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Hispaniola

Hispaniola is an island in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean, located between Cuba and Puerto Rico. It is the most populous island in the West Indies and the second-largest by land area, after Cuba. Covering an area of 76,192-square-kilometre (29,418 sq mi), it is divided into two separate sovereign countries: the Spanish–speaking Dominican Republic…

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Location
The Caribbean Sea
Archipelago
Greater Antilles
Area
76,192 km2 (29,418 sq mi)
Area covered
48,445 km2 (18,705 sq mi; 63.6%) · 27,747 km2 (10,713 sq mi; 36.4%)
Area rank
22nd
Capital and largest city
Santo Domingo (pop. 1,029,117) · Port-au-Prince (pop. 1,234,742)

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Hispaniola

Nodes299
Edges298
Triples490
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.006689
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related to Further reading · 67
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related to 16th century: gold, sugar and pirates · 48
Hispaniola → About, African, Aragon, Bonao, Buenaventura, By, By May, Caballeros, Cibao, Columbus's, Concepción, Cordillera Central, December, Eastern, European, Ferdinand, Ferdinand II, Francisco, Garay, Giovanni Colombo
related to Independence · 38
Hispaniola → After, As, Capitanía General, Captaincy General, Domingo, Dominican Republic, Dominican War, Dominicans, During, Empire, Estado Independiente, Following, French, French Santo Domingo, From, Haiti, Haitian, Haitian Constitution, Haitian Revolution, Haití Español
related to Indigenous rule · 38
Hispaniola → Anghiera, Another, At, Babeque, Bartolomé, Bohío, Boriquén, Casas, Chanca, Christopher Columbus, Cibao, Ciguayo, Columbus, Columbus's, Council, Decades, Diego, Early, European, Gonzalo Fernández
related to Post-Columbian · 33
Hispaniola → Before, Caonabo, Caribbean, Christopher Columbus, Cibao, Colonization, Columbus, December, Dominican Republic, Gold, Haiti, He, In January, La Isabela, La Navidad, Môle-Saint-Nicolas, Navidad, Norte River, November, One
related to 18th century to 19th century: Independence · 30
Hispaniola → After, Basel, Caballeros, Caribbean, Dominican Republic, European, February, France, French, French Republic, French Revolution, General Jean Jacques Dessalines, Haiti, Haitian, Haitian Revolution, He, However, In, July, Moca
related to Spanish rule · 30
Hispaniola → Anghiera, Antonio, Bartholomew Columbus, Casas, Columbus, December, Dominican Republic, Española, Haiti, Historians, However, Isla Española, José Gabriel García, King, La, La Española, Latin, Monte, Mártir, Nord-Ouest
related to Demographics · 27
Hispaniola → African, Afro-American, Baháʼí Faith, Buddhism, Caribbean, Congos Del Espiritu Santo, Dominican Protestants, Dominican Santeria, Dominican Vodou, Dominicans, Evangelicalism, Haitian Vodou, Hinduism, Hispanophone, Islam, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus Christ, Judaism, July, Pentecostalism
related to Climate · 25
Hispaniola → Annual, Antilles, As, At, August, Azúa, Cordillera Septentrional, Cuba, Cul-de-Sac, December, Except, February, Haiti's, Hispaniola's, In, Jamaica, Lowland Hispaniola, May, Northern Hemisphere, October
related to Spanish and French rule · 25
Hispaniola → After, Americas, Basel, Capitainerie, Capitanía General, Captaincy General, Devastations, France, French, French Revolutionary Wars, French Saint-Domingue, French Santo Domingo, In, Osorio, Saint-Domingue, Santo Domingo, Spain, Spanish, Spanish Santo Domingo, Spanish-controlled

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island haiti spanish dominican republic french santo domingo de taíno caribbean name gold columbus european also first antilles france americas

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
HispaniolaArchipelagoGreater Antilles1.00infobox
HispaniolaArea76,192 km2 (29,418 sq mi)1.00infobox
HispaniolaArea covered48,445 km2 (18,705 sq mi; 63.6%)1.00infobox
HispaniolaArea covered27,747 km2 (10,713 sq mi; 36.4%)1.00infobox
HispaniolaArea rank22nd1.00infobox
HispaniolaCapital and largest citySanto Domingo (pop. 1,029,117)1.00infobox
HispaniolaCapital and largest cityPort-au-Prince (pop. 1,234,742)1.00infobox
HispaniolaCoastline3,059 km (1900.8 mi)1.00infobox
HispaniolaCoordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
HispaniolaEthnic groupsDominicans (Afro-Dominicans, Mestizo, White)1.00infobox
HispaniolaEthnic groupsHaitians (Mulattos, Afro-Haitians, Indo-Haitians, Arab Haitians)1.00infobox
HispaniolaHighest elevation3,175 m (10417 ft)1.00infobox
HispaniolaHighest pointPico Duarte1.00infobox
HispaniolaLanguagesHaitian Creole1.00infobox
HispaniolaLanguagesHaitian French1.00infobox
HispaniolaLanguagesDominican Spanish1.00infobox
HispaniolaLanguagesEnglish1.00infobox
HispaniolaLocationThe Caribbean Sea1.00infobox
HispaniolaMajor islandsGonâve1.00infobox
HispaniolaMajor islandsSaona1.00infobox
HispaniolaMajor islandsNavassa1.00infobox
HispaniolaMajor islandsBeata1.00infobox
HispaniolaMajor islandsÎle-à-Vache1.00infobox
HispaniolaMajor islandsCatalina1.00infobox
HispaniolaMajor islandsTortuga1.00infobox
HispaniolaMajor islandsAlto Velo1.00infobox
HispaniolaPop. density280.8/km2 (727.3/sq mi)1.00infobox
HispaniolaPopulation22,569,800 (2024; both countries' estimates combined)1.00infobox
HispaniolaPopulation rank11th1.00infobox
HispaniolaTime zonesEastern Time Zone (Haiti) (UTC–5)1.00infobox

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