Santiago (de los Caballeros)

City (pop., 2004 est.: 505,600), north-central Dominican Republic. It was founded circa 1500; it was destroyed by an earthquake in 1562 and rebuilt a few miles away. Ruins of the old city are still visible in the district of San Francisco de Jacagua. It is the country's second largest city; its economy depends mainly on the production of pharmaceuticals, cigarettes, rum, and coffee.

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Ejea de los Caballeros (Aragonese Exea, commonly known by simply Ejea) is a town and municipality in the province of Zaragoza, part of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It is one of the 5 main towns in the Municipality of the 5 Villages (comarca de las Cinco Villas in Spanish), of which the most important are Ejea de los Caballeros, Tauste, Sadaba, Uncastillo and Sos del Rey Católico, the five towns from which the municipality receives its name.

The town joined the Middle-Age Reign of Aragon in the year 1105 after taking it back from the muslims during the re-conquering of Spain. It still keeps many of its Middle-Age buildings, such as the Church of El Salvador. The main local festivity was made in honor for the Virgin of the Olive, the local saint. Another of the local festivities is the Vote Day, in which during the black plague in the town, the villagers voted for the bringing of the Virgin of the Olive across the town to worship her. That day the black plague ended in Ejea de los Caballeros.

As of 2007, the mayor of Ejea de los Caballeros is [Javier Lambán], from the political party [PSOE].