Loma de Cabrera

**Loma de Cabrera** is a Dominican city and municipality of the Dajabón province, on the northwestern part of the country, near the border with Haiti.

It was a small town in the Monte Cristi province that became a municipality when the Dajabón province was created in 1938.

## Name

Its Spanish name, Loma de Cabrera, means in English _Hill of Cabrera_ or _Cabrera's Hill_. The city and most of the municipality is among hills and its old name was Loma de David (David's Hill) but it was named after José Cabrera, one of the leaders of the Restoration War against Spain and who fought in this region.

## Location

The municipality is surrounded by municipalities of the Dajabón province: Dajabón to the north, Rstauración to the south, and El Pino and Partido to the east. To the west, Loma de Cabrera borders with Haiti.

## Population

The city had, in , a total population of 10,893: 5,647 men and 5,246 women. The urban population was  of the total population.

## Geography

Loma de Cabrera has a total area of , about  of the total area of the province of Dajabón . The city is an elevation of , and at  to the south of the city of Dajabón, the capital of the province.

Most of the municipality is among mountains because it is in the northern side of the Cordillera Central ("Central mountain chain"). The highest mountains are to the south of the city; to the north, there are only low hills with small valleys.

To the north of the city there is a hill with pines that can be seen from the city because it is alone; it is the _Cerro Chacuey_ (in English, Chacuey Hill).

The most important river of the municipality (and of the province) is the Dajabón River, also called Masacre River; it flows across the municipality from south to north. There are other rivers but they are very small and tributaries of the Dajabón.

## Administrative division

The municipality of Loma de Cabrera has two municipal districts: Capotillo, to the west of the city and close to Haiti, and Santiago de la Cruz in the northern part of the municipality.

|Code|Municipal district|Population <small>(2010)</small>|
| --- | --- | --- |
|050202|Capotillo|2,112|
|050203|Santiago de la Cruz|2,619|

## Economy

The main economic activity of the province is farming; the main products are coffee, beans and manioc.

Cattle raising for milk is also an important activity in the municipality.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Loma de Cabrera
- **official name**: Santa Cruz de Mao
- **settlement type**: Municipality
- **pushpin map**: Dominican Republic
- **pushpin relief**: 1
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: Dominican Republic
- **subdivision type1**: Provinces of the Dominican Republic, Province
- **subdivision name1**: Dajabón Province, Dajabón
- **established title**: Founded
- **established title2**: Municipality since
- **established date2**: 1938
- **parts type**: Provinces of the Dominican Republic, Municipal Districts
- **parts style**: para
- **p1**: Capotillo
- **p2**: Santiago de la Cruz
- **area total km2**: 140.0
- **elevation m**: 206
- **population total**: 10893
- **population as of**: 2010
- **total type**: Total
- **population urban**: 7344
- **population density km2**: auto
- **population demonym**: Lomero (female, lomera)
- **timezone**: Atlantic Standard Time Zone, AST
- **utc offset**: -4
- **timezone dst**: Atlantic Standard Time Zone, AST
- **utc offset dst**: -4
- **blank name sec1**: Distance
- **blank info sec1**: to Dajabón