Bayaguana (volleyball Club)
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Bayaguana is a municipality ('' municipio'') of the Monte Plata province in the Dominican Republic. As of the Dominican Republic's 2002 census, the municipality had a total population of 34,786 inhabitants, of which 19,001 resided in urban areas and 15,785 in rural areas.


History

Bayaguana was founded in 1606, when Spain resettled colonists from the northern and western part of
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closer to Santo Domingo, under the government eviction programme known as the
devastations of Osorio The Devastations of Osorio (in Spanish, ''las Devastaciones de Osorio'') refer to a period in the colonial history of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola in the early 17th century. In order to eliminate the contraband trade in the north and the nort ...
. Spanish colonists from La Yaguana and Bayajá (present-day Léogâne and Fort-Liberté,
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) were resettled in the town. The economy is centered on cattle-ranching and pineapple and rice farming.


Economy

It operates the agricultural line, as well as part of its land is sown with sugar cane, pineapple and natural pastures for food for the cattle that it has in abundance. A site of great tourist attraction is located near the town of Bayaguana. It is the Salto de Comate, in the river of the same name, where hundreds of people flock every day to enjoy a bath in its cold waters. There are also the spas of Comatillo, in Comatillo, Salto Alto, in Sierra de Agua, among others. In turn, part of one of the main national parks, Los Haitises National Park, is located in Bayaguana.


Climate


References


{{Monte Plata Province Populated places in Monte Plata Province Municipalities of the Dominican Republic 1606 establishments in the Spanish Empire