Bayaguana
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| Bayaguana | |
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| — Municipality — | |
 Bayaguana
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| Coordinates: 18°45′N 69°38′W / 18.75°N 69.633°WCoordinates: 18°45′N 69°38′W / 18.75°N 69.633°W | |
| Country |  Dominican Republic |
| Province | Monte Plata |
| Founded | 1606 |
| Area[1] | |
| • Total | 877.99 km2 (339 sq mi) |
| Elevation[2] | 61 m (200 ft) |
| Population (2002)[3] | |
| • Total | 33,122 |
| • Density | 37.7/km2 (97.7/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 19,351 |
| • Rural | 13,771 |
| Municipal Districts | 0 |
| Distance to – Monte Plata |
21 km |
Bayaguana is a municipality (municipio) of the Monte Plata province in the Dominican Republic.[4]
As of the Dominican Republic's 2002 census, the municipality had a total population of 33,122 inhabitants, of which 19,351 resided in urban areas and 13,771 in rural areas.[3]
Bayaguana was founded in 1606, when Spain resettled colonists from the northern and western part of Hispaniola closer to Santo Domingo. Spanish colonists from La Yaguana and Bayajá (present-day Port-au-Prince and Fort-Liberté, Haiti) were resettled in the town. The economy is centered around cattle-ranching and pineapple and rice farming.
[edit] References
- ^ Superficies a nivel de municipios, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica
- ^ De la Fuente, Santiago (1976) (in Spanish). Geografía Dominicana. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Editora Colegial Quisqueyana.
- ^ a b "VIII Censo 2002 Poplación y Vivienda" (in Spanish) (PDF in ZIP). Oficina Nacional de Estadística. 9 February 2004. http://one.gob.do/censo/volumen_I_pdf.zip. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
- ^ "Listado de Codigos de Provincias, Municipio y Distritos Municipales, Actualizada a Junio 20 del 2006" (in Spanish). Oficina Nacional de Estadistica, Departamento de Cartografia, Division de Limites y Linderos. 20 June 2006. Archived from the original on 14 March 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070314215735/http://www.one.gob.do/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=113. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
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