Salcedo, Dominican Republic

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Salcedo
Coordinates: 19°22′41″N70°25′05″W / 19.378°N 70.418°W / 19.378; -70.418 Coordinates: 19°22′41″N70°25′05″W / 19.378°N 70.418°W / 19.378; -70.418 ,
CountryFlag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
Province Hermanas Mirabal
Area
[1]
 • Total190.6 km2 (73.6 sq mi)
Elevation
[2]
196 m (643 ft)
Population
 (2012) [3]
 • Total45,299
 • Density240/km2 (620/sq mi)
 • Demonym
Salcedense
Distance to
 – Santo Domingo
160 km
Municipalities 1

Salcedo is the capital city of the Hermanas Mirabal Province in the Dominican Republic. It is the birthplace of the Dominican heroines, the Mirabal sisters, who died in the struggle against the dictator Rafael Trujillo. A museum in the town commemorates three of sisters; it was tended to by the remaining sister, Bélgica (Dedé) Mirabal, until her death on February 1, 2014. [4]

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The city is named after Francisco Antonio Salcedo who fought in the northwestern part of the country against the Haitian army during the Dominican-Haitian War after the Dominican independence from Haiti in 1844.

Geography

Salcedo is located in the Cibao Valley, south of the Cordillera Septentrional (in English, "Northern mountain range"). It has a total area of 432.95 km2. [1] It has only one municipal district (a subdivision of a municipality): Jamao Afuera. [5]

Climate

Climate data for Salcedo, Dominican Republic (1961-1990)
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Record high °C (°F)35.3
(95.5)		35.7
(96.3)		36.8
(98.2)		37.3
(99.1)		37.6
(99.7)		39.4
(102.9)		39.5
(103.1)		38.7
(101.7)		37.1
(98.8)		37.1
(98.8)		36.5
(97.7)		36.0
(96.8)		39.5
(103.1)
Average high °C (°F)29.1
(84.4)		29.4
(84.9)		30.7
(87.3)		31.3
(88.3)		31.7
(89.1)		32.5
(90.5)		32.5
(90.5)		32.5
(90.5)		32.8
(91.0)		32.1
(89.8)		30.7
(87.3)		29.1
(84.4)		31.2
(88.2)
Average low °C (°F)18.7
(65.7)		18.8
(65.8)		19.4
(66.9)		19.9
(67.8)		20.7
(69.3)		21.5
(70.7)		21.4
(70.5)		21.3
(70.3)		21.1
(70.0)		20.7
(69.3)		19.8
(67.6)		19.0
(66.2)		20.2
(68.4)
Record low °C (°F)13.5
(56.3)		14.0
(57.2)		14.0
(57.2)		14.1
(57.4)		15.0
(59.0)		16.1
(61.0)		16.5
(61.7)		17.0
(62.6)		16.3
(61.3)		16.2
(61.2)		15.7
(60.3)		15.0
(59.0)		13.5
(56.3)
Average rainfall mm (inches)82.7
(3.26)		73.2
(2.88)		75.7
(2.98)		107.5
(4.23)		152.7
(6.01)		79.1
(3.11)		108.9
(4.29)		131.0
(5.16)		113.4
(4.46)		124.7
(4.91)		157.9
(6.22)		134.2
(5.28)		1,341
(52.80)
Average rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm)10.88.58.68.811.68.812.111.59.811.212.813.3127.8
Source: NOAA [6]

History

In the place where is now the city of Salcedo there was a very small town with the name of Juana Núñez. It was made a Puesto cantonal (an old category that now is called Municipal District) in 1880 as part of the old La Vega province. [7]

With the creation of the Espaillat province in 1885, Juana Núñez was made part of this new province. In 1891, its name was changed from Juana Núñez to the present one, Salcedo.

Salcedo was made a municipality in 1905 and, when the Salcedo Province (now Hermanas Mirabal Province) was created in 1952, the city became the head municipality of the new province.

Economy

Farming is the only economic activity in the municipality, except for some very small industries; the main products are plantain, cassava and cacao.

Sister cities

Interesting facts

The city became widely known outside of the Dominican Republic due to the YouTube video with an unusual request from the listener of a local radio station to play a song with the words "Esas son Reebok o son Nike" (meaning "Are they Reebok or Nike?"). The song in reference was actually Corona's "The Rhythm of the Night".

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References

  1. 1 2 Superficies a nivel de municipios, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica Archived 2009-04-17 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ De la Fuente, Santiago (1976). Geografía Dominicana (in Spanish). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Editora Colegial Quisqueyana.
  3. ↑ Censo 2012 de Población y Vivienda, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica
  4. ↑ Garcia, Franklin (2014-02-03). "Last Surviving Mirabal Sister, Doña Dede, Dead at 88". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
  5. ↑ Oficina Nacional de Estadística. "División Territorial 2008" (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-04-14. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
  6. ↑ "Salcedo Climate Normals 1961-1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
  7. ↑ Pouerié Cordero, M.M (1997). Síntesis de ciudades, pueblos e islas del país (in Spanish). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Impresora Mary.
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