San Pedro de Macorís Province

**San Pedro de Macorís** is a province in the eastern Dominican Republic.

Province

## About

Located on the southeast coast of the Dominican Republic, the San Pedro de Macorís province is named after its provincial capital which is the fourth largest city in the country.

San Pedro de Macorís is known for its role in the development of the Dominican sugar industry. This province has most of the country's sugar mills that turned its provincial capital into an important economic bridge for the Dominican Republic from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th.

In addition to its sugar mills and large sugar cane plantations, its economy also benefits from its production of electricity, livestock, several free zone parks and great tourist activity.

San Pedro de Macorís is home to prominent figures in Dominican culture such as the poet and writer Pedro Mir, the poet and storyteller René del Risco, and the singer and composer Juan Luis Guerra. It also has a reputation as the capital of Dominican baseball, as it has provided a relatively high number of professional baseball players such as George Bell, Robinson Canó, Sammy Sosa and Alfonso Soriano.

## Geography

### Municipalities

San Pedro de Macorís☆ 263,951. The seat of government of the province of the same name. It is located on the shores of the Caribbean Sea and its origins date back to the early nineteenth century (*early 1800's*) when people fleeing the Haitian occupation established small communities at the mouth of the Higuamo River. The rapid development of the sugar industry allowed San Pedro de Macorís to become one of the main cities in the Dominican Republic.

Guayacanes 37,889. This municipality, whose name comes from a very abundant tree in this region that is used for the elaboration of handicrafts, is one of the most important tourist areas of the Dominican Republic, whose beaches are enjoyed by both foreign tourists and visitors from nearby towns.

Ramón Santana 16,548. Located at the eastern end of the province, this municipality was originally known as *Guasa* in honor of the Taíno chief who dominated these lands. It is named after the twin brother of the military and politician Pedro Santana (1801-1864) who was the first constitutional president of the Dominican Republic.

San José de los Llanos 38,989. Better known as **Los Llanos,** this municipality originated in the early seventeenth century (*early 1600's*) when this region was populated by emigrants evicted from the north of the island after the Osorio Devastations (1605-1606). According to some historians, the first cry for independence was made in this community on February 26, 1844

Quisqueya 24,885. Located in the northwest of the San Pedro de Macorís province, this rural municipality emerged at the end of the 19th century with the development of the sugar industry in the region, bearing the name of the sugar mill that made it one of the main sugarcane communities with the largest developing.

Consuelo 36,588. Located a few minutes north of the provincial capital, this municipality is named after the first central sugar mill in San Pedro de Macorís that helped in the development of the region. In its beginnings in the mid-nineteenth century, it was known as *Agua Dulce* due to its proximity to the Higuamo River.

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