Miss Dominican Republic 2001
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Miss Universe Dominicana 2001 was held on April 9, 2001. 26 candidates representing provinces and municipalities entered. The winner would represent the Dominican Republic
at Miss Universe 2001
and Miss América Latina 2002. The Miss Mundo Dominicana would enter Miss World 2001
. The first runner up would enter in Miss Atlántico Internacional
2002. The second runner up would enter in Reinado Internacional del Café
2001. The third runner up would enter in Miss Intercontinental 2001. The rest of finalist entered different pageants. 16 Provinces
, 8 Municipalities
and 2 Dominican Communities
had entered.
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! Final Results
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| Miss Universe Dominicana 2001
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| Miss Mundo Dominicana
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| 1st Runner-up
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| 2nd Runner-up
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| 3rd Runner-up
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| Semi-finalists
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! Represented !! Contestant !! Age !! Height !! Hometown
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| Azua
|| Cristina Sánchez Cordobar || 19 || || Azua de Compostela
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| Baní
|| Maryann Tejeda Moncada || 21 || || Baní
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| Bonao
|| Jeimy Castíllo Molina || 23 || || Santo Domingo
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| Com. Dom. Nueva Jersey
|| Elizabeth Espinal Veras || 25 || || Newark
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| Com. Dom. Pto. Rico
|| Margie Tavarez Henríquez || 26 || || Ponce
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| Distrito Nacional
|| Merfry Mercedes Then Rijo || 24 || || Santo Domingo
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| Duarte || Carolina Martínez Rojas || 20 || || San Francisco de Macorís
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| El Seibo
|| Patricia María Oviedo Merán || 18 || || Santa Cruz de El Seibo
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| La Altagracia || Soraya Tavares Rivera || 24 || || Sosúa
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| La Romana || Aura Jonelys García Mena || 19 || || Santiago de los Caballeros
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| La Vega || Flor Patricia Curet Veras || 18 || || Santo Domingo
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| Moca || Maite Alvarez Paulino || 18 || || Moca
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| Monte Plata
|| Karina Torres Brito || 24 || || Santo Domingo
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| Neiba
|| Susan Jimenoa Gómez || 25 || || Santo Domingo
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| Pedernales || Jodalys Collado Pimentel || 18 || || Santiago de los Caballeros
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| Puerto Plata || Carolina Peña Cordero || 20 || || San Felipe de Puerto Plata
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| Salcedo || Yesenia Rosario Mota || 21 || || Salcedo
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| Sánchez Ramírez || Elisa Arias Bernandino || 22 || || Santo Domingo
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| San Francisco de Macorís
|| Jessica Mendez || 21 || || San Francisco de Macorís
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| San Juan
|| Claudia Cristiana Cruz de los Santos || 18 || || San Juan de la Maguana
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| San Pedro de Macorís || Erica Rodríguez Andrade || 20 || || Santo Domingo
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| Santiago
|| Carmen Rosa Dionicio de las Palmas || 26 || || Santiago de los Caballeros
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| Santiago Rodríguez || Altagracia Rosario Quirós || 20 || || Villa de los Almácigos
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| Santo Domingo Norte
|| Alexis Medina Espinoza || 18 || || Villa Mella
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| Santo Domingo Oeste
|| Sonia Sinayda Inoa Alvarado || 25 || || Santo Domingo
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| Valverde Mao || Michelle Alix Peralta Vargas || 21 || || Santo Domingo
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Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
at Miss Universe 2001
Miss Universe 2001
Miss Universe 2001 was held at Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez, Bayamón, Puerto Rico on May 11, 2001. 77 contestants participated in the prestigious event...
and Miss América Latina 2002. The Miss Mundo Dominicana would enter Miss World 2001
Miss World 2001
Miss World 2001, the 51st Miss World pageant was held at the Super Bowl, in Sun City Entertainment Centre, Sun City, South Africa on November 16, 2001. Agbani Darego from Nigeria won the pageant, she became the first black African to win the Miss World crown...
. The first runner up would enter in Miss Atlántico Internacional
Miss Atlántico Internacional
The Miss Atlántico Internacional beauty pageant began in Uruguay in 1987, but probably was not international until 1995. It is always held in Punta del Este, Uruguay...
