Los Almacigos is a town in the province of Santiago Rodríguez 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 ...

, in the west of the country between the

Cordillera Central Central Cordillera refers to the New Guinea Highlands. Cordillera Central, meaning ''central range'' in Spanish, may refer to the following mountain ranges: * Cordillera Central, Andes (disambiguation), several mountain ranges in South America ** ...

mountain range and the Inaje River area.

Population

Los Almacigos has a population of 16,613.

Local areas

One of the main attractions is the park of Olegaria Rodriguez, the first citizen of the town. The main tourist attractions in the area are the mountains and rivers of the Cordillera Central. A few kilometers to the south of Villa Los Almacigos is La Peonia, home of the

Hispaniolan solenodon The Hispaniolan solenodon (''Solenodon paradoxus''), also known as the agouta, is a small, furry, shrew-like mammal endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (in the Dominican Republic and Haiti). Like other solenodons, it is a venomous, in ...

and the

Hispaniolan hutia The Hispaniolan hutia (''Plagiodontia aedium'') is a small, rat-like mammal endemic to forests on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (split between Haiti and the Dominican Republic). It lives in burrows or trees, and is active at night when it fe ...

, endangered animals endemic to the

. These animals usually live in brushy areas and in and around the coffee plantations. Next to La Peonia is the Nalga de Maco National Park.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Villa Los Almacigos Populated places in Santiago Rodríguez Province Municipalities of the Dominican Republic