Neiba (also spelt ''Neyba'') is a city in the southwest 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 wit ...

. It is the capital city of the Baoruco province, and is located 180 kilometres west of the national capital,

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, close to the shore of

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, the largest lake in the

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History

Before the conquest and colonization of Hispaniola, the place was a nitainato belonging to the Chiefdom of Jaragua. Founded in 1546 as a town from a cattle herd on the west side, years later it was depopulated together with the Villa de San Juan, being refounded in 1735 when it was repopulated and its neighbors enjoyed their lands that were from the Azua district. On March 13, 1844, a confrontation between Haitian and Dominican troops took place in the municipality in the so-called Battle of the Baptism of Blood, held in the now municipality of Galván, Bahoruco Province. The municipality was also the scene of the restoration struggles, where the first war day began with the assault on the Neyba command, an action led by Cayetano Velásquez. Neiba_2

A Law of the National Congress of the year 1942, elevated Neyba to the category of head of the Province of Bahoruco, being inaugurated on March 18, 1943, during the time of Trujillo. Date that is celebrated on March 10 by the inhabitants of the place, since it was on this date that the announcement was made.

Economy

The most important crops in the municipality are: coffee and grapes. The municipality of Neiba was the first to export coffee to alternative markets in Europe, and for the industrialization of the grape, a factory was built for the production of wine, must, alcohol and jam, with the advice of the Government of Italy and Spain. Neiba_Dominican_Republic

The grape reaches the American continent on the second voyage of Christopher Columbus. Being introduced in Neiba. The first coffee seedlings were introduced in 1735 from Saint Domingue. The table grape: Red Globe or Red Globe, is the innovation of the moment, from the installation of the Grape Cluster. Besides, bananas, mangoes, beans, passion fruit, honey, pigeon peas, molondones are grown in a minority way.

Climate

Neiba has a hot

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References

Populated places in Baoruco Province Municipalities of the Dominican Republic Populated places established in 1735 {{DominicanRepublic-geo-stub