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{{Infobox settlement
|name                    = El Seibo
|official_name        = Santa Cruz del Seibo
|other_name          =
|settlement_type    = Municipality
|image_skyline       = 
|imagesize              =
|image_caption       = 
|image_shield           = Escudo del Municipio Santa Cruz de El Seibo.svg
|pushpin_map            = Dominican Republic
|pushpin_label_position  =
|mapsize                 =
|coordinates             = {{coord|18|46|12|N|69|2|24|W|region:DO|display=inline}}
|subdivision_type        = Country
|subdivision_name      = {{DOM}}
|subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces of the Dominican Republic|Province]]
|subdivision_name1    = [[El Seibo Province|El Seibo]] 
|established_title       = Founded
|established_date      = 1502
|established_title2      = Municipality since
|established_date2    = <br />1844
| parts_type     = [[Provinces of the Dominican Republic|Municipal Districts]]
| parts_style    = para <!-- list, coll (collapsed list), para (paragraph format) -->
| parts              = <!-- parts text, or header for parts list -->
| p1                  = [[Pedro Sánchez, El Seibo|Pedro Sánchez]]
| p2                  = San Francisco-Vicentillo
| p3                  = [[Santa Lucía, El Seibo|Santa Lucía]]
|area_total_km2     = 886.3
|area_footnotes      =<ref name="censo">{{cite web |url=http://censo2010.one.gob.do/resultados/Resumen_resultados_generales_censo_2010.pdf |title=IX Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda. Informe Básico |publisher=Oficina Nacional de Estadística |language=Spanish |date=June 2012 |accessdate= 16 October 2016 }}</ref>
|area_urban_km2 = 3.57
|area_urban_footnotes = <ref name="area">{{cite web |url=http://www.one.gob.do/Multimedia/Download?ObjId=5645f |format=PDF |title=Expansión Urbana de las ciudades capitales de R.D. 1988-2010. Informe Básico |publisher=Oficina Nacional de Estadística |language=Spanish |date=April 2015 |page=38 |accessdate=9 December 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|elevation_m             =117
|elevation_footnotes     =<ref name="fuente">{{cite book
  | last = De la Fuente
  | first = Santiago
  | title = Geografía Dominicana
  | publisher = Editora Colegial Quisqueyana
  | date = 1976
  | location = Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
  | language = Spanish }}</ref>
|population_note         =
|population_total        = 46285
|population_as_of      = 2010
|total_type                  =Total
|population_urban     =
|population_density_km2  =auto
|population_demonym      =
|population_blank1_title =
|population_blank1       =
|population_footnotes    =<ref name="censo" />
|timezone                =[[Atlantic Standard Time Zone|AST]]
|utc_offset              =-4
|timezone_DST      =[[Atlantic Standard Time Zone|AST]]
|utc_offset_DST     =-4
|blank_name        =
|blank_info           =
|blank_name_sec1  =Distance:
|blank_info_sec1     = {{convert|65|km|abbr=on}} to [[San Pedro de Macorís (city)|San Pedro de Macorís]]<br />{{convert|135|km|abbr=on}} to [[Santo Domingo]]
|website                 =
|footnotes               =
}}
'''Santa Cruz del Seibo''', or simply '''El Seibo''', is a [[Dominican Republic|Dominican]] [[city]] and the head [[municipality]] of the [[El Seibo Province|El Seibo]] [[province]], in the eastern part of the country. El Seibo is also written sometimes as '''El Seybo'''.

It is one of the oldest city of the [[Hispaniola]] [[island]], founded during [[Colony|colonial]] times.

==Population==
The municipality had, in 2010, a total population of 46,285: 24,787 men and 21,498 women. The urban population was {{percentage|26477|46285|1 }} of the total population.<ref name="censo" />

==History==
The town was founded on 1502 by [[Juan de Esquivel]], a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[conquistador]];<ref>{{cite book
  | last = Pouerié Cordero
  | first = M.M.
  | title = Síntesis de ciudades, pueblos e islas del país
  | publisher = Impresora Mary
  | date = 1997
  | location = Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
  | language = Spanish }}</ref> the Spanish [[governor]] of the Hispaniola at that time was [[Nicolás de Ovando]]. The original name of the town was ''Santa Cruz de Icayagua'', also written as Hicayagua.

==Geography==
The municipality has a total area of {{Convert|886.3|km2|sqmi|1|abbr=on }}. The city is at {{Convert|135|km|mi|0|abbr=on }} to the northeast of [[Santo Domingo]], at an [[elevation]] of {{Convert|117|m|ft|abbr=on }}.<ref name="fuente" />

Santa Cruz del Seibo is near, on the south side, the ''Cordillera Oriental'' (in [[English language|English]]: "Eastern [[mountain range]]". It is located in the northeastern part of the ''Llano Costero del Caribe'' (in English, "Caribbean Coastal Plain"), a large [[prairie]] with many important [[savanna]]s.

