Sabaneta, Santiago Rodríguez
| Sabaneta | |
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| — Municipality — | |
| San Ignacio de Sabaneta | |
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| Coordinates: 19°29′N 71°21′W / 19.483°N 71.35°WCoordinates: 19°29′N 71°21′W / 19.483°N 71.35°W | |
| Country |  Dominican Republic |
| Province | Santiago Rodríguez |
| Municipal Districts | 0 |
| Founded | 1844 |
| Municipality since | 1858 |
| Area[1] | |
| • Total | 804.47 km2 (310.61 sq mi) |
| Elevation[2] | 124 m (407 ft) |
| Population (2010)[3] | |
| • Total | 34,540 |
| • Density | 43/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 15,648 |
| Time zone | AST (UTC-4) |
| • Summer (DST) | AST (UTC-4) |
| Distance | 95 km (59 mi) to Santiago 245 km (152 mi) to Santo Domingo |
San Ignacio de Sabaneta is a city and municipality in northwestern Dominican Republic. It is the main city of the Santiago Rodríguez province. It is usually called only Sabaneta or Santiago Rodríguez.
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Population [change]
The municipality had, in 2010, a total population of 34,540: 17,935 men and 16,605 women; its population density was 42.9 persons/km². The urban population was 45.3% of the total population.[3]
History [change]
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.
Economy [change]
The main activity of the municipality is farming.
References [change]
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Oficina Nacional de Estadística. "IX Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda. Informe Básico" (in Spanish) (PDF). http://censo2010.one.gob.do/resultados/Resumen_resultados_generales_censo_2010.pdf. Retrieved 2013-1-29.
- ↑ Pouerié Cordero, Manuel M. (1997) (in Spanish). Síntesis de Ciudades, Pueblos e Islas del País. Santo Domingo, República Dominicana: Impresora Mary.
| Provincial capitals of the Dominican Republic |  |
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| Azua • Baní • Barahona • Bonao • Comendador • Cotuí • Dajabón • El Seibo • Hato Mayor • Higüey • Jimaní • La Romana • La Vega • Mao • Moca • Monte Cristi • Monte Plata • Nagua • Neiba • Pedernales • Puerto Plata • Sabaneta • Salcedo • Samaná • San Cristóbal • San Francisco de Macorís • San José de Ocoa • San Juan de la Maguana • San Pedro de Macorís • Santiago de los Caballeros • Santo Domingo • Santo Domingo Este | |
