Maimón

**Maimón** is a town in the Monseñor Nouel Province of the Dominican Republic. The population was 20,500 at the 2010 census.

## Maimón

### Region

Cibao S
Monseñor Nouel Province

## History

According to popular tradition, the municipality bears the name of the prominent Taino indigenous group who lived in this place.

Before the European discovery of America, the original peoples of the area were established near Maimón, in “El Pino” on the banks of the Maimón River.

In colonial times, Maimón was originally the place that facilitated the passage from Bonao to the province of La Vega for the colonizers.

With the disappearance of the natives, Spanish families and the adjacent municipalities settled down.

Originally it belonged to the Sánchez Ramírez or Cotuí province, but during the tyranny of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, his brother José Arismendy Trujillo who practically controlled the Bonao region, included Maimón in his domains.

With the creation of the Monseñor Nouel province in 1983, Maimón was declared a municipality of the new province.

At the beginning of the 1990s and due to the evictions that took place in Hatillo for the constru

   ction of the Hatillo Dam and the extraction of gold in the Cacaos fields, in Pueblo Viejo, Cotui (Prov. Sánchez Ramírez), there was a great emigration to this municipality.

On August 17, 1925, the Maimón Section was erected to a Municipal District dependent on Cotuí. However, on January 29, 1932, the category of municipal district was suppressed and it became a section of the same municipality. When the Monseñor Nouel Province was established, Maimón together with the town of Piedra Blanca formed part of this new territorial division.

## Geography

Maimón is located at 19.8095° N, 70.7806° W. According to the ONE, the town has a total land area of 81.82 square kilometers (31.59 square miles). It is bordered by the Sánchez Ramírez Province city of Cotui on the east, the Monte Plata Province town of Yamasá on the southeast, the town of Piedra Blanca on the southwest, and the city of Bonao on the northwest.

Maimón is located between the Maimón, La Leonora, Yuna and Zinc rivers, formed as a small valley and bordered by mountains, among which are: La Peguera hill, Loma Mala, La Lomita, Loma Siete Cabezas and other minors.

## Economy

The main economic activities of the municipality are mining, agriculture, livestock and poultry production. From the Cerros de Maimón mining project, important mineral resources such as gold, silver and copper are extracted, while in its surroundings there are plantations of sweet potatoes, bananas, yautía, cocoa, coffee, and corn.

The municipality of Maimón has sources of employment, while recognizing that there are a small number of employees and workers in the mining facilities of Falconbridge and Rosario Dominicana, now Barrick Gold Corporation, Cerro de Maimón, Sococo Dominicana de Costa Rica. In addition, the Municipality has several branches of Banks and Cooperatives, among which are: Cooperativa de Ahorros y Creditos Maimón (CoopMaimon), Bonao Association of Savings and Loans (Abonap), BanReservas, Cooperativa de Emprendedores, Banfondesa, Banca Solidaria among others.

Agriculture also stands out, 37.7% of the population is dedicated to it, especially to the production of cocoa.

## Recreation

It has a mini sports complex that has multipurpose facilities, a baseball stadium, open fields and other facilities in the Buenos Aires and Puerto Rico neighborhoods. There are also several baseball stadiums in other communities.

## Heritage

The patron saint festivities are dedicated to San Isidro Labrador and last 8 days.

## References

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