The Cibao department is a former French department, which existed from 1801 to 1815, located in the Spanish part of the island of Hispaniola (now the Dominican Republic), when it was under French domination. Its capital was Sant-Yago (now Santiago de los Caballeros).[1]
Native Name: | Departamento del Cibao |
Conventional Long Name: | Département de Cibao |
Common Name: | Captaincy General of Santo Domingo |
Subdivision: | Department |
Nation: | France, Captaincy General of Santo Domingo |
Demonym: | Cibaeño |
Image Map Caption: | Map of the Cibao Department |
Flag Type: | Flag |
Government Type: | Governor |
Title Leader: | President |
Title Deputy: | Governor-General |
Leader1: | Jean-FrançoisRewbell |
Leader2: | Napoleon |
Year Leader2: | 1804–1815 |
Year Leader1: | 1795–1799 |
Deputy1: | Toussaint Louverture |
Year Deputy1: | 1801–1802 |
Deputy2: | Jean-Louis Ferrand |
Year Deputy2: | 1802–1809 |
Stat Year1: | 1795 |
Event Start: | Constitution of the Year III |
Year Start: | 1795 |
Year End: | 1815 |
Today: | Dominican Republic |
Stat Area1: | 19,058.62 |
Stat Year2: | 1804 |
Stat Pop2: | 40,300 |