What is the name of the capital city of the Dominican Republic, which is also the oldest permanent city established by Europeans in the Western Hemisphere?

Santo Domingo is the capital of the Dominican Republic. The city was founded in 1496 by Christopher Columbus's brother, Bartholomew Columbus. For a brief time between 1936 and 1961, the city was renamed Ciudad Trujillo, after the dictator of the country until his assassination.

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