The Dajabón River (also called Massacre River) (french: Rivière du Massacre; es, río Masacre) is a river which forms the northernmost part of the

international border Borders are usually defined as geographical boundaries, imposed either by features such as oceans and terrain, or by political entities such as governments, sovereign states, federated states, and other subnational entities. Political borders c ...

between 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 with ...

and Haiti. The river got the name "Massacre River" because it was the site of the killing of thirty French buccaneers by Spanish settlers in 1728. The name became newly popular after being the site of many killings during the

Parsley Massacre The Parsley massacre (Spanish: ''el corte'' "the cutting"; Creole: ''kout kouto-a'' "the stabbing") (french: Massacre du Persil; es, Masacre del Perejil; ht, Masak nan Pèsil) was a mass killing of Haitians living in the Dominican Republic's nor ...

—though the event was not, contrary to popular belief, the origin of its name.

References

* The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000.
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Rivers of the Dominican Republic Rivers of Haiti International rivers of North America Dominican Republic–Haiti border Border rivers {{Haiti-river-stub

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