The Miss Tierra República Dominicana 2006 pageant was held on June 28, 2006. This year 42 candidates competed for the national crown. The winner represented the Dominican Republic at the Miss Earth 2006

Miss Earth 2006

Miss Earth 2006, the 6th edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, took place on November 26, 2006 in the grounds of the National Museum in Manila, Philippines. The pageant was won by Hil Hernández of Chile....

, which was held in Manila

Manila

Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...

.

Results

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! Final Results
! Contestant
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| Miss Tierra República Dominicana 2006
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• Puerto Plata - Alondra Peña

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| 1st Runner-up
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• Padre Las Casa
  Padre Las Casa
  Padre Las Casas is a municipality of the Azua province in the Dominican Republic. It includes the municipal districts of La Siembra, Las Lagunas, and Los Fríos....
  
   - Sarah Albino

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| 2nd Runner-up
|

• Nigua
  San Gregorio de Nigua
  San Gregorio de Nigua is a municipality of the San Cristóbal province in the Dominican Republic.As of the 2002 census the municipality had 27,447 inhabitants, 10,798 living in the city itself and 16,649 in its rural districts ....
  
   - Tatiana Sosa

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| 3rd Runner-up
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• Com. Dom. EU - Fanny Alvarado

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| 4th Runner-up
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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...
  
   - Livia Gordón

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| Semi-finalists
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• Tenares
  Tenares
  Tenares is a town in the Hermanas Mirabal province of the Dominican Republic.- Sources :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
  
   - Susie Matos
• Santo Domingo - Sofia Quinteros
• Samaná - Sonia Ferreira
• Moca - Ana Garzón
• San José de Ocoa - Cristina de la Rosa

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| Quarter-finalists
|

• 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...
  
   - Laura Marino
• 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....
  
   - Sofy Lozano
• San Pedro de Macorís - Joellina Castro
• Tamboríl
  Tamboríl
  Tamboril is a municipality of the Santiago province in the Dominican Republic. Tamboríl is situated in the northeast part of the province, at the foot of the Cordillera Septentrional mountains, at 230 meters above sea level...
  
   - Janet Arce
• Duarte - Sandra Abreu

Special awards

• Miss Photogenic (voted by press reporters) - Cinthia Tavarez (Elías Piña
  Elías Piña Province
  Elías Piña is one of the 31 provinces of the Dominican Republic. It is located in the western part of the country, on the border with Haiti. Its capital city is Comendador....
  
  )
• Miss Congeniality (voted by contestants) - Karina Bisonó (Jimaní
  Jimaní
  Jimaní is the capital and the second largest city of the Independencia Province of the Dominican Republic. It serves as one of the two main thoroughfares to Haiti , with a duty free open air marketplace operating on the border with the Haitian town of Malpasse...
  
  )
• Best Face - Susie Matos (Tenares
  Tenares
  Tenares is a town in the Hermanas Mirabal province of the Dominican Republic.- Sources :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
  
  )
• Best Provincial Costume - Reiny Ruiz (Valverde)
• Miss Cultura - Lisa Varoni (La Vega)
• Miss Elegancia - Gina Ferro (Santiago Rodríguez)

Delegates

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! Province,Mun., Community !! 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:...

 || Alicia Fernández de la Cruz || 23 || 1.68 || 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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| 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...

 || Laura Marino Zaragoza || 25 || 1.73 || Juma Bejucal

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...

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| Cabrera || Luisa Mota de Arias || 21 || 1.75 || Cabrera
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| Cabarete

Cabarete

Cabarete is a town in the Puerto Plata province of the Dominican Republic, noted for its tourism and beaches. It was founded in 1835 by Zephaniah Kingsley along with his mixed-race family, and 53 slaves he freed from his Florida plantations and brought here while the island was under Haitian...

 || Mairy Oca Torres || 22 || 1.75 || 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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| Com. Dom. EU || Fanny Carina Alvarado Alvarado || 20 || 1.71 || Nueva York

Brooklyn

Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...

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| Cotuí

Cotuí

Cotuí is a city in 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. It was founded in the year 1510 by Rodrigo de Trujillo for order of Nicolas de Ovando, who was the governor of Hispaniola. Cotuí was the name of...

 || Selyna Hermoso Tosado || 23 || 1.74 || Cotuí

Cotuí

Cotuí is a city in 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. It was founded in the year 1510 by Rodrigo de Trujillo for order of Nicolas de Ovando, who was the governor of Hispaniola. Cotuí was the name of...

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| Dajabón || Lorena García Peralta || 19 || 1.80 || Dajabón

Dajabón

Dajabón is a province of the Dominican Republic, on the border with Haiti. Its capital city is also called Dajabón.It was split from Monte Cristi province in 1938, and was called Libertador until 1961.-Location:...

