Villa González
Villa Gonzalez is a municipality (municipio) of the Santiago province in the Dominican Republic. Within the municipality there are two municipal districts (distritos municipal): El Limón and Palmar Arriba.[4]
Villa González, Dominican Republic | |
---|---|
![]() ![]() Villa González, Dominican Republic Villa González in the Dominican Republic | |
Coordinates: 19°31′48″N 70°46′48″W | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | Santiago |
Townhood | 20 January 1915[1] |
Cityhood | 1991 |
Area | |
• Total | 101.50 km2 (39.19 sq mi) |
Population (2012)[3] | |
• Total | 72,365 |
• Density | 710/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
Municipal Districts | 2 |
Geography
The town is located 20 miles away from Santiago de los Caballeros.
Economy
The area produces some of the finest tobacco in the Dominican Republic.
Notable residents
- José Reyes, Major League Baseball shortstop for the New York Mets
gollark: * does not really have good speed
gollark: ++delete the server
gollark: To me.
gollark: Give me the server.
gollark: I should clearly be put in charge of all administration and also not have to pay anything.
References
- Espinal Hernández, Edwin Rafael (31 January 2015). "Manuelico González: Gestor de Villa González" (in Spanish). Instituto Dominicano de Genealogía. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- Superficies a nivel de municipios, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica Archived April 17, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- Censo 2012 de Población y Vivienda, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica
- Oficina Nacional de Estadistica, Departamento de Cartografia, Division de Limites y Linderos. "Listado de Codigos de Provincias, Municipio y Distritos Municipales, Actualizada a Junio 20 del 2006" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on August 3, 2007. Retrieved 2007-01-24.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.