12 résultats pour "dominicans"

• Dominicans

• Dominican Republic - country.

  Manatees and sea turtles also live in Dominican waters. Common birds include blue herons, glossy ibis, flamingos, and brown pelicans. E Environmental Issues Urban dwellers of the Dominican Republic enjoy good access to safe water, but rural communities do not. While current water use is low relative to available resources,water shortages do occur. Although deforestation was once a serious problem in the Dominican Republic, by the beginning of the 21st century, the annual rate of deforestation h...

• República Dominicana - geografía.

  Rodríguez, Santo Domingo y Valverde. 3.3 Lengua y religión El español es la lengua oficial del país. Un 95% de la población profesa la religión católica. Existe una pequeña comunidad de protestantes y otra de judíos, y cerca del 1%practica otras religiones. 3.4 Educación La República Dominicana ofrece educación gratuita y obligatoria a todos los niños entre 5 y 13 años de edad. La tasa de alfabetización es del 85% según datos de 2005. Enel curso 2000, 1.385.972 alumnos asistieron a las 4.001 e...

• Latin American Architecture I INTRODUCTION Oldest Cathedral in the Western Hemisphere The oldest cathedral in the Western hemisphere is the Cathedral of Santa Maria la Menor, constructed between 1512 and 1541 in Santo Domingo, now the capitol of the Dominican Republic.

  Colonial FortressThe imposing fortress of San Felipe de Barajas, in the foreground, was built in the mid-17th century to defend the colonialport settlement of Cartagena. Modern day Cartagena, Colombia, can be seen in the background.Dave G. Houser/Post-Houserstock/Corbis The use of architecture and urban planning as tools of European conquest is a recurrent theme in Latin American history. King Philip II of Spain ordered town plannersto use a grid or checkerboard plan for the layout of new towns...

• Dominican Republic Facts and Figures.

  Total 73.4 years (2008 estimate) Female 75.2 years (2008 estimate) Male 71.6 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 27 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 532 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 476 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 85.4 percent (2005 estimate) Female 85.6 percent (2005 estimate) Male 85.3 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 2.4 percent (2002-2003) Number of years o...

• República Dominicana - ficha de geographia.

  (FMI).Nota: Debido al redondeo, algunos totales pueden no sumar el 100%.Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993--2008 Microsoft Corporation. Reservados todos los derechos.

• United States History - U.

  and improved upon the designs of Arab sailing ships and learned to mount cannons on those ships. In the 15th century they began exploring the west coast ofAfrica—bypassing Arab merchants to trade directly for African gold and slaves. They also colonized the Madeira Islands, the Azores, and the Cape Verde Islands andturned them into the first European slave plantations. The European explorers were all looking for an ocean route to Asia. Christopher Columbus sailed for the monarchs of Spain in 149...

• United States History - U.

  and improved upon the designs of Arab sailing ships and learned to mount cannons on those ships. In the 15th century they began exploring the west coast ofAfrica—bypassing Arab merchants to trade directly for African gold and slaves. They also colonized the Madeira Islands, the Azores, and the Cape Verde Islands andturned them into the first European slave plantations. The European explorers were all looking for an ocean route to Asia. Christopher Columbus sailed for the monarchs of Spain in 149...

• Galileo I INTRODUCTION Galileo (1564-1642), Italian physicist and astronomer who, with German astronomer Johannes Kepler, initiated the scientific revolution that flowered in the work of English physicist Sir Isaac Newton.

  V WORK IN ASTRONOMY During most of his time in Padua, Galileo showed little interest in astronomy, although in 1595 he declared in a letter that he preferred the Copernican theory that Earthrevolves around the Sun to the assumptions of Aristotle and Ptolemy that planets circle a fixed Earth ( see Astronomy: The Copernican Theory ; Ptolemaic System). A Observations with the Telescope In 1609 Galileo heard that a telescope had been invented in Holland. In August of that year he constructed a t...

• Galileo.

  V WORK IN ASTRONOMY During most of his time in Padua, Galileo showed little interest in astronomy, although in 1595 he declared in a letter that he preferred the Copernican theory that Earthrevolves around the Sun to the assumptions of Aristotle and Ptolemy that planets circle a fixed Earth ( see Astronomy: The Copernican Theory ; Ptolemaic System). A Observations with the Telescope In 1609 Galileo heard that a telescope had been invented in Holland. In August of that year he constructed a t...

• Fidel Castro.

  result, Castro formed a radical branch of the Ortodoxo Party called the Radical Action Orthodox wing. This organization supported Chibás in the 1948 election. PrioSocarrás won the election, despite Castro’s efforts. After Chibás committed suicide in 1951, Castro believed he should become the leader of the Ortodoxo Party and ran for a seat in the Cuban House of Representatives inthe 1952 election. Before that election could occur, however, General Fulgencio Batista staged a bloodless coup d’etat...

• Dominikanische Republik - geographie.

  Reformista Social Cristiano (PRSC, Christlichsoziale Reformpartei) und der Partido de la Liberación Dominicana (PLD, Dominikanische Befreiungspartei), der sich 1973 vom PRD abgespalten hatte. 7 WIRTSCHAFT Grundlagen der Wirtschaft sind der Tourismus, die Landwirtschaft und der Bergbau. Insbesondere die Einnahmen aus dem Fremdenverkehr sind in den vergangenen Jahrenstark angestiegen. Die Wirtschaft ist aber nach wie vor auf den Export landwirtschaftlicher Güter konzentriert. Neben dem Hauptan...