Bayaguana

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article does not cite any references or sources. (March 2008)
Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed.

Bayaguana is a town in the southeastern part of the Dominican Republic, in the province of Monte Plata. It was founded in 1605, when Spain resettled colonists from the northern and western part of Hispaniola closer to Santo Domingo. Spanish colonists from La Yaguana and Bayajá (present-day Port-au-Prince and Fort-Liberté, Haiti) were resettled in the town. It has a population of 19,351. The economy is centered around cattle-ranching and pineapple and rice farming.