Jarabacoa

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Cordillera Central, Jarabacoa

Jarabacoa is a municipality in the Dominican Republic province of La Vega. It has approximately 70,000 inhabitants.

Jarabacoa is known for its steady 70 to 90 degrees temperature all year around. The visitors have baptized Jarabacoa as "The Everlasting Spring City". Jarabacoa sits about 400m. above sea level. One of the main attractions is the Mountain Tourism in which tourist get to tour the mountains and interact with nature.

Jarabacoa begins its life like common Municipality 27 of September of 1858, category obtained by its optional social politician, in a trajectory that venia from principle of century XLX. Jarabacoa had been a territory inhabited by the tainos Indians, who called to him in this way. When arriving the Spaniards at the Island, some settled down themselves in this place, in search of gold and silver, but soon they left the zone. Soon the Spanish Part of Isla occurred to a process of establishment of massive population as a result of the first invasions Haitian on ¨ ¨. (The one of Toussaint Louverture, in the 1801 and J. Dessalines, in 1805). . To the being set afire and destroyed the Fertile valley by Dessalines, in 1805, many of their inhabitants took refuge in mountains of Jarabacoa in where later they remained to live. . During the Haitian occupation (1822-1844) continuous the emigration to Jarabacoa, the one that increase during the wars by Independence. Many inhabitants of the South settled down themselves here. In 1854 Jarabacoa he is erected like military post by virtue of his strategic position in the communication between the Cibao and the South. It counted on a population of 2,000 inhabitants and many of their men stood out as welded shining in you develop them by independence. Such are the cases of General Jose Duran and also General Norberto Tiburcio. Four years later Jarabacoa it is elevated to the Common category of by means of a decree of Presiden Pedro Santana, the 7 of September. ______________________________________________ . ECONOMIC DATA PARTNER A great part of the economy of Jarabacoa is agriculture. Projects of plantation of strawberries exist that are sold in the country and in parts they are exported, you make of blocks, mosaics and bricks, trementina. . The municipality counts on a production of vegetables in great scale, lettuces, tomatos, eggplants, carrots, beets, tallota, watercress and repollo that they are used for the internal consumption and the export. Breeding grounds, production of coffee processed in factories with high scientific technology (the Ramirez) and factory of trousers also exist forest, ornamentales and fruit. The cattle ranch (Cattle and Pig) and the poultry keeping lately have had a low economic production. 2 embasadoras of gas in the municipality exist and the unemployment index is very high in spite of the facilities of the bird-raising gardens and farm and is good for emphasizing that the social insurance of the workers does not fill its assignment. The habitacional deficit is great as a result of the population increase, the tourism, the migration of the farmer and the lack of resources that the population demands. ______________________________________________ . LOCATION AND LIMITS Jarabacoa rises in a high plateau of 525mts of height, located in he himself center of the central mountain range and the heart of the Dominican Republic, has by limits: The Fertile valley to the north; Mon Mr. Nouel to the southwest; Constanza to Sur and Jánico to the Northwest. ______________________________________________ COMMUNICATION ROUTES The population is to 2 hours and average from Santo Domingo at speed average in a route of 130 kilometers by the Freeway Duarte and 21 kilometer by the highway Federico Basilis. The main highways lead to the Fertile valley, Constanza, Manabao, Jumunuco, Tavera and Janico. ______________________________________________ TERRITORIAL AND POPULATION DIVISION Jarabacoa occupies a portion of 23 kilometros2, its complete division territorial at the moment an increase in the composition of urban and suburban the zone and is by that we want to mention new sectors like High Hill, the Candelarios, the Wheel, Elías Santana, Rescue 94, Helping Maria, Medina I and II, Urb. Hidaka, Ersilia Pepin, Villa Dawn, Urb.Ñeñe, Urb. Luis and Jorge, Urb. Tavito, San Pablo, Urb. Gerez, Urb. Ercilla Beijing and Brisas of the Wooded hill. In sona rural this composing by 11 sections: Good Vista, Corocito, Estancita, Hatillo, Jumunco, Corozos, Manabao, Short Step, Pedregal, White Stone. Jarabacoa counts on an approximated population of 75.000 inhabitants.

Jarabacoa's Carnaval is one of the most famous in the world.