Knowra Hispaniola Hispaniola Hispaniola is a Caribbean island shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, east of Cuba and west of Puerto Rico. It is the Caribbean’s second-largest island.
Greater Antilles : The Caribbean archipelago comprising Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and the Cayman Islands. Hispaniola is one of the four major islands in this archipelago.
Taíno : An Indigenous people of the Caribbean whose communities included much of the Greater Antilles before European colonization. Taíno communities inhabited Hispaniola before Spanish arrival.
Haiti : A country occupying the western portion of Hispaniola, with Port-au-Prince as its capital. Haiti occupies the island’s western third and shares a land border with the Dominican Republic.
Santo Domingo : The capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic, founded by Spanish colonists in 1496. Its colonial district preserves some of the oldest European-built architecture in the Americas.
Haiti–Dominican Republic border : The international boundary dividing Haiti and the Dominican Republic across Hispaniola. Its management affects trade, migration, and access to shared river systems.
Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone : A major strike-slip fault system running through southern Haiti and Jamaica. Its movement produces major earthquakes across Hispaniola’s western region.
Christopher Columbus : An Italian navigator whose 1492 expedition reached the Caribbean under the Spanish crown. His expedition established sustained Spanish claims and settlement on Hispaniola.
Dominican Republic : A country occupying the eastern portion of Hispaniola, with Santo Domingo as its capital. It occupies most of the island east of Haiti.
Port-au-Prince : The capital and largest city of Haiti, situated on the Gulf of Gonâve. It is the island’s principal Haitian urban center and political hub.
Deforestation in Haiti : The loss and degradation of forest cover in Haiti, driven by land use and demand for fuelwood and charcoal. Uneven forest loss across Hispaniola intensifies soil erosion and watershed pressures.
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