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 Cordillera ...

, Dominican Republic. 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 in the northern part of the country. As of 2009, the Cibao region has a population of 5,622,378, making it the most populous region in the country. The region ...

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, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...

. 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, h ...

, the former Major League Baseball

shortstop Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball positions, baseball or softball fielding position between second base, second and third base, which is considered to be among the Defensive spectrum, most demanding defensive positions. Historically, the ...

, 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, and baseball outfielder

Julio Rodríguez Julio Yamel Rodríguez (born December 29, 2000), nicknamed "J-Rod", is a Dominican professional baseball center fielder for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). He signed with the Mariners as an international free agent in 2017 a ...

Notable people

* Juan Andújar - (b 1986) is a Dominican artist *

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

- (b 1987) is a Dominican poet, agronomist, and professor. *

- (b 2000) is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder for the

Seattle Mariners The Seattle Mariners are an American professional baseball team based in Seattle. The Mariners compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League West, West Division. The team joined the American ...

Fernando Villalona Ramón Fernando Villalona Évora (born May 7, 1955), known professionally as Fernando Villalona, is a Dominican merengue singer. Considered to be one of the most important merengue artists in the genre's history, Villalona began singing in the ...

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

Sister City

On November 16, 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 inte ...

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