San Felipe de Puerto Plata Puerto Plata
Central Santiago Area, Notice of a growing city
Nickname: La Ciudad de La Playa
Coordinates: 19°27′″N 70°42′″W / Expression error: Unexpected / operator, Expression error: Unexpected / operator
Country	Dominican Republic
Province	Puerto Plata Province
Municipality	San Felipe de Puerto Plata
Founded	1492
Government
- Mayor (Síndico)	Félix Antonio Castillo Rodríguez
Area
- City	1.839 km² (Province) km²  (Expression error: Unrecognised word "km" sq mi)
Population (2006)
- City	350,000 (approx.)
Website: [http:www.one.gob.do]

Puerto Plata

San Felipe de Puerto Plata, often referred to as simply Puerto Plata, is the capital of the Dominican province Puerto Plata. It has a population of 130,000. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This article or section seems to contain too many examples (or of a poor quality) for an encyclopedia entry. ... Map Of Dominican Republic from http://www. ... Puerto Plata Puerto Plata is one of the northern provinces of the Dominican Republic. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (2592 × 1944 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (2592 × 1944 pixel, file size: 1. ... The Dominican Republic is divided into thirty-one provincias (provinces; singular provincia), while the national capital, Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is contained within its own Distrito Nacional (national district; D.N. on the map below). ... Puerto Plata Puerto Plata is one of the northern provinces of the Dominican Republic. ...

The city is famous for resorts such as Playa Dorada and Costa Dorada, located east of San Filipe de Puerto Plata. There are a total of 100,000 hotel beds in the city.

The only aerial tramway in the Caribbean is located in Puerto Plata. With it, one can ride up to Pico Isabel de Torres, a 793 meter high mountain within the city. The top of the mountain features a botanical garden and a replica of Christ the Redeemer, the famous statue in Rio de Janeiro. Aerial tramway suspended on two track cables with an additional haulage rope Cable car at Zell am See in the Austrian Alps. ... “West Indian” redirects here. ... Inside the United States Botanic Garden Inside the Rio de Janeiro Botanic Garden (Brazil), 1890 Botanical gardens (in Latin, hortus botanicus) grow a wide variety of plants primarily categorized and documented for scientific purposes, but also for the enjoyment and education of visitors, a consideration that has become essential to... Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro Christ the Redeemer (Portuguese: Cristo Redentor), is a statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ... Location of Rio de Janeiro Coordinates: , Country Brazil Region Southeast State Rio de Janeiro Government  - Mayor César Maia (Democrats) Area  - City 1,260 km²  (486. ...

The fortification Fortaleza San Felipe, which was built in the 16th century and served as a prison under Rafael Trujillo's dictatorship, lies close to the port of Puerta Plata. The amber museum is also a well-known attraction in this city. La Isabela, a settlement built by Christopher Columbus, is located near Puerto Plata. (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... This article is about Rafael L. Trujillo, former president of the Dominican Republic. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... The Louvre Museum in Paris, one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. ... Founded by Christopher Columbus during his second voyage in 1493, La Isabela was the first formal European settlement in the New World. ... Christopher Columbus (1451 – May 20, 1506) was a navigator and maritime explorer credited as the discoverer of the Americas. ...

In April 1563 the Spanish settlement became notorious when the English privateer Sir John Hawkins brought 400 people he had abducted from Sierra Leone and enslaved. Hawkins traded his victims with the Spanish for pearls, hides and sugars, some gold. This was the start of British involvment in the trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, in which 20 million people were forced into slavery. Sir John Hawkins (1532 - November 12, 1595) was an English navigator. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Slave redirects here. ...

Puerto Plata is served by Gregorio Luperón International Airport, which lies about 15 km east of the city near the town La Unión. Gregorio Luperón International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Gregorio Luperón) (IATA: POP, ICAO: MDPP), also known as Puerto Plata Airport, is located in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. ... There are several toponyms called La Unión. ...

A view of Puerto Plata from Pico Isabel de Torres

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References

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