The city is near the River Soco, one of the most important [[river]] of the eastern region of the [[Hispaniola]] [[island]].

The municipality of El Seibo has the municipality of the [[Miches]] to the north, the [[La Altagracia Province|La Altagracia]] province to the east, the [[La Romana Province|La Romana]] province to the southeast, the [[San Pedro de Macorís Province|San Pedro de Macorís]] province to the southwest and the [[Hato Mayor Province|Hato Mayor]] province to the west.

===Climate===
El Seibo has a [[tropical]] [[monsoon]]al climate climate ([[Köppen climate classification]] : '''Am'''), with a dry season and a heavy [[monsoon]] the rest of year, no cold season.<ref name="clima">{{cite web |url =http://www.el-seybo.climatemps.com/ |title =El Seybo Climate & Temperature |publisher =Climatemps.com |accessdate =17 October 2016}}</ref>

The [[average]] amount of [[rainfall]] for the year in the city is {{Convert|1351.5|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}. Most [[rain]]s fall during the end of [[summer]]. The month with the most [[precipitation]] on average is October with {{Convert|193.5|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} of rainfall, followed by May with {{Convert|185.3|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}.

The driest [[season]] is [[winter]]. The month with the least rainfall on average is February with an average of {{Convert|50.5|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} and the second is March with {{Convert|57.2|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}.

El Seibo is in a warm region; the average [[temperature]] for the year is {{Convert|25.9|C|F|1|abbr=on }}. The warmest month, on average, is August with an average temperature of {{Convert|27.5|C|F|1|abbr=on }}. The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of {{Convert|24.2|C|F|1|abbr=on }}.

{{Weather box
| location = El Seibo (1961–1990)
| metric first = yes
| single line = yes
| open = 
| temperature colour = pastel
|Jan high C = 30.1
|Feb high C = 30.5
|Mar high C = 31.4
|Apr high C = 31.9
|May high C = 32.2
|Jun high C = 32.9
|Jul high C = 33.4
|Aug high C = 33.6
|Sep high C = 33.4
|Oct high C = 32.8
|Nov high C = 31.6
|Dec high C = 30.4
|year high C = 
|Jan mean C = 24.2
|Feb mean C = 24.3
|Mar mean C = 24.9
|Apr mean C = 25.5
|May mean C = 26.2
|Jun mean C = 27.0
|Jul mean C = 27.4
|Aug mean C = 27.5
|Sep mean C = 27.2
|Oct mean C = 26.7
|Nov mean C = 25.6
|Dec mean C = 24.5
|year mean C = 
|Jan low C = 18.4
|Feb low C = 18.1
|Mar low C = 18.5
|Apr low C = 19.2
|May low C = 20.3
|Jun low C = 21.0
|Jul low C = 21.5
|Aug low C = 21.5
|Sep low C = 21.0
|Oct low C = 20.7
|Nov low C = 19.8
|Dec low C = 18.7
|year low C = 
|rain colour = 
|Jan rain mm = 57.3
|Feb rain mm = 50.5
|Mar rain mm = 57.2
|Apr rain mm = 107.5
|May rain mm = 185.3
|Jun rain mm = 108.3
|Jul rain mm = 74.8
|Aug rain mm = 134.1
|Sep rain mm = 170.0
|Oct rain mm = 193.5
|Nov rain mm = 126.6
|Dec rain mm = 86.4
|year rain mm = 
|source 1 = [[NOAA]]<ref name= "NOAA">{{cite web 
| url = ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/TABLES/REG_IV/DR/00000012.TXT
| title = El Seybo Climate Normals 1961-1990
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| accessdate = 17 October 2016}}</ref>
| date = October 2016
|source 2 = '''Climatemps.com'''<ref name="clima" />
}}


==Administrative division==
The municipality of Comendador has three [[Municipality|municipal districts]];<ref name="censo" /> these are:

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
|+ Municipal districts of Santa Cruz del Seibo
! Code !! Municipal district !! Population<br /><small>(2010)</small> !! Area<br /><small>(km<sup>2</sup>)</small> !! Density 
|-
| align="center" | 080102 || align="left" | [[Pedro Sánchez, El Seibo|Pedro Sánchez]] || 4,245 || 117.1 || {{Pop density|4245|117.1|km2|prec=1|disp=num}}
|-
| align="center" | 080103 || align="left" | [[San Francisco-Vicentillo]] || 4,524 || 200.3 || {{Pop density|4524|200.3|km2|prec=1|disp=num}}
|-
| align="center" | 080104 || align="left" | [[Santa Lucía, El Seibo|Santa Lucía]] || 11,742 || 141.0 || {{Pop density|11742|141|km2|prec=1|disp=num}}
|}

==Economy==
[[Cattle]] raising is the most important activity in the [[municipality]]. [[Sugar cane]] is also grown here.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Provincial capitals of the Dominican Republic}}

[[Category:Settlements in the Dominican Republic]]
[[Category:1500s establishments in the Spanish Empire]]