SANTO DOMINGO (DISAMBIGUATION)

'Santo Domingo', Spanish for Saint Dominic, may refer to:

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Towns and Cities
Buildings and monastery
Use in 19th Century American political debate

Towns and Cities



Chile


Santo Domingo, Chile, is a city and also a municipality

Colombia


Santo Domingo de Silos a municipality of Norte de Santander Department

Costa Rica


Santo Domingo, Costa Rica

Dominican Republic


Santo Domingo, the Dominican capital city, but also used to refer to the island of Hispaniola as a whole (including present Haiti)


Santo Domingo Province, a Dominican province split in 2001 from the Distrito National


Greater Santo Domingo Area, A term used To unite Santo Domingo Province and the D.N(Both Forming the The largest Urbanized Area), and adding sometimes(Less Commmonly) other Cities in the outer Margins of Santo Domingo like San Cristobal,Boca Chica, and Haina into a single Metropolitan Area.

El Salvador


Santo Domingo, San Vicente, a municipality

Philippines


Santo Domingo, Albay


Santo Domingo, Ilocos Sur


Santo Domingo, Nueva Ecija

★ Spain


Santo Domingo de la Calzada, after Domingo de la Calzada

U.S.


Santo Domingo Pueblo, New Mexico, a Native American pueblo

Buildings and monastery



Monastery of Santo Domingo de Silos, in Spain

Fort Santo Domingo, a former Spanish fort on Taiwan in present day Tamsui

Santo Domingo, Oaxaca, a church and former monastery in Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico

Use in 19th Century American political debate


In 19th Century US political debate, the slave revolt in Haiti was often referred to as "The Santo Domingo Rebellion", and atrocities allegedly committed "at Santo Domingo" were frequntly cited by the advocates of slavery as justification for harsh measures such as the prohibition on teaching slaves to read and write in Southern states.

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