Villa Isabela
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Villa Isabela | |
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 Coat of arms | |
  Villa Isabela Villa Isabela in the Dominican Republic | |
| Coordinates: 19°49′12″N 71°3′0″W / 19.82000°N 71.05000°W | |
| Country |  Dominican Republic |
| Province | Puerto Plata |
| Area | |
• Total | 212.60 km2 (82.09 sq mi) |
| Population (2012)[2] | |
• Total | 14,889 |
| • Density | 70.033/km2 (181.38/sq mi) |
| Municipal Districts | 3 |
Villa Isabela is a town in the Puerto Plata province of the Dominican Republic. It lies 9 km south of the site of La Isabela, where Christopher Columbus founded a settlement in 1493.
The archeological site of this town was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on February 5, 2018 in the Cultural category.[3]
