close to the shore of Lake Enriquillo, ...) *3rd Runner Up : Ana Hidalgo ( Santiago) *4th Runner Up : Sandra Montas ( San Pedro de Macorís) ;Top 12 *Jelite Zamora ( San Francisco de Macorís) *Inelkis Ramos ( La Romana) *Mayra Rosario ( Moca) *Nidez de Paula ( Com. Dom. Nueva York) *Aura Castros ( Puerto Plata) *Morena Ruiz ( Monte Cristi) *D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvaleón De Higüey
Salvaleón is a municipality located in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. According to the 2005 census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses in ... ( INE), the municipality has a population of 2172 inhabitants. References Municipalities in the Province of Badajoz {{Badajoz-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Cruz De El Seibo
Santa Cruz del Seibo or El Seibo, is a city and municipality in the El Seibo Province of the Dominican Republic, located in the eastern part of the country. History El Seibo is one of the oldest towns in the country, it was created by the Constitution of November 6, 1844 although it already existed as a territorial division since colonial times, for this reason its foundation dates back to 1502 by the Spanish conqueror Juan de Esquivel. The name of Seibo comes from a tribal chief of Taino race. The name of Santa Cruz del Seibo, is taken from the Spanish custom of placing the ''Cruz de Cristo'' (Holy Cross) in the cardinal points, as protection against evils. A cross called Asomante is still preserved, in the West Sector of the city of El Seibo. Economy In the municipality there has been a factory for more than 100 years that produces a refreshing drink called mabí, made from the stem of a plant called Indian bejuco and cane sugar. It is currently the second cocoa-producing p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Seibo Province
El Seibo (), alternatively spelt El Seybo, is a province of the Dominican Republic. Before 1992 it included what is now Hato Mayor province. Municipalities and municipal districts The province as of June 20, 2006 is divided into the following municipalities (''municipios'') and municipal districts (''distrito municipal'' - M.D.) within them: # Santa Cruz de El Seibo, head municipality of the province ##Pedro Sánchez (M.D.) ##San Francisco-Vicentillo (M.D.) ##Santa Lucía (M.D.) # Miches ##El Cedro (M.D.) ##La Gina (M.D.) The following is a sortable table of the municipalities and municipal districts with population figures as of the 2014 estimate. Urban population are those living in the seats (''cabeceras'', literally heads) of municipalities or of municipal districts. Rural population are those living in the districts (''secciones'', literally sections) and neighborhoods (''Pparajes'', literally places) outside them. The population figures are from the 2014 population esti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Distrito Nacional
The Distrito Nacional (; D.N.) is a subdivision of the Dominican Republic enclosing the capital Santo Domingo. It is not in any of the provinces, but in practice, it acts as a province on its own. Before October 16, 2001, the Distrito Nacional was much larger, including what is now known as Santo Domingo Province. Published statistics and maps generally show the former, larger, Distrito Nacional. The Distrito Nacional has no rural or underdeveloped areas. Points of interest Poligono Central The Poligono Central is the central area of Santo Domingo. Upscale neighborhoods of Naco, Piantini, and Paraiso are located within this central polygon. Most of the financial activity in Santo Domingo is also located in the ''Poligono''. Central Government The Distrito Nacional houses the central government's executive branch Presidential Office (''Palacio Nacional''), the national congressional building (''Congreso Nacional'') and the top judicial court building (''Suprema Corte de Justici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Cueva, Dominican Republic
La Cueva is a Dominican village, municipal district of Cevicos, in the Sánchez Ramírez Province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outsi .... References Sources * – World-Gazetteer.com Populated places in Sánchez Ramírez Province Municipalities of the Dominican Republic {{DominicanRepublic-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cotuí
