Arroyo Barril is a
municipal district
A municipal district is an administrative entity comprising a clearly-defined territory and its population. It may be a city, a town, a village, a small grouping of them, or a rural area.
Brazil
In Brazil, municipal districts are, in general, su ...
of
Santa Bárbara de Samaná,
Samaná Province
Samaná () is a Provinces of the Dominican Republic, province of the Dominican Republic in the Samaná Peninsula located in the eastern region. Its Capital (political), capital is Samaná (town), Santa Bárbara de Samaná, usually known as Samaná ...
in the
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean. It shares a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Puerto Rico to the east and ...
. It is on the south coast of the Samaná Peninsula, on the coast of
Samaná Bay
Samaná Bay is a bay in the eastern Dominican Republic. The Yuna River flows into Samaná Bay, and it is located south of the town of Samaná and the Samaná Peninsula.
Wildlife
Among its features are protected islands that serve as nesting site ...
.
It was elevated to the category of municipal district on May 1, 2003.
Climate
Population
In the last national census (2002), the population of Arroyo Barril was included with that of
Santa Bárbara de Samaná.
[Censo 2002 de Población y Vivienda]
Oficina Nacional de Estadistica
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Economy
The most important economic activities of Arroyo Barril are the same as the province as a whole: agriculture
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, fishing
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and tourism
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.
References
Populated places in Samaná Province
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