San Carlos or San Carlos de Tenerife | |
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Coordinates: 18°30′N69°59′W / 18.500°N 69.983°W | |
Country | Dominican Republic |
Province | Distrito Nacional |
Government | |
• Mayor | Carolina Mejía |
Population (2008) | |
• Total | 13,456 |
Time zone | UTC-4 UTC |
• Summer (DST) | UTCNone |
Website | http://www.adn.gov.do/ |
San Carlos or San Carlos de Tenerife is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic. This old neighborhood is populated in particular by individuals from the lower middle class.
The village of San Carlos de Tenerife was founded in 1684 by Canary Islanders. [1]
San Carlos is home to Club San Carlos of the Torneo Superior de Baloncesto. [2]
The Baloncesto Superior Nacional, abbreviated as BSN, is the first-tier-level professional men's basketball league in Puerto Rico. It was founded in 1929 and is organized by the Puerto Rican Basketball Federation.
La Vega, is the fourth largest city and municipality of the Dominican Republic. It is in La Vega Province. The city is known as the Carnaval epicenter of the Dominican Republic for its tradition and culture, its large agricultural production methods throughout its province.
Cariduros de Fajardo were a professional basketball team of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN), founded in 1973. Based in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, the team plays at the Tomás Dones Coliseum, and contests the BSN, the top division of basketball in Puerto Rico.
Quesada is a district of the San Carlos canton, in the Alajuela province of Costa Rica. It is the head city of the canton of San Carlos. Although Ciudad Quesada is the official name, it is commonly referred to by the area name of San Carlos. Ciudad Quesada is also the most populous city in the canton of San Carlos.
Cosiri Rodríguez Andino de Dionicio is a retired volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, wearing the number #15 jersey. There, she ended up in eleventh place with the Dominican Republic women's national team.
Luis Villafañe is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player who plays with Caciques de Humacao of the Puerto Rican Baloncesto Superior Nacional. He also is a member of the Puerto Rico National Basketball Team.
The Liga Nacional de Baloncesto (LNB) is the top men's professional basketball league in the Dominican Republic. Established in 2005, six teams compete annually between September and October.
Angel Gerardo Suero is a Dominican basketball player. He entered the 2012 NBA draft, but was not selected. Suero is also a member of the Dominican Republic national basketball team.
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Santeros de Aguada is a Puerto Rican professional basketball team of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional. The team was based in Aguada, Puerto Rico. The team moved to Fajardo in 2021, changing their name and re-branding to Cariduros de Fajardo with the move. The team is moved again to Aguada in 2024 season.
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Amaury Apolinar Filion Fernández is a Dominican former professional basketball player. A left-handed 2.06 m forward-center, Filion debuted in 1997 with Mauricio Báez, a club of Santo Domingo. He then moved to the United States, where he played at Artesia High School in Lakewood, California before going back to the Dominican Republic. Throughout his 20-year professional career, Filion has played in the Dominican Republic, France, Puerto Rico, Uruguay and Venezuela; in 2007 he was named the LIDOBA Finals MVP. A long-time member of the Dominican national team, he won the silver medal at the 2003 Pan American Games and the gold medal at the 2004 Centrobasket.
Jaime Peterson is a Dominican-American former professional basketball player. A 2.06 m forward-center, he was born in New York City to Dominican parents. After playing for three different high schools, including a postgraduate year at Maine Central Institute, Peterson played two seasons in the junior college circuit with Champlain College in Vermont before playing in the NCAA Division I with the Pittsburgh Panthers. He went undrafted in the 1995 NBA draft, and he started his professional career in France. In 2003 he was named the Most Valuable Player of the Liga Española de Baloncesto, the second tier of Spanish basketball. He played for the Dominican Republic national team from 1995 to 2005, and he won the silver medal at the 1995 and 2003 editions of Centrobasket.
San Carlos Sports and Cultural Club is a Dominican club that conducts social, educational, cultural and recreational activities. It is most known for its men's basketball team.
The Torneo Superior de Baloncesto (TBS) is a Dominican basketball tournament of the Distrito Nacional.
Carlos Done is an American/Ukrainian professional basketball player for Al-Karamah SC of the Syrian Basketball League. After playing collegiate basketball for ASA College and Harford Community College, Done was signed professionally for Club San Carlos in 2019 to compete in the Torneo Superior de Baloncesto, later signing for Laguneros de La Comarca in 2019 as the youngest imported player at the time for the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional, after that Carlos Done spent two seasons playing for an ex euroleague club BC Budivelnyk Kyiv in the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague where in 2021 he became Ukrainian Cup winner in 2021.