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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....

 || Andreina Sofia Lozano Arias || 18 || 1.83 || 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 || Sandra Abreu Camacho || 26 || 1.68 || 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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| Elías Piña

Elías Piña Province

Elías Piña is one of the 31 provinces of the Dominican Republic. It is located in the western part of the country, on the border with Haiti. Its capital city is Comendador....

 || Cinthia Tavarez Camaoyo || 26 || 1.69 || 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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| Guaymate

Guaymate

Guaymate is a town in the La Romana province of the Dominican Republic. In the middle of Yuma Region, 20 kilometers of the city of La Romana in the east of the Country, itself there be the population of Guaymate...

 || Ericka Ferro Cardona || 25 || 1.74 || Boca de Yuma

Boca de Yuma

Boca de Yuma is a village in the province of La Altagracia, in the Dominican Republic. It is situated west of the mouth of the Rio Yuma, near the Caribbean Sea.The word Yuma is an indigenous Taíno name....

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| Higüey

Salvaleón de Higüey

Higüey , or in full Salvaleón de Higüey, is the capital city of the eastern province of La Altagracia, in the Dominican Republic. The river Yuma flows through the urban area of Higüey....

 || Fania Royd Rojas || 18 || 1.79 || Bávaro

Bávaro

Bávaro is a touristic area in Punta Cana, located in La Altagracia province, the easternmost province of the Dominican Republic. Bavaro was developed together with the resort area and tourist region of Punta Cana, as a town for resort workers...

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| Isla Saona

Saona Island

Saona Island is a tropical island located a short distance from the mainland on the south-east tip of the Dominican Republic, near La Altagracia Province. It is a government protected nature reserve and is part of East National Park...

 || Melissa Cabrera Polanco || 20 || 1.78 || Bayahibe

Bayahibe

Bayahibe is a town in the Dominican Republic, located about 10 miles east of La Romana on the shore of the Caribbean Sea. Founded as a fishing village in 1874 by Juan Brito and his family, who came from Puerto Rico, the town is now a touristic destination....

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| Jimaní

Jimaní

Jimaní is the capital and the second largest city of the Independencia Province of the Dominican Republic. It serves as one of the two main thoroughfares to Haiti , with a duty free open air marketplace operating on the border with the Haitian town of Malpasse...

 || Karina Sofia Bisonó Eros || 18 || 1.82 || 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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| La Altagracia || Sandy Tavarez Ronosando || 28 || 1.73 || Punta Cana

Punta Cana

Punta Cana is part of the newly created Punta Cana-Bávaro-Veron-Macao municipal district in La Altagracia, the easternmost province of the Dominican Republic. The area is best known for its beaches and balnearios, which face both the Caribbean and Atlantic, and it has been a popular tourist...

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| La Vega || Ana Elisa Varoni Feralta || 27 || 1.75 || 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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| Las Matas de Santa Cruz

Las Matas de Santa Cruz

Las Matas de Santa Cruz is a the largest city in the Monte Cristi province of the Dominican Republic.- Sources :* – World-Gazetteer.com...

 || Loriel Zamora de Espaillat || 20 || 1.77 || 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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| Las Terrenas

Las Terrenas

Las Terrenas is a town in the Samaná province of the Dominican Republic.Samana was a famous slave trade port for the British in the early 17th century. Today, the people of these provinces are a mix of Taino, Spanish and African descent. The name originates in the French phrase "la terriene" .Las...

 || Carolina Ynoa Walter || 23 || 1.70 || Sánchez
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| Maimón

Maimón, Monseñor Nouel

Maimón is a town in the Monseñor Nouel province of the Dominican Republic....

 || Andrea Fermin Cabrera || 21 || 1.69 || 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 || Ana Garzon Ynoa || 21 || 1.74 || José Contreras

Moca, Dominican Republic

Moca is the capital of Espaillat province in the Dominican Republic.Moca is located 11 miles/18 kilometers away from the country’s second biggest city, Santiago De Los Caballeros. Moca is also known for its many great crops and friendly people....

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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:...

 || Lucia Collado Collado || 21 || 1.77 || Sabana Grande de Boyá

Sabana Grande de Boyá

Sabana Grande de Boyá is a municipality of the Monte Plata province in the Dominican Republic. It includes the municipal districts of Gonzalo and Majagual....

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| Nigua

San Gregorio de Nigua

San Gregorio de Nigua is a municipality of the San Cristóbal province in the Dominican Republic.As of the 2002 census the municipality had 27,447 inhabitants, 10,798 living in the city itself and 16,649 in its rural districts ....

 || Tatiana Sosa de Reynosa || 19 || 1.75 || Sabana Iglesia

Sabana Iglesia

Sabana Iglesia is a town in the Santiago province of the Dominican Republic.- Sources :* – World-Gazetteer.com...

