Loma de Cabrera is the second largest city in the province of

Dajabón Dajabón is a municipality and capital of the Dajabón province in the Dominican Republic, which is located on the northwestern Dominican Republic frontier with Haiti. It is a market town with a population of about 26,000, north of the Cordiller ...

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. It is located in the northwest portion of the country, in 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 constitu ...

region. The river named ''Dajabón'', also known as Masacre, runs through Loma de Cabrera. The same river separates the city of Dajabon from

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...

. Loma de Cabrera has a very popular river falls called "''Balneario El Salto''", which is a very popular tourist place for Dominican residents. Loma de Cabrera is the birthplace of well-known merengue artist Fernando "El Mayimbe" Villalona,

Rafael Furcal Rafael Antoni Furcal (born October 24, 1977) is a Dominican former professional baseball shortstop. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals, and Miami Marlins. With St. Louis, he w ...

, the former Major League Baseball

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, the poet

Cristino Gómez Cristino Alberto Gómez Luciano (born 1987) is a Dominican poet, agronomist, and professor. Author of ''Ha vuelto el agua'', ''Yo dije el amor'', and other books. Early life Cristino Gómez grew up in Fondo Grande, a community in the municipalit ...

, painter

Juan Andújar Juan Andújar (Loma de Cabrera, Dominican Republic, 1986) is a Dominican artist known by his modern paintings inspired in the ocean and rural life. Biography Juan Andújar was born to a family with artistics tradition. His father, José Andújar, ...

, and baseball outfielder Julio Rodríguez.

Notable people

- (b 1986) is a Dominican artist *

- (b 1977) is a Dominican former professional baseball shortstop *

- (b 1987) is a Dominican poet, agronomist, and professor. * Julio Rodríguez - (b 2000) is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder for the

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Fernando Villalona Fernando Villalona, the first artist named "El Mayimbe" (born in Loma de Cabrera, Dajabón Province on May 7, 1955, Ramón Fernando Villalona Évora), is a Dominican merengue singer who began singing in the early 1970s, his popularity started ...

- (b 1955) is a legendary Dominican merengue singer.

Sister City

On November 16th, 2020, Mayor Michael McPartland of the Borough of Edgewater NJ, proclaimed a

Sister City A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties. While there are early examples of inter ...

relationship with Loma De Cabrera November 16 ,2020 Regular Session Minutes: http://edgewaternj.org/DocumentCenter/View/7158/11-16-2020-Mayor--Council-Regulardocx

References

Populated places in Dajabón Province Municipalities of the Dominican Republic {{Municipalities of the Dominican Republic