Monción
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  Monción
Monción in the Dominican Republic
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| Country |  Dominican Republic |
| Province | Santiago Rodríguez |
| Founded | n.a. |
| Municipality since | 1948 |
| Area [1] | 142.59 km² (55.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation [2] | 364 m (1,194 ft) |
| Distance | 36 km to San Ignacio de Sabaneta |
| Population (2002)[3] | |
| - Total | 11,663 |
| - Urban | 6,757 |
| - Density | 81.79 inhab./km² |
Monción is a city and municipality of the Santiago Rodríguez province, in northwestern Dominican Republic. Its old name was Guaraguanó, a Taíno name that many people still use.
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[change] Population
The municipality had, in 2002, a total population of 11,663: 5,870 men and 5,793 women; its population density was 82 persons/km². The urban population was 57.94% of the total population.[3]
[change] History
The town was founded by people that came to look for gold in the Mao river and other rivers of the region. Later, some families came to live here to cut the many trees, mainly pines, that there were around the town.
On 9 April 1884, it was created the Puesto Cantonal de Guaraguanó in the Monte Cristi province. "Puesto Cantonal" was similar to a municipality; in English, "County (Military) Post". On 23 March 1898, the name of Guaraguanó was changed to the present name, Monción, in honor of Benito Monción, one of the heroes of the Restoration War against Spain.[4]
When the Santiago Rodríguez province was created in 1948, Monción was one of the municipalities of that new province.
[change] Economy
The main economic activity of the municipality is farming. Monción is the centre of production of casabe (a kind of bread, of Taíno origin, made with the flour of manioc).
[change] References
- ↑ Superficies a nivel de municipios, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica
- ↑ De la Fuente, Santiago (1976). Geografía Dominicana (in Spanish). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Editora Colegial Quisqueyana.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Censo 2002 de Población y Vivienda, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica
- ↑ Rodríguez, Carlos Rafael (2003). Guaraguanó: Resumen histórico del municipio de Monción (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Editora Centenario.
