La Isabela

La Isabela in , was the first stable Spanish settlement and town in the Americas established in late December 1493 to early January 1494.
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: historic site in the Dominican Republic
  • Also known as: Castillo de La Isabela” and “El Castillo

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Villa Isabela.

Town
is a town in the province of the . It lies 9 km south of the site of La Isabela, where Christopher Columbus founded a settlement in 1493. is situated 7 km south of La Isabela.

La Isabela

Latitude
19.88451° or 19° 53′ 4″ north
Longitude
-71.0737° or 71° 4′ 25″ west
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
77FCVWMG+RG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 355275256
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3508060
Wiki­data ID
Q1543031
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“La Isabela” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: لا إيزابيلا
  • Azerbaijani: La İzabela
  • Breton: La Isabela
  • Catalan: La Isabela
  • Chinese: 伊莎貝拉
  • Chinese: 伊莎貝拉城
  • Chinese: 伊莎貝拉城堡
  • Croatian: La Isabela
  • Czech: La Isabela
  • Dutch: La Isabela
  • Egyptian Arabic: لا ايزابيلا
  • Esperanto: La Isabela
  • Finnish: La Isabela
  • French: La Isabela
  • German: La Isabela
  • Italian: La Isabela
  • Japanese: ラ・イサベラ
  • Latvian: La Isabela
  • Portuguese: La Isabela
  • Portuguese: Parque Histórico e Arqueológico Nacional de La Isabela
  • Russian: Ла-Исабела
  • Serbian: Isabela
  • Serbian: La Izabela
  • Serbo-Croatian: La Isabela
  • Slovenian: La Isabela
  • Spanish: La Isabela
  • Spanish: Parque Nacional Histórico La Isabela
  • Ukrainian: Ла-Ізабела
  • Vietnamese: La Isabela

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “La Isabela”. Photo: Mariordo, CC BY-SA 4.0.