| Monte Plata | |
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  Monte Plata
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| Coordinates: 18°48′36″N 69°47′24″W / 18.81°N 69.79°W | |
| Country |  Dominican Republic |
| Province | Monte Plata |
| Founded | 1606 |
| Area [1] | |
| - Total | 623.55 km2 (240.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation [2] | 56 m (184 ft) |
| Population (2002)[3] | |
| - Total | 37,614 |
| - Density | 60.3/km2 (156.2/sq mi) |
| - Urban | 14,850 |
| Distance to – Santo Domingo |
153 km |
| Municipal Districts | 3 |
Monte Plata is the capital of Monte Plata in the Dominican Republic.
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Districts
- Boyá
- Chirino
- Don Juan
- San Francisco
- Gonzalo
- Majagual
Hydrology
In the municipality the main rivers of the province are the Ozama and the Yabacao. Other rivers are tributary, Yamasá, Mijo, Sabita and Guanuma.
History
Monte Plata was founded with the towns of Monte Cristi and Puerto Plata, which were destroyed by disposition of the king of Spain of the epoch and executed by Antonio Ozorio Governor of the Island, both towns gave name, they united Monte of Monte Cristi and calling it Plata Puerto Plata Monte Plata, were 87 neighbors that is to say heads of families the ones that founded to Monte Plata.
Culture
The main cultural wealth that have are its elements folk, dances, songs, stories, oral traditions and written, historic monuments, their popular religiousness, beliefs. These the mountainous foothills they form it, their rivers and gaps, which constitute a great wealth the tourism.
Sources
World Gazeteer: Dominican Republic – World-Gazetteer.com
References
- ^ Superficies a nivel de municipios, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica
- ^ De la Fuente, Santiago (1976) (in Spanish). Geografía Dominicana. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Editora Colegial Quisqueyana.
- ^ Censo 2002 de Población y Vivienda, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica
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