Sabaneta, Santiago Rodríguez
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  Sabaneta
San Ignacio de Sabaneta in the Dominican Republic
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| Country |  Dominican Republic |
| Province | Santiago Rodríguez |
| Founded | 1844 |
| Municipality since | 1858 |
| Area [1] | 804.47 km² (310.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation [2] | 124 m (407 ft) |
| Distance | 245 km to Santo Domingo |
| Population (2002)[3] | |
| - Total | 35,654 |
| - Urban | 16,270 |
| - Density | 44.32 inhab./km² |
San Ignacio de Sabaneta is a city and municipality in northwestern Dominican Republic. It is the head municipality of the Santiago Rodríguez province. It is usually called only Sabaneta or Santiago Rodríguez.
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[change] Population
The municipality had, in 2002, a total population of 35,654: 18,243 men and 17,411 women; its population density was 44 persons/km². The urban population was 45.63% of the total population.[3]
[change] History
The town was founded in 1844 by Santiago Rodríguez and others in a small savanna (Sabaneta means, in English, "small savanna") north of the Cordillera Central. In 1854, the town was elevated to the category Military Post and in 1858 it became a municipality of the Santiago province.[4]
San Ignacio de Sabaneta was the centre of the fight against the Spanish soldiers during the first period of the Restoration War (1863-1865).
When 1879 Monte Cristi became a province, San Ignacio de Sabaneta was made a municipality of that new province. When the new province of Santiago Rodríguez was created in 1948, San Ignacio de Sabaneta was made the head municipality of the province.
[change] Economy
The main economic activity of the municipality is farming.
[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
- ↑ Pouerié Cordero, Manuel M. (1997). Síntesis de Ciudades, Pueblos e Islas del País (in Spanish). Santo Domingo, República Dominicana: Impresora Mary.