2002. The second runner up would enter in Reinado Internacional del Café
Reinado Internacional del Café
The Reinado Internacional del Café beauty pageant, was internationally launched as the Reinado Continental del Café in 1957, and the name was changed to the current one in 1972 in order to allow for the participation of countries from America and other continents...
2001. The third runner up would enter in Miss Intercontinental 2001. The rest of finalist entered different pageants. 16 Provinces
Provinces of the Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is divided into thirty–one provincias , while the national capital, Santo Domingo, is contained within its own Distrito Nacional ....
, 8 Municipalities
Municipalities of the Dominican Republic
The provinces of the Dominican Republic are divided into two or more municipalities with the exception of the Distrito Nacional which consist of only one municipality Santo Domingo...
and 2 Dominican Communities
Dominican American
A Dominican American is any American who has origins in the Dominican Republic.Immigration records of Dominicans in the United States date from the late 19th century, and New York City has had a Dominican community since the 1930s...
had entered.
Results
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! Final Results
! Contestant
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| Miss Universe Dominicana 2001
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- San JuanSan Juan Province (Dominican Republic)San Juan is a province of the Dominican Republic. Before 1961 it was known as Benefactor.-Municipalities and municipal districts:The province as of June 20 2006 is divided into the following municipalities and municipal districts within them:*Bohechío**Arroyo Cano **Yaque *El Cercado**Batista...
- Claudia de los Santos
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| Miss Mundo Dominicana
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- BonaoBonaoBonao is the capital of Monseñor Nouel province, Dominican Republic. It is located in the center of the country, to the northwest of the national capital Santo Domingo.The city is known as "Villa De Las Hortensias" - the town of hortensias...
- Jeimy Castíllo
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| 1st Runner-up
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- Puerto Plata - Carolina Peña
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| 2nd Runner-up
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- Salcedo - Yesenia Rosario
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| 3rd Runner-up
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- La Vega - Flor Curet
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| Semi-finalists
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- Distrito NacionalDistrito NacionalThe Distrito Nacional is a subdivision of the Dominican Republic enclosing the capital Santo Domingo. It is not within any of the provinces, but is itself counted as a province. Before October 16, 2001, the Distrito Nacional was much larger, including what is now known as Santo Domingo Province....
- Merfry Then - Valverde Mao - Michelle Peralta
- SantiagoSantiago de los Caballeros ProvinceSantiago is a province of the Dominican Republic, in the north of the country. Santiago is an intellectual, educational, and cultural center. It is also a major industrial center with rum, textile, cigarette and cigar industries based there. Shoe manufacturing, leather goods, and furniture making...
- Carmen Dionicio - San Francisco de MacorísSan Francisco de MacorísSan Francisco de Macorís is a city in the Dominican Republic. It is also the capital of the Duarte Province. It has had a very active role in the shaping of Dominican history, as it is known as one of, if not the most, politically active cities in the country. It is located in the northeast portion...
- Jessica Mendez - Com. Dom. Pto. RicoPuerto RicoPuerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
- Margie Tavarez - Santo Domingo NorteSanto Domingo NorteSanto Domingo Norte is a municipality of the Santo Domingo Province in the Dominican Republic. There is one municipal district within the municipality: La Victoria....
- Alexis Medina - El SeiboEl Seibo ProvinceEl 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:...
- Pati Oviedo
Special awards
- Best Hair - Maryann Tejeda (BaníBaníBaní is a capital town of the Peravia Province, Dominican Republic. It is the commercial and manufacturing center in a region producing bananas and coffee.- Overview :...
) - Best Body - Merfry Then (Distrito NacionalDistrito NacionalThe Distrito Nacional is a subdivision of the Dominican Republic enclosing the capital Santo Domingo. It is not within any of the provinces, but is itself counted as a province. Before October 16, 2001, the Distrito Nacional was much larger, including what is now known as Santo Domingo Province....
) - Miss Rostro Bonito - Jeimy Castíllo (BonaoBonaoBonao is the capital of Monseñor Nouel province, Dominican Republic. It is located in the center of the country, to the northwest of the national capital Santo Domingo.The city is known as "Villa De Las Hortensias" - the town of hortensias...
