Santa Cruz del Seibo

**Santa Cruz del Seibo**, or simply **El Seibo**, is a Dominican city and the head municipality of the El Seibo province, in the eastern part of the country. El Seibo is also written sometimes as **El Seybo**.

It is one of the oldest city of the Hispaniola island, founded during colonial times.

## Population

The municipality had, in 2010, a total population of 46,285: 24,787 men and 21,498 women. The urban population was  of the total population.

## History

The town was founded on 1502 by Juan de Esquivel, a Spanish conquistador; the Spanish governor of the Hispaniola at that time was Nicolás de Ovando. The original name of the town was _Santa Cruz de Icayagua_, also written as Hicayagua.

## Geography

The municipality has a total area of . The city is at  to the northeast of Santo Domingo, at an elevation of .

Santa Cruz del Seibo is near, on the south side, the _Cordillera Oriental_ (in English: "Eastern mountain range". It is located in the northeastern part of the _Llano Costero del Caribe_ (in English, "Caribbean Coastal Plain"), a large prairie with many important savannas.

The city is near the River Soco, one of the most important river of the eastern region of the Hispaniola island.

The municipality of El Seibo has the municipality of the Miches to the north, the La Altagracia province to the east, the La Romana province to the southeast, the San Pedro de Macorís province to the southwest and the Hato Mayor province to the west.

### Climate

El Seibo has a tropical monsoonal climate climate (Köppen climate classification : **Am**), with a dry season and a heavy monsoon the rest of year, no cold season.

The average amount of rainfall for the year in the city is . Most rains fall during the end of summer. The month with the most precipitation on average is October with  of rainfall, followed by May with .

The driest season is winter. The month with the least rainfall on average is February with an average of  and the second is March with .

El Seibo is in a warm region; the average temperature for the year is . The warmest month, on average, is August with an average temperature of . The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of .

## Administrative division

The municipality of Comendador has three municipal districts; these are:

|Code|Municipal district|Population <small>(2010)</small> !! Area <small>(km<sup>2</sup>)</small> !! Density|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|080102|Pedro Sánchez|4,245|117.1||
|080103|San Francisco-Vicentillo|4,524|200.3||
|080104|Santa Lucía|11,742|141.0||

## Economy

Cattle raising is the most important activity in the municipality. Sugar cane is also grown here.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: El Seibo
- **official name**: Santa Cruz del Seibo
- **settlement type**: Municipality
- **image shield**: Escudo del Municipio Santa Cruz de El Seibo.svg
- **pushpin map**: Dominican Republic
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: Provinces of the Dominican Republic, Province
- **subdivision name1**: El Seibo Province, El Seibo
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1502
- **established title2**: Municipality since
- **established date2**:
1844
- **parts type**: Provinces of the Dominican Republic, Municipal Districts
- **parts style**: para
- **p1**: Pedro Sánchez, El Seibo, Pedro Sánchez
- **p2**: San Francisco-Vicentillo
- **p3**: Santa Lucía, El Seibo, Santa Lucía
- **area total km2**: 886.3
- **area urban km2**: 3.57
- **elevation m**: 117
- **population total**: 46285
- **population as of**: 2010
- **total type**: Total
- **population density km2**: auto
- **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 San Pedro de Macorís (city), San Pedro de Macorís
 to Santo Domingo