Cotuí is a city in the central region of the Dominican Republic and is one of the oldest cities of the New World. It is the capital of Sánchez Ramírez Province in the Cibao. According to the Population and Housing Census, the municipality had a total urban population of 79,596 inhabitants. History It was founded in 1505 by Rodrigo Trillo de Mejía for order of Nicolas de Ovando, who was the governor of Hispaniola. Its name, formerly written Cotuy, was the name of the Taino community located around the gold and silver mines exploited by the Spanish conquerors from the first decade of the 16th century. Early years The total sum of gold extracted during the first two decades of the 16th century in the Spanish Island was estimated at 30,000 kilos, an amount greater than the totality of production in Europe in those years and above the total gold collected by the Portuguese in Africa. Historian Pedro Mártir de Anglería, in his work Una Decada de Orbe Novo, refers to the min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nassau County, New York
Nassau County ( ) is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. At the 2020 United States Census, 2020 U.S. census, Nassau County's population is 1,395,774. The county seat is Mineola, New York, Mineola and the largest town is Hempstead, New York, Hempstead. Nassau County is situated on western Long Island, bordering New York City's Boroughs of New York City, borough of Queens to the west, and Suffolk County, New York, Suffolk County to the east. It is the most densely populated and second-most populous county in the State of New York outside of New York City, with which it maintains extensive commuter rail, rail and highway connectivity, and is considered one of the central counties within the New York metropolitan area. Nassau County contains two Administrative divisions of New York (state)#City, cities, three Political subdivisions of New York State#Town, towns, 64 incorporated Political subdivisions of New York State#Village, village ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Adrian
''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, the diminutive form (equivalent to ''Johnny'') is , with feminine form (comparable to ''Jane'', ''Joan'', or ''Joanna'') , and feminine diminutive (equivalent to ''Janet'', ''Janey'', ''Joanie'', etc.). Chinese terms * ( or 娟, 隽) 'beautiful, graceful' is a common given name for Chinese women. * () The Chinese character 卷, which in Mandarin is almost homophonic with the characters for the female name, is a division of a traditional Chinese manuscript or book and can be translated as 'fascicle', 'scroll', 'chapter', or 'volume'. Notable people * Juan (footballer, born 1979), Brazilian footballer * Juan (footballer, born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Juan (footballer, born March 2002), Brazilian footballer * Juan (footballer, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azua De Compostela
Azua de Compostela, also known simply as Azua, is a municipality (''municipio'') and capital of Azua Province in the southern region of Dominican Republic. Founded in 1504, Azua is one of the oldest European settlements in the Americas. The town is located 100 kilometres west of the national capital, Santo Domingo. History The territory was part of the chiefdom of Maguana, one of the five Taino chiefdoms in the island. Christopher Columbus encountered great difficulties that forced him and his companions to take refuge in the Bay of Ocoa, in the eastern part of the Azua territory. There he met the resistance of the Great (Cacique) of Azua Cuyocagua, whom the Admiral tried to subdue without success. The town of Azúa de Compostela was officially founded in 1504 by Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (conqueror of Cuba), during the government of Don Nicolás de Ovando. The famous conqueror of Mexico Hernán Cortés also resided in the town for several years (1504-1511). During his stay in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azua Province
Azua () is a province which is collectively one of the thirty-two provinces of the Dominican Republic. It is divided into 10 municipalities (the same as Santiago) and its capital city is Azua de Compostela. It is bordered by the provinces of La Vega to the north-east, San José de Ocoa and Peravia to the east, Barahona and Baoruco to the west and San Juan to the north-west. To the south, Azua has a significant coastline of the Caribbean Sea. Azua is known for diverse geography and climate, with the southern part of the province having an arid climate that is not the typical tropical-like that is found in other parts of the Caribbean. Geography The southern part of the province is located in the Llanura or Llano de Azua (also known as the "Plena de Azua"), a coastal plain surrounded by mountains that act as barriers to the water-laden winds so that the lower parts of the province are very arid. Azua had the Sierra de Ocoa, which is the southern end of the Cordillera Central, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
