Las Galeras is a Dominican Municipal district of Santa Bárbara de Samaná, Samaná province. It is on the east coast of the Samaná Peninsula, on the Rincón Bay that is found between Cabrón and Samaná capes.
Las Galeras, in English The Galleys (a galley was a war ship where prisoners and slaves were used to move the ship), because two galleys stayed here during the 16th Century.[1]
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In the last national census (2002), the population of Las Galeras is included with that of Santa Bárbara de Samaná.[2]
The most important economic activities of the province are agriculture, fishing and tourism.