Puerto Plata Province

Puerto Plata is one of the 32 provinces of the Dominican Republic. It is located 207 km north of the city of Santo Domingo, capital of the country, and 72 km from Santiago de los Caballeros. It includes many tourist sites such as its majestic amphitheater considered one of the most modern in all of Latin America, the only funicular cable car in the Caribbean area, Ocean World marine park, the hotel complexes of Cofresí and Playa Dorada, Cayo Arena, Playa la Ensenada, The 27 Charcos de Damajagua, Zip Lining de Yásica, Monkey Jungle, Encuentro Beach, Ocean Village and the San Felipe Fortress. Its main means of communication are: the General Gregorio Luperon International Airport, the Navarrete Puerto Plata highway, the Luperon tourist highway that connects it with the city of Santiago de los Caballeros, and the Puerto Plata Sosua highway. Currently in Puerto Plata is the tourist port Amber Cove and Taino Bay, which are the most modern ports in the entire Caribbean. Puerto Plata is also the province with the greatest command of the English language in the country. Being this an almost bilingual province because in its most populated municipalities, San Felipe de Puerto Plata and Sosua, numerous foreign families have settled and the English language has prospered in this Region.

TV channels and radio stations in Puerto Plata

Television channels

• Silver port: TV Silver channel 3, Musa Visión channels 10 and 12, Merla Visión channel 56, Mía vista canal 8, XE TV digital channel 26
• Sosua: Hi TV, Costa Norte TV Imbert: 8 TV, Extra TV, Montellano: jm TV

Montellano TV channel 17

Radio Emisoras de Puerto Plata

• Master 106.9 fm
• Pearl 106.3 fm
• 104.9 fm
• Romance 101.7 fm
• The first 99.7 fm
• Queen 98.9 fm
• 97.3 fm
• Lakalle 96.3fm
• Ark of salvation Radio 95.3 fm
• King 93.3 fm
• Orbita 92.9 fm
• L'a rena 92.5 fm
• Melody 91.7 fm
• Fantasia 90.5 fm
• Area 88.7 fm villa Isabela
• Radio Isabel de torre 840 Am
• Radio Puerto Plata Am 900 AM

The Voice of the Atlantic 960 AM

Municipalities and municipal districts

Municipalities of the province of Puerto Plata

• Puerto Plata
  • Maimon
  • Y Basic Above
• Altamira
  • Rio Grande
• Guananico
• Imbert
• The Hidalgos
  • Municipal District of Navas
• Luperón
  • Beautiful
  • The Strait Omar Bross
  • Isabela
• Sosua
  • Horse
  • Yassia Sabaneta
• Villa Isabela
  • Hondo
  • La Jaiba
  • Gualete
• Villa Montellano

Limits

It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the north, the province of Espaillat to the east, the provinces of Santiago and Valverde to the south, and the province of Montecristi to the west.

Economy

Aerial view of Puerto Plata.

Puerto Plata's economy is based on agriculture, industry and tourism. The food and alcoholic beverage industries are important. The main tourist areas of Puerto Plata are:

• Sosua
• Horse
• Playa Dorada
• San Felipe de Puerto Plata

Tourism

Puerto Plata has some of the best beaches in the country such as Sosúa, Playa Dorada, Maimón, Cafemba, Playa Grande (de Luperón), Cabarete, Long Beach, Longbichito. In some, such as Playa Dorada, Cofresí, Long Beach or Cabarete, various types of sports are practiced, such as jet ski racing, surfing, windsurfing, kite or sailing. Other beaches are along the boardwalk, or in Boca Nueva, Playa de Copello, Bergantín or La Mariposa.

In addition to beaches and water sports, in Puerto Plata you can practice hiking, cycling, adventure tourism or visit reserves and natural parks such as Montaña Isabel de Torres, Laguna de Cabarete or Los Caños de Estero Hondo. Or delve into its history through its Victorian architecture, the colonial Fortress of San Felipe or the Jewish settlement of Sosúa around the year 1940.

Tourism is so important in Puerto Plata, that the government and companies make innovative programs for tourism and that the tourist's stay is pleasant and unforgettable. In Puerto Plata you can do endless activities and learn more about the entire city and go to places like:

Fortress of San Felipe

• Cable Car Tours (teleférico)
• Casa Museo General Gregorio Luperón
• Jeep Safary
• Observation of humpback whales
• The Fortress of San Felipe
• The Ecological Tours
• Area Tours
• # Sands down #
• Historical centre
• The historic Isabela
• Buggy
• Fisheries
• Catamaran
• World of kite surfing

In these places, the government and companies put a lot of effort so that national tourism is more than international and people from all over the world arrive. These places are more visited by European people, since there are many communities living there in the country such as the Spanish.

Cathedral Puerto Plata

One of the most famous tours in Puerto Plata is the Jeep Safari. She is a professional guide where you enter with all-terrain trucks to visit the small communities, where the native culture of the place flourishes and the tourist has an unforgettable experience, since when they are together they are transported and feel that time stands still and is insufficient. to discover more.

History

In 1493, La Isabela was founded by Christopher Columbus, the first European settlement in the Americas. For its part, Puerto Plata was founded by Nicolás de Ovando at the beginning of the Spanish colonization, around 1502. One of the first inhabitants in the years 1509 of the "Villa de Puerto de Plata" was Gaspar Briceño, a native of Arévalo in the Kingdom of Castilla y León, who arrived on the island as a servant of Juan de Berlanga, treasurer of the Mayor's Office of the city of Santo Domingo, on the island of Hispaniola. He held the position of "field bailiff" of the Villa de Santiago that belonged to the Villa de Concepción de la Vega and this corresponded to the Mayor's Office of the City of Santo Domingo. His name appears in the "Colón-Solís" trial, where the encomendero of the Villa de Santiago, Francisco de Solís, murdered two naborías Indians. The field bailiff was in charge of capturing the Indians or blacks who escaped from the parcels. It was one of the cities devastated in 1606 and was not repopulated until after 1736. The advent of republican times favored the development of the city, which over time became the main port of Cibao, especially for exporting the regional tobacco.

By Resolution of the National Congress dated July 6, 1847, Puerto Plata was elevated from common to Maritime District. It became a province in the year 1850. In 1879 it was the seat of the government of Gregorio Luperón and served as the internal capital of the Republic.

Cruise of the Cable

External links

• Wikimedia Commons hosts a multimedia category Province of Puerto Plata.
• Puerto Plata Guide, in collaboration with the Dominican Republic School of Tourism.