Puerto Plata
Puerto Plata, officially known as San Felipe de Puerto Plata; is a major coastal city in the Dominican Republic, and capital of the Puerto Plata Province.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fortaleza San Felipe.
Fortaleza San Felipe
Museum
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The Fortaleza San Felipe is a historic Spanish fort located in the north of the Dominican Republic in the province of Puerto Plata. Also known as El Morro de San Felipe, it was used to protect the City of Puerto Plata from foreign invaders, pirates, and privateers.
Puerto Plata
- Type: Locality with 146,000 residents
- Also known as: “Port Plata” and “San Felipe de Puerto Plata”
- Category: human settlement
- Location: San Felipe De Puerto Plata (Zona Urbana), Puerto Plata, Puerto Plata, Western Cibao, Dominican Republic, Caribbean, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Waray—“Puerto Plata” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Puerto Plata”
- Chinese: “聖斐利-銀港”
- French: “Puerto Plata”
- French: “San Felipe de Puerto Plata”
- German: “Puerto Plata”
- German: “San Felipe de Puerto Plata”
- Hebrew: “פוארטו פלטה”
- Italian: “San Felipe de Puerto Plata”
- Japanese: “プエルト・プラタ”
- Korean: “푸에르토플라타”
- Min Nan Chinese: “San Antonio de Guerra”
- Russian: “Сан-Фелипе-де-Пуэрто-Плата”
- Slovak: “San Felipe de Puerto Plata”
- Spanish: “San Felipe de Puerto Plata”
- Swedish: “Puerto Plata”
- Tajik: “Вилояти Пуэрто Плата”
- Ukrainian: “Сан-Феліпе-де-Пуерто-Плата”
- Urdu: “پورتو پلاتا”
- Waray (Philippines): “San Felipe de Puerto Plata”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Museo Del Ámbar and Casa Museo General Gregorio Luperón.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Puerto Plata”. Photo: Euric2031, CC BY-SA 3.0.