Gurabo, Dominican Republic

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Gurabo
Gurabo is located in the Dominican Republic
Gurabo
Gurabo
Coordinates: 19°29′0″N 70°40′0″W / 19.48333°N 70.66667°W / 19.48333; -70.66667
Country Dominican Republic
ProvinceSantiago
MunicipalitySantiago de los Caballeros
Founded1495
Area
[1]
 • Total664.37 km2 (256.51 sq mi)
Elevation
[2]
173 m (568 ft)
Population
 (2012)[3]
 • Total126,668
 • Density190/km2 (490/sq mi)
 • Urban
77,009
Distance to
 – Santo Domingo
 158km
Municipalities5

Gurabo is a suburban section in northeast Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic. It contains a population estimated at 42,000.[4] Gurabo is best known for its tobacco plantations and amber mines.

Development[]

The growth of Santiago de los Caballeros has also spurred the development of Gurabo, being that its close to the city. Gurabo was once very rural yet has always had agricultural, industrial, commercial and textile sectors. Today, it retains these sectors yet with its growth there are many housing developments, which began in the late 1990s.[4] This has led to Gurabo being considered a satellite city of Santiago.

Notable people[]

Famous people born in Gurabo:

  • Former Dominican President Hipólito Mejía and his wife, First Lady Rosa Gómez Arias.
  • María Josefa de los Santos Domínguez Gómez, wife of President Juan Isidro Jimenes.
  • Brothers Rubén and Muni Díaz Moreno, participants in the revolts for the return of Dominican constitutionality in 1965.
  • Víctor Méndez, politician.

References[]

  1. ^ Superficies a nivel de municipios, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica Archived 2009-04-17 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ De la Fuente, Santiago (1976). Geografía Dominicana (in Spanish). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Editora Colegial Quisqueyana.
  3. ^ Censo 2012 de Población y Vivienda, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica
  4. ^ a b "Gurabo y Cienfuegos: dos ciudades satélites de Santiago". ProvinciasDominicanas.org. 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-26.

Coordinates: 19°28′26″N 70°40′22″W / 19.47388°N 70.67265°W / 19.47388; -70.67265


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