Castillo is a municipality of the
Duarte Province 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,
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