Dajabón Province

**Dajabón** is a Dominican province; it is in the northwestern part of the country, on the border with Haiti. Its capital city has the same name, Dajabón.

It was created on 1938 with the name Province _Libertador_. It got its present name in 1961. It was part of the Monte Cristi province before being elevated to the category of province

## Name

The province takes the name from the Taíno name of the region, **Dahaboon**; it was also the name of the main river of the region, the Dajabón River.

## Location

Dajabón is bordered to the north by the Monte Cristi province, to the east by the Santiago Rodríguez province and to the south by the Elías Piña province. To the west Dajabón borders the Republic of Haiti.

## History

For a very long time, very few people lived in this region because it was on the border between two countries: first, between the French colony of _Saint-Domingue_ and the Spanish colony of _Santo Domingo_ and later between the two independent countries of Haiti and Dominican Republic. There were many fights here between the armies of the two parts of the island and some important battles were held close to the city of Dajabón during the Dominican Independence War.

In 1861, the Dominican Republic became again a colony of Spain. The Restoration War, or just the _Restoration_, started on 16 August 1863, in a hill near the hamlet of _Capotillo_. The Spanish army left the country in 1865.

After the _Restoration_, people came to live in this area and several towns were created.

When the province was created in 1938, it had three municipalities: Dajabón, Loma de Cabrera and Restauración. In 1996, Partido was made a municipality and later, in 2002, El Pino became another municipality.

The municipal districts of the province were created in:
- 2002 : Manuel Bueno
- 2005 : Cañongo and Capotillo
- 2006 : Santiago de la Cruz

## Population

In  (last national census), there were  people living in the Dajabón province, and 38,225 () living in towns and cities. The population density was  persons/km².

Its population represents  of the total population of the country and the province is ranked as the 14th (out of 31 plus the National District) more populated province.

, the total estimated propulation of the province is 65,519 inhabitants.

The largest city of the province is Dajabón, its head municipality or capital, with a population (in 2010) of 25,245 inhabitants.

## Geography

The Dajabón province has a total area of . It has 2.1% of the area of the Dominican Republic and it is ranked as the 23rd (out of 31 plus the National District) largest province. The altitude of the city of Dajabón, provincial capital, is .

The Cordillera Central ("Central mountain chain") is in the southern part ofthe province. The northern part is flat, with many savannas; it is part of the _Yaque del Norte Valley_ (or _Línea Noroeste_).

There are two main roads in the province. One, from north to south, comes from the Monte Cristi province and goes through the cities of Dajabón, Loma de Cabrera and Restauración and then goes into the Elías Piña province. In some parts, the road marks the border with Haiti.

The second main road begins in Santiago de la Cruz and goes to the east through Partido and El Pino and then through the Santiago Rodríguez and Valverde provinces to end in the _Carretera Duarte_ (Duarte National Road), one of the most important road of the country and that goes from Santo Domingo to Monte Cristi.

### Rivers

The only important river in the province is the Dajabón River, also known as _Masacre_ (from French _Massacre_). This river marks the Dominican-Haitian border from the city of Dajabón to its mouth. Other rivers are very short and they are tributaries of the Dajabon or the Artibonite rivers.

### Climate

The climate of the province is a tropical climate, hot most of the year, but it is cooler on the mountains..

### Municipalities

There are 5 municipalities and 4 municipal districts (M.D.) in the province. The municipalities and its municipal districts (M.D.) are:

|Municipality (code)|Municipal Districts (code)|Population <small>(2010)</small> !! Area <small>(km<sup>2</sup>)</small> !! Density !! Altitude <small>(m)</small>||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Dajabón (050101)|25,245|220.8||38||
||Cañongo (050102)|2,826|40.2||23|
|**Dajabón** (050100)|28,071|261.0||||
|Loma de Cabrera (050201)|10,893|140.0||206||
||Capotillo (050202)|2,112|57.1||200|
||Santiago de la Cruz (050203)|2,619|48.9||280|
|**Loma de Cabrera** (050200)|15,624|246.0||||
|Partido (050301)|6,951|149.8||198||
|**Partido** (050300)|6,951|149.8||||
|Restauración (050401)|7,274|276.6||664||
|**Restauración** (050400)|7,274|276.6||||
|El Pino (050501)|4,236|43.9||214||
||Manuel Bueno (050502)|1,799|44.0||309|
|**El Pino** (050500)|6,035|87.9||||
|**Dajabón province** (050000)|63,955|1,021.3||||

## Economy

As in all provinces on the Dominican Republic-Haiti border, there is little economic development. The trade with Haiti is very important, mostly in the city of Dajabón.

On the mountains, coffee and beans are important products. Rice and bananas are produced in the northern part of the province, and cattle raising is important around the city of Dajabón.

## Related pages

- Provinces of the Dominican Republic

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Dajabón
- **settlement type**: Provinces of the Dominican Republic, Province
- **image skyline**: File:CIndios.JPG
- **image size**: 260px
- **image caption**: Massacre river runs through Loma de Cabrera in Dajabon, Dominican Republic.
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **image map**: File:Dajabon in Dominican Republic.svg
- **map caption**: Location of the Dajabón Province
- **leader title**: Congress of the Dominican Republic, Congresspersons
- **leader name**: 1 Senator
2 Deputies
- **government type**: Subdivisions
- **governing body**: 5 Municipality, municipalities
4 List of municipalities of the Dominican Republic#Administration, municipal districts
- **established title**: Province since
- **established date**: 1938
- **area total km2**: 1020.73
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone1**: Eastern Time Zone (North America), EST
- **utc offset1**: -4
- **blank name**: Area code
- **blank info**: 1-809 1-829 1-849
- **blank1 name**: ISO 3166-2
- **blank1 info**: DO-05
- **blank2 name**: Postal Code
- **blank2 info**: 63000