Santa Bárbara de Samaná
| Samaná | |
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| — Municipality — | |
| Santa Bárbara de Samaná | |
 Samaná
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| Coordinates: 19°12′N 69°19′W / 19.2°N 69.317°WCoordinates: 19°12′N 69°19′W / 19.2°N 69.317°W | |
| Country |  Dominican Republic |
| Province | Samaná |
| Municipal Districts | 3 |
| Founded | 1756 |
| Municipality since | 1865 |
| Area[1] | |
| • Total | 412.11 km2 (159.12 sq mi) |
| Elevation[2] | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Population (2010)[3] | |
| • Total | 58,156 |
| • Density | 141/km2 (370/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 21,855 |
| Including populations of its municipal districts | |
| Demonym | Samanés, samanense |
| Time zone | AST (UTC-4) |
| • Summer (DST) | AST (UTC-4) |
| Distance | 135 km (84 mi) to San Francisco de Macorís 243 km (151 mi) to Santo Domingo |
The Dominican city of Santa Bárbara de Samaná, or simply Samaná, is the head municipality of the Samaná province, on the south coast of the peninsula of Samaná. The people from this city, and of the province, are called samanés, in Spanish.
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Population [change]
The municipality has a total population of 58,156: 30,047 men and 28,109 women. The urban population was 79.24% of the total population. These numbers include the population of the municipal districts Arroyo Barril, El Limón and Las Galeras. The population of the city of Samaná without those municipal districts was 33,196.[3]
History [change]
The city was founded in 1756 as Santa Bárbara de Samaná, by the Spanish governor Francisco Rubio y Peñaranda. This was during the period when the area of Santo Domingo was a Spanish colony. Its first inhabitants were families from the Canary Islands.
It was named Santa Bárbara after the Queen Bárbara de Braganza, wife of King Ferdinand VI of Spain. Samaná was the Taíno name of the region.
When the Maritime District (an old division similar to a province) of Samaná was created in 1865, the city was elevated to the category of municipality.
Economy [change]
The main economic activities of the municipality are tourism, agriculture and fishing.
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.
| 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 | |
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