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Hispaniola ( spanska: La Española, franska: Hispaniola) är en ö tillhörande ögruppen Stora Antillerna i Västindien. Ön är politiskt uppdelad i två stater: Haiti (västra tredjedelen) och Dominikanska republiken (östra delen). Hispaniola är den näst största ön i Västindien, efter Kuba, med en yta på 77 900 km² [ 1] .
126,760 km 2 (48,940 sq mi) The Republic of Haiti comprises the western three-eighths of the island of Hispaniola, west of the Dominican Republic. [1] [2] Haiti is positioned east of the neighboring island of Cuba, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean . Haiti's total area is 27,560 square kilometres (10,641 sq mi), of which ...
The Hispaniola monkey ( Antillothrix bernensis) is an extinct primate that was endemic on the island of Hispaniola, in the present-day Dominican Republic. The species is thought to have gone extinct around the 16th century. The exact timing and cause of the extinction are unclear, but it is likely related to the settlement of Hispaniola by ...
Hispaniola. Hispaniola is a Caribbean island that was explored and claimed by Columbus on his first voyage in 1492 and became a springboard for Spanish conquest of the Caribbean and the American mainland. The Spanish Empire initially claimed the whole island. But due to the inability of Spain to actually enforce that claim, the Western third ...
History of Hispaniola. Wikimedia Commons has media related to History of Hispaniola. Articles about pre-Columbian Hispaniola and subcategories about later periods.
Haiti ( Haitian Creole: Ayiti; French: Haïti ), officially the Republic of Haiti ( Haitian Creole: Repiblik d Ayiti; French: République d'Haïti) is a country on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. The other country on the island is the Dominican Republic. Haiti has two official languages: French and Haitian Creole, or " Kreyol ", which is a ...