) - Miss Photogenic (voted by press reporters) - Elisa Arias (Sánchez RamírezSánchez RamírezSánchez Ramírez is a province of the Dominican Republic. It was split from Duarte in 1952, and is named for Brigadier Juan Sánchez Ramírez, hero of the battle of Palo Hincado at which Spanish rebels defeated the occupying French forces....
) - Miss Congeniality (voted by Miss Dominican Republic Universe contestants) - Jodalys Collado (Pedernales)
- Best Provincial Costume - Elizabeth Espinal (Com. Dom. Nueva JerseyNew JerseyNew Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
) - Miss Rostro Avon - Yesenia Rosario (Salcedo)
- Miss Elegancia - Claudia de los Santos (San Juan)
Delegates
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! Represented !! Contestant !! Age !! Height !! Hometown
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| Azua
Azua Province
Azua is a province of the Dominican Republic.-Municipalities and municipal districts:The province as of June 20 2006 is divided into the following municipalities and municipal districts within them:...
|| Cristina Sánchez Cordobar || 19 || || Azua de Compostela
Azua de Compostela
Azua de Compostela, also known simply as Azua, is a municipality of the Azua province in the Dominican Republic. It is the capital of Azua province, and is located 100 kilometres west of the national capital, Santo Domingo....
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| Baní
Baní
Baní is a capital town of the Peravia Province, Dominican Republic. It is the commercial and manufacturing center in a region producing bananas and coffee.- Overview :...
|| Maryann Tejeda Moncada || 21 || || Baní
Baní
Baní is a capital town of the Peravia Province, Dominican Republic. It is the commercial and manufacturing center in a region producing bananas and coffee.- Overview :...
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| Bonao
Bonao
Bonao is the capital of Monseñor Nouel province, Dominican Republic. It is located in the center of the country, to the northwest of the national capital Santo Domingo.The city is known as "Villa De Las Hortensias" - the town of hortensias...
|| Jeimy Castíllo Molina || 23 || || Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...
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| Com. Dom. Nueva Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
|| Elizabeth Espinal Veras || 25 || || Newark
Newark, New Jersey
Newark is the largest city in the American state of New Jersey, and the seat of Essex County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Newark had a population of 277,140, maintaining its status as the largest municipality in New Jersey. It is the 68th largest city in the U.S...
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| Com. Dom. Pto. Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
|| Margie Tavarez Henríquez || 26 || || Ponce
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Ponce is both a city and a municipality in the southern part of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government.The city of Ponce, the fourth most populated in Puerto Rico, and the most populated outside of the San Juan metropolitan area, is named for Juan Ponce de León y Loayza, the...
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| Distrito Nacional
Distrito Nacional
The Distrito Nacional is a subdivision of the Dominican Republic enclosing the capital Santo Domingo. It is not within any of the provinces, but is itself counted as a province. Before October 16, 2001, the Distrito Nacional was much larger, including what is now known as Santo Domingo Province....
|| Merfry Mercedes Then Rijo || 24 || || Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...
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| Duarte || Carolina Martínez Rojas || 20 || || San Francisco de Macorís
San Francisco de Macorís
San Francisco de Macorís is a city in the Dominican Republic. It is also the capital of the Duarte Province. It has had a very active role in the shaping of Dominican history, as it is known as one of, if not the most, politically active cities in the country. It is located in the northeast portion...
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| El Seibo
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:...
|| Patricia María Oviedo Merán || 18 || || Santa Cruz de El Seibo
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| La Altagracia || Soraya Tavares Rivera || 24 || || Sosúa
Sosúa
Sosúa is a small town in the Puerto Plata province of the Dominican Republic. Located approximately from the Puerto Plata International Airport , the town is accessed primarily by Camino Cinco, or Highway 5, which runs much of the length of the country's North coastline...
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| La Romana || Aura Jonelys García Mena || 19 || || Santiago de los Caballeros
Santiago de los Caballeros
Santiago de los Caballeros is a city in the Dominican Republic. Founded in 1495 during the first wave of European colonization of the New World, today Santiago is the second largest metropolis in the Dominican Republic, located in the north-central region of the Republic known as Cibao valley...
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| La Vega || Flor Patricia Curet Veras || 18 || || Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...
