A place where lives happened
Puerto Plata
San Felipe de Puerto Plata·Puerto Plata·Cibao Norte·DO
19.797°N · -70.688°W
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19.797, -70.688 · MapLibre · OSM
Historical jurisdiction
1822
Capitanía General de Santo Domingo (España)
1844
Haití
1844
República Dominicana
Repositories
JCE Puerto Plata Oficialía Civil
civil · holdings 1828–present
Parroquia San Felipe Apóstol (Puerto Plata)
ecclesiastical · holdings colonial–present
Puerto Plata
Atlantic-coast port founded by Columbus 1502. The largest non-Spanish European-immigrant community in 19th-c. DR — including the Scottish Lithgow line. Federico William Lithgow Alonzo (Miguel's gen-3 maternal ancestor) was born here 23 Dec 1876.