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HISTORY

The original colony was in Jacagua , but when this was destroyed by an Earthquake it was moved to its present location in 1506 . It was devastated by another earthquake in 1562 . Santiago de los Caballeros has sometimes been the Capital of the country, and was an important strategic city in the Dominican War Of Independence in 1844 .

On a hill overlooking Santiago is a 67 meter high marble monument. Construction of the monument began in 1944 on the orders of then- Dictator Rafael Trujillo . He named it the "Monument of the Peace of Trujillo". Trujillo was assassinated in 1961 , after which the monument was renamed the "Monument to the Heroes of the Restoration".


PRESENT DAY

Santiago is Dominican Republic's second largest city and the third largest in the island of Hispaniola. Santiago has a population of more than 600,000 inhabitants. Its most important economic activity is in the Baseball team and several major universities including PUCMM (Pontifícia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra) and UTESA (La Universidad Tecnológica de Santiago).


TRIVIA


  • Despite the fact that Santiago is the second largest city in the Dominican Republic, the metropolitan area of New York City has a larger population of Dominicans.



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