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| Nizao

Nizao

-General information:Nizao is a city in the Dominican Republic and capital of the Nizao Municipality. It is the second large municipality of the Peravia Province and is located in southeastern corner of this province, in the angle formed by the estuary of the Nizao River and the Caribbean Sea...

 || Leida Rosa Arroyo || 24 || 1.80 || 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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| Padre Las Casa

Padre Las Casa

Padre Las Casas is a municipality of the Azua province in the Dominican Republic. It includes the municipal districts of La Siembra, Las Lagunas, and Los Fríos....

 || Sarah Albino Colón || 23 || 1.78 || 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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| Pedernales || Samuelina Hidalgo Upia || 23 || 1.85 || 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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| Pedro Brand

Pedro Brand

Pedro Brand is a municipality of the Santo Domingo province in the Dominican Republic. Within the municipality there are two municipal districts : La Cuaba and La Guáyiga....

 || Martina Abreu Abreu || 18 || 1.76 || 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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| Pimentel

Pimentel, Dominican Republic

Pimentel is a city in the province Duarte and it is the 2nd largest in Duarte and the 25th largest city in the Dominican RepublicAs of the 2002 census the municipality had 18,280 inhabitants, 9,849 living in the city itself and 8,431 in its rural districts .- References :...

 || Ana Hidalgo Ferro || 20 || 1.72 || 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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| Puerto Plata || Alondra Peña Reyes || 18 || 1.82 || Vílla Montellano

Villa Montellano

Villa Montellano is a town in the Puerto Plata province of the Dominican Republic.- Sources :* – World-Gazetteer.com...

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| Samaná || Sonia Ferreira Rey || 24 || 1.88 || Las Terrenas

Las Terrenas

Las Terrenas is a town in the Samaná province of the Dominican Republic.Samana was a famous slave trade port for the British in the early 17th century. Today, the people of these provinces are a mix of Taino, Spanish and African descent. The name originates in the French phrase "la terriene" .Las...

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| San Cristóbal || Joana Germán Sosa || 21 || 1.71 || San Cristóbal
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| San José de Ocoa || Cristina de la Rosa Tavarez || 23 || 1.67 || Rancho Arriba

Rancho Arriba

Rancho Arriba is a town in the San José de Ocoa province of the Dominican Republic.- Sources :* – World-Gazetteer.com...

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| San Pedro de Macorís || Joellina Castro Germán || 19 || 1.75 || San Pedro de Macorís

San Pedro de Macorís

San Pedro de Macorís is a municipality and the capital of the San Pedro de Macorís province in the Dominican Republic.-Demographics:...

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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...

 || Ana Olivia Gordón Suarez || 18 || 1.84 || Jánico

Jánico

Jánico is a municipality of the Santiago province in the Dominican Republic. Within the municipality there are two municipal districts : El Caimito and Juncalito....

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| Santiago Rodríguez || Gina Ferro Loazno || 18 || 1.78 || 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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| Santo Domingo || Ana Sofia Quinteros Zamora || 24 || 1.76 || 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....

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| Tamboríl

Tamboríl

Tamboril is a municipality of the Santiago province in the Dominican Republic. Tamboríl is situated in the northeast part of the province, at the foot of the Cordillera Septentrional mountains, at 230 meters above sea level...

 || Janet Arce Carrajíllo || 24 || 1.80 || Tamboríl
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| Tenares

Tenares

Tenares is a town in the Hermanas Mirabal province of the Dominican Republic.- Sources :* – World-Gazetteer.com...

 || Susana Matos Cristóbal || 23 || 1.66 || Blanco

Tenares

Tenares is a town in the Hermanas Mirabal province of the Dominican Republic.- Sources :* – World-Gazetteer.com...

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| Valverde || Corina Agnes Valderrama Mora || 19 || 1.81 || 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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| Villa Altagracia

Villa Altagracia

Villa Altagracia is a municipality of the San Cristóbal province in the Dominican Republic. Within the municipality there are three municipal districts : La Cuchilla, Medina and San José del Puerto....

 || Karina Torres Zamora || 25 || 1.73 || San Cristóbal
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| Vílla Mella || Maira Gómez Correa || 21 || 1.70 || Villa Mella
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| Villa Tapia

Villa Tapia

Villa Tapia is a town in the Province of Hermanas Mirabal in the Dominican Republic.- Sources :* – World-Gazetteer.com...

 || Luisa Medina Arrea || 26 || 1.83 || 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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| Villa Vásquez

Villa Vásquez

Villa Vásquez is a town in the Monte Cristi province of the Dominican Republic.- Sources :* – World-Gazetteer.com...

 || Eva Carina Mena Zaragoza || 18 || 1.80 || 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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