Hispaniola

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Caribbean island Greater Antilles island island

Hispaniola is a major Caribbean island shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic and was one of the earliest and most important centers of Spanish colonization in the Americas.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Hispaniola canonical 86
island of Hispaniola 5
Caribbean island of Hispaniola 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Caribbean island ⓘ
Greater Antilles island ⓘ
island ⓘ
area about 76480 square kilometers ⓘ
borderBetweenStates border between Haiti and Dominican Republic ⓘ
colonizedBy Spain ⓘ
containsCapitalOf Dominican Republic ⓘ
Haiti ⓘ
containsCity Port-au-Prince ⓘ
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic ⓘ
surface form: Santo Domingo
countryOnIsland Dominican Republic ⓘ
Haiti ⓘ
dateOfEuropeanDiscovery 1492 ⓘ
discoveredByEuropeans Christopher Columbus ⓘ
earlyColonyOf Spanish Empire ⓘ
easternPartOccupiedBy Dominican Republic ⓘ
formerName Española ⓘ
Hispaniola self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: La Española

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic ⓘ
surface form: Santo Domingo
hasBiodiversityHotspot Caribbean Islands biodiversity hotspot ⓘ
hasClimate tropical ⓘ
hasCoastOn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Caribbean Sea ⓘ
hasHighestPoint Pico Duarte ⓘ
hasMajorLake Lake Azuei ⓘ
Lake Enriquillo ⓘ
hasMajorLanguage French ⓘ
Haitian Creole ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
hasMajorRiver Artibonite River ⓘ
Yaque del Norte River ⓘ
hasPoliticalDivision Dominican Republic ⓘ
Haiti ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Haiti
highestPointElevation about 3098 meters ⓘ
isPartOfArchipelago West Indies ⓘ
largestIslandIn Greater Antilles after Cuba ⓘ
locatedIn Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Greater Antilles ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone UTC−05:00 ⓘ
locatedOnContinent North America ⓘ
rankByAreaInCaribbean second-largest island in the Caribbean ⓘ
separatedFrom Cuba by Windward Passage ⓘ
Puerto Rico by Mona Passage ⓘ
sharesIslandWith Dominican Republic ⓘ
Haiti ⓘ
wasFirstPermanentEuropeanSettlementInAmericasFor Spain ⓘ
wasImportantCenterOf Spanish colonization in the Americas ⓘ
westernPartOccupiedBy Haiti ⓘ

Referenced by (97)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

La Nueva Isabela → locatedIn → Hispaniola ⓘ
Colonial Zone → locatedOn → Hispaniola ⓘ
this entity surface form: Island of Hispaniola
National Palace of the Dominican Republic → locatedIn → Hispaniola ⓘ
Port of Mayagüez → regionServed → Hispaniola ⓘ
Croix-des-Bouquets → locatedOnIsland → Hispaniola ⓘ
Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo → locatedIn → Hispaniola ⓘ
Northern Haiti → locatedIn → Hispaniola ⓘ
Lake Azuei → locatedOn → Hispaniola ⓘ
Artibonite River → locatedOn → Hispaniola ⓘ
this entity surface form: island of Hispaniola
Artibonite River → longestRiverOf → Hispaniola ⓘ
Bartholomew Columbus → associatedWith → Hispaniola ⓘ
Alcázar de Colón → locatedOn → Hispaniola ⓘ
Chaîne de la Selle → partOf → Hispaniola ⓘ
Cornillon → locatedOnIsland → Hispaniola ⓘ
Carrefour → locatedOnIsland → Hispaniola ⓘ
Delmas → locatedOn → Hispaniola ⓘ
this entity surface form: island of Hispaniola
Cabaret → locatedInIsland → Hispaniola ⓘ
Thomazeau → locatedOn → Hispaniola ⓘ
this entity surface form: island of Hispaniola
Artibonite Department → locatedOnIsland → Hispaniola ⓘ
Toussaint Louverture International Airport → locatedOnIsland → Hispaniola ⓘ
Jacmel, Haiti → locatedOnIsland → Hispaniola ⓘ
subject surface form: Jacmel
Pont Rouge → locatedOnLandmass → Hispaniola ⓘ
Audiencia of Santo Domingo → locatedIn → Hispaniola ⓘ
Puerto Rican archipelago → eastOf → Hispaniola ⓘ
Ozama River → locatedIn → Hispaniola ⓘ
1963 Dominican coup d’état → region → Hispaniola ⓘ
Baní → locatedOn → Hispaniola ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caribbean island of Hispaniola
La Isabela International Airport → locatedOnIsland → Hispaniola ⓘ
Yaque del Norte River → locatedIn → Hispaniola ⓘ
Guaiacum sanctum → distribution → Hispaniola ⓘ
La Pelona Grande → locatedOnIsland → Hispaniola ⓘ
La Pelona Grande → isHighestPointOf → Hispaniola ⓘ
Pico Trujillo → locatedOn → Hispaniola ⓘ
La Ciénaga → locatedOnIsland → Hispaniola ⓘ
British expedition to Saint-Domingue → location → Hispaniola ⓘ
Gonaïves → locatedOnIsland → Hispaniola ⓘ
Arrondissement of Léogâne → locatedOnTerritorialEntity → Hispaniola ⓘ
Cyclura → foundIn → Hispaniola ⓘ
San Juan de la Maguana → locatedOnIsland → Hispaniola ⓘ
First Empire of Haiti → locatedOn → Hispaniola ⓘ
Treasure Island → featuresShip → Hispaniola ⓘ
Laws of Burgos → appliesToJurisdiction → Hispaniola ⓘ
Jeremie, Saint-Domingue → locatedOnIsland → Hispaniola ⓘ
subject surface form: Jérémie, Saint-Domingue
Bahamas (in a broader geographic sense, sometimes grouped with the Antilles) → locatedNorthwestOf → Hispaniola ⓘ
subject surface form: Bahamas
La Pelona → locatedOn → Hispaniola ⓘ
Gonâve Microplate → extendsAlong → Hispaniola ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hispaniola region
Enriquillo Valley → locatedOn → Hispaniola ⓘ