Nagua ( isp. Nagua ) - a city and municipality in the Dominican Republic , the capital of the province of Maria Trinidad-Sanchez [3] . It borders with municipalities: Rio San Juan and Cabrera in the north, El Factor in the south, as well as the provinces of Duarte in the west and south, Samana in the east. Nagua is located 180 km from the capital Santo Domingo .
City and municipality | |
Nagua | |
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Nagua | |
A country | Dominican Republic |
Provinces | Maria trinidad sanchez |
History and geography | |
Based | 1938 |
Square | 552.71 [1] km² |
Center height | 183 m |
Timezone | UTC-4 |
Population | |
Population | 76,993 [2] people ( 2010 ) |
Originally, Nagua was a small settlement at the confluence of the River Nagua into the ocean and bore the corresponding name Boca de Nagua . He was part of the province of Duarte . In 1938, a municipality was established with a center in Nagua called Villa Julia Molina ( Spanish Villa Julia Molina ) in honor of the mother of the then Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo . In 1945, the municipality became part of the province of Samana . On August 4, 1946, a tsunami wave destroyed the nearby city of Matanzas, making the future Nagua the most important city in the region. And soon a new province, Julia Molina, was created with the center in Villa-Julia-Molina, which, after the murder of Trujillo in 1961, changed its name to its present: Maria Trinidad-Sanchez. The municipality was also renamed Nagua.
Famous natives
- Ubaldo Jimenez (born 1984), baseball player, reliever club of the Major League Baseball Baltimor Orioles since 2014
- Jordan Norberto (born 1986), baseball player, reliever of the Major League Baseball Club Tampa Bay Reis since 2014
Notes
- Fic Superficies a nivel de municipios, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica Archived April 17, 2009.
- So Censo 2012 de Población y Vivienda, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica
- ↑ Oficina Nacional de Estadistica, Departamento de Cartografia, Division de Limites y Linderos. Listado de Codigos de Provincias, Municipio y Distritos Municipales, Actualizada a Junio 20 del 2006 (Spanish) . The date of circulation is October 27, 2014. Archived March 14, 2007.