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| Moca || Maite Alvarez Paulino || 18 || || Moca
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| Monte Plata
Monte Plata Province
Monte Plata is a province of the Dominican Republic, and also the name of its capital city. It was split from San Cristóbal in 1992.-Municipalities and municipal districts:...
|| Karina Torres Brito || 24 || || Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...
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| Neiba
Neyba
Neiba 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, the largest lake in the West Indies....
|| Susan Jimenoa Gómez || 25 || || Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...
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| Pedernales || Jodalys Collado Pimentel || 18 || || Santiago de los Caballeros
Santiago de los Caballeros
Santiago de los Caballeros is a city in the Dominican Republic. Founded in 1495 during the first wave of European colonization of the New World, today Santiago is the second largest metropolis in the Dominican Republic, located in the north-central region of the Republic known as Cibao valley...
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| Puerto Plata || Carolina Peña Cordero || 20 || || San Felipe de Puerto Plata
San Felipe de Puerto Plata
San Felipe de Puerto Plata, often referred to as simply Puerto Plata, is the capital of the Dominican province Puerto Plata.The city is famous for resorts such as Playa Dorada and Costa Dorada, located east of San Felipe de Puerto Plata. There are a total of 100,000 hotel beds in the city.The only...
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| Salcedo || Yesenia Rosario Mota || 21 || || Salcedo
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| Sánchez Ramírez || Elisa Arias Bernandino || 22 || || Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...
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| San Francisco de Macorís
San Francisco de Macorís
San Francisco de Macorís is a city in the Dominican Republic. It is also the capital of the Duarte Province. It has had a very active role in the shaping of Dominican history, as it is known as one of, if not the most, politically active cities in the country. It is located in the northeast portion...
|| Jessica Mendez || 21 || || San Francisco de Macorís
San Francisco de Macorís
San Francisco de Macorís is a city in the Dominican Republic. It is also the capital of the Duarte Province. It has had a very active role in the shaping of Dominican history, as it is known as one of, if not the most, politically active cities in the country. It is located in the northeast portion...
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| San Juan
San Juan Province (Dominican Republic)
San Juan is a province of the Dominican Republic. Before 1961 it was known as Benefactor.-Municipalities and municipal districts:The province as of June 20 2006 is divided into the following municipalities and municipal districts within them:*Bohechío**Arroyo Cano **Yaque *El Cercado**Batista...
|| Claudia Cristiana Cruz de los Santos || 18 || || San Juan de la Maguana
San Juan de la Maguana
San Juan de la Maguana is the capital city and the largest city in the province of San Juan and is the 10th largest city in the Dominican Republic.-References:...
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| San Pedro de Macorís || Erica Rodríguez Andrade || 20 || || Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...
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| Santiago
Santiago de los Caballeros Province
Santiago is a province of the Dominican Republic, in the north of the country. Santiago is an intellectual, educational, and cultural center. It is also a major industrial center with rum, textile, cigarette and cigar industries based there. Shoe manufacturing, leather goods, and furniture making...
|| Carmen Rosa Dionicio de las Palmas || 26 || || Santiago de los Caballeros
Santiago de los Caballeros
Santiago de los Caballeros is a city in the Dominican Republic. Founded in 1495 during the first wave of European colonization of the New World, today Santiago is the second largest metropolis in the Dominican Republic, located in the north-central region of the Republic known as Cibao valley...
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| Santiago Rodríguez || Altagracia Rosario Quirós || 20 || || Villa de los Almácigos
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| Santo Domingo Norte
Santo Domingo Norte
Santo Domingo Norte is a municipality of the Santo Domingo Province in the Dominican Republic. There is one municipal district within the municipality: La Victoria....
|| Alexis Medina Espinoza || 18 || || Villa Mella
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| Santo Domingo Oeste
Santo Domingo Oeste
Santo Domingo Oeste is a municipality of the Santo Domingo province in the Dominican Republic. As of the 2008 census the municipality had 701,847 inhabitants, 432,112 living in the city itself and 269,735 in its rural districts ....
|| Sonia Sinayda Inoa Alvarado || 25 || || Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...
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| Valverde Mao || Michelle Alix Peralta Vargas || 21 || || Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...
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External links
- http://dr1.com/news/2001/dnews040901.shtml
- http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/Coffee_1998.htm
- http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/atlantico.htm
- http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/Coffee.htm