Cruce De Ocoa is an important junction and a small town 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 ...
. Less than a thousand inhabitants live in the town. A major highway,
DR-2
DR-2 is the second numbered national highway in the Dominican Republic. Its common name is Carretera Sánchez in honor of Francisco del Rosario Sánchez, one of the founding fathers. In the city of Santo Domingo, it is known as Autopista 30 de M ...
, passes through and intersects with
DR-Route 42 at Cruce De Ocoa. DR-Route 42 connects DR-2 to
San José de Ocoa
San José de Ocoa, or simply Ocoa, is the capital of San José de Ocoa province in the Dominican Republic. It is located north of the Peravia province, and was part of that province until 1 January 2002.
History
The town was founded in 1805 by pe ...
, capital city of the province with the
same name.
Populated places in the Dominican Republic
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