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Draft:Ozama Department

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The Ozama department is a former French department which existed from 1801 to 1815, located in the Spanish part of the island of Hispaniola (now the Dominican Republic), when it was under French domination. Its capital was the city of Santo Domingo.

Département de Ozama
Departamento del Ozama
Department of France, Captaincy General of Santo Domingo
1795–1815

Map of the Ozama Department
DemonymSanto-dominguese
Area 
• 1795
19,058.62 km2 (7,358.57 sq mi)
Population 
• 1804
85,700
Government
 • TypeGovernor
President 
• 1795–1799
Jean-François Rewbell
• 1804–1815
Napoleon
Governor-General 
• 1801–1802
Toussaint Louverture
• 1802–1809
Jean-Louis Ferrand
History 
• Constitution of the Year III
1795
• Disestablished
1815
Today part ofDominican Republic