Castillo is a municipality of the
Duarte Province
Duarte () is a northeastern province which comprises one of the 32 provinces of the Dominican Republic. It is divided into 7 municipalities and its capital city is San Francisco de Macorís. It is bordered by the provinces of María Trinidad Sánc ...
in the
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares wit ...
.
It was named after General Manuel María Castillo, hero of the
Dominican Restoration.
The first inhabitants came to the area between 1718 and 1730 from foreign and neighboring communities, such as
San Francisco de Macorís
San Francisco de Macorís is a city in the Dominican Republic located in the northeast portion of the island, in the Cibao region. It is the capital of the Duarte Province, and the sixth most populated city in the country. The name ''San Franci ...
,
Salcedo
Salcedo is a Spanish name meaning "of or relating to the Willow, Willow Tree".
Sapcedo or Salzedo may refer to:
Places
*Hermanas Mirabal Province (formerly called Salcedo), Dominican Republic
*Salcedo, Dominican Republic, the capital of the Herma ...
,
Moca, and
La Vega.
References
Populated places in Duarte Province
Municipalities of the Dominican Republic
{{Municipalities of the Dominican Republic