Yamasá is a

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(''

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'') of the

Monte Plata Monte Plata is a town, Municipalities of the Dominican Republic, municipality (''municipio'') and the capital city, capital of the Monte Plata Province, Monte Plata Provinces of the Dominican Republic, province in the Dominican Republic. It inclu ...

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in the

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. It includes the municipal district (''distrito municipal'') of Los Botados. Yamasa is north of the capital city of

Santo Domingo Santo Domingo, formerly known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the List of metropolitan areas in the Caribbean, largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population. the Distrito Na ...

. The

Rio Ozama The Ozama River () is a river in the Dominican Republic. It rises in the Loma Siete Cabezas mountain in the Sierra de Yamasá mountain range, close to the town of Villa Altagracia. History In 1498, Bartolome Colon had a fort built on the Ozama ...

, one of Dominican Republic's longest rivers, passes through Yamasa.

Climate

Farming

Primarily a rural agriculture community,

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, plantains and

mango A mango is an edible stone fruit produced by the tropical tree '' Mangifera indica''. It originated from the region between northwestern Myanmar, Bangladesh, and northeastern India. ''M. indica'' has been cultivated in South and Southeast As ...

es are common staples grown in Yamasa.

Famous citizens

Camilo Doval Camilo Doval (born July 4, 1997) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). He signed with the Giants as a free agent in 2015, and made his MLB debut with them in 2021. His fastball ...

(born 1997), baseball relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants *Baseball Player César Hernández who played for the Cincinnati Reds was born in Yamasá in 1966. *Journalis
Enny Pichardo
An Emmy Award nominee, former Spokesperson/Press Secretary for the NYS Attorney General; and currently Host/Producer of #EnNYConMás, on youtube (www.ennyconmas.tv); previously a national news-correspondent for NBC/Telemundo Network and Noticiero Univisión was born in Yamasá in 1982.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yamasa Populated places in Monte Plata Province Municipalities of the Dominican Republic