La Caya is a

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in the

Valverde province Valverde () is a province of the Dominican Republic. It was split from Santiago Province in 1959. It is in the northwestern part of the country. Its capital city is Santa Cruz de Mao. It was created on 1959. It was a municipality of the Santia ...

of the

Cibao The Cibao, usually referred as "El Cibao", is a region of the Dominican Republic located at the northern part of the country. As of 2009 the Cibao has a population of 5,622,378 making it the most populous region in the country. The region constit ...

region of 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 ...

. The term "la caya" refers to a species of tree ( Sideroxylon foetidissimum) which grows in the region.

History

La Caya was founded in 1900. From its founding until 1939 it belonged to the Commons of Guayubin in the Montecristi province. The Law No. 125 of 1939 brought La Caya into the category of a section. With the Law No. 5220 of 1959, it belonged to the municipal district of Laguna Salada, municipality of Esperanza, Valverde

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. It became a

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within the

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Laguna Salada Laguna Salada (, ''Salt Lake'') is a municipality (''municipio'') of the Valverde province in the Dominican Republic. Within the municipality there are three municipal districts (''distritos municipal''): Cruce de Guayacanes, Jaibón and La ...

with the passing of Law No. 151-01. The town has an urban center and three smaller rural sections- Pozo Prieto, Loma de Pozo Prieto, and Palo Amarillo. Letrero verde enfrente de La Caya

Sources

* – World-Gazetteer.com
Oficina Nacional de Estadística
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