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'Môle Saint-Nicolas' (''Mòlsennikola'' or ''Omòl'' in Haitian Creole) is a city in the Republic of Haiti. It is one of the three arrondisements (districts) of the department of Nord-Ouest. It is located on the site where the ''Santa Maria'', commanded by Christopher Columbus, ran aground on December 25, 1492. Columbus founded Fort Navidad on the site. It received its present name after France gained control of the western part of Hispaniola in 1697.
La Navidad at
is the site established by the Santa Maria Society in 1971 with
radiocarbon dating of timbers from the ship.