Casandra Damirón is a

Santo Domingo Metro The Santo Domingo Metro ( es, Metro de Santo Domingo) is a rapid transit system in Greater Santo Domingo. Serving the capital of the Dominican Republic, it is the most extensive metro system in the insular Caribbean and Central American region by ...

station on Line 1. It was open on 22 January 2009 as part of the inaugural section of Line 1 between

Mamá Tingó Mamá Tingó (born Florinda Muñoz Soriano; November 8, 1921 – November 3, 1974) was a Dominican activist leader and defender of the rural farming community in Dominican Republic. She was assassinated fighting against the unjust plunder of th ...

and Centro de los Héroes. The station is between Juan Bosch and

Joaquín Balaguer Joaquín Antonio Balaguer Ricardo (1 September 1906 – 14 July 2002) was a Dominican politician, scholar, writer, and lawyer. He was President of the Dominican Republic serving three non-consecutive terms for that office from 1960 to 196 ...

. This is an underground station, built below Avenida Máximo Gómez. It is named to honor

Casandra Damirón Altagracia Casandra Damirón Santana, known as Casandra Damirón (March 12, 1919 - December 5, 1983), was a Dominican singer, dancer and folklorist. Recognition In her country she was known "La Soberana de la Canción" ("The Sovereign of the S ...

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