San Ignacio de Sabaneta
Official seal of San Ignacio de Sabaneta
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San Ignacio de Sabaneta is located in the Dominican Republic
San Ignacio de Sabaneta
San Ignacio de Sabaneta
San Ignacio de Sabaneta in the Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 19°29′0″N 71°21′0″W / 19.48333°N 71.35000°W / 19.48333; -71.35000
Country Dominican Republic
ProvinceSantiago Rodríguez
Founded1844
Municipality since1858
Area
[1]
 • Total804.47 km2 (310.61 sq mi)
Elevation
[2]
124 m (407 ft)
Population
 (2012)[3]
 • Total98,453
 • Density120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Distance to
 – Santo Domingo
245 km
Municipal Districts0

San Ignacio de Sabaneta is the capital and a municipality of Santiago Rodriguez in the northwestern part of the Dominican Republic. It is usually called only Sabaneta or Santiago Rodríguez.

History

The town was founded in 1844 by Santiago Rodríguez and the brothers, Alejandro and José Bueno. The city laid in the centre of a small savanna, in Spanish, Sabaneta. In 1854, the town was elevated to the category of Military Post and in 1858 it was incorporated into a municipality of the Santiago province.

Sabaneta was the centre of the fight against the Spanish soldiers during the Restoration War (1863–1865).

When 1879 Monte Cristi became a province, San Ignacio de Sabaneta was made a municipality of that new province. When the new province of Santiago Rodríguez was created in 1948, San Ignacio de Sabaneta was made the head municipality of the province.

Climate

Climate data for Sabaneta, Dominican Republic (1961-1990)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 36.2
(97.2) 		37.7
(99.9) 		37.9
(100.2) 		38.8
(101.8) 		39.2
(102.6) 		38.5
(101.3) 		40.0
(104.0) 		40.4
(104.7) 		39.5
(103.1) 		39.2
(102.6) 		37.2
(99.0) 		36.2
(97.2) 		40.4
(104.7)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 31.3
(88.3) 		32.1
(89.8) 		32.6
(90.7) 		32.7
(90.9) 		33.0
(91.4) 		33.5
(92.3) 		34.2
(93.6) 		34.3
(93.7) 		33.9
(93.0) 		33.5
(92.3) 		32.2
(90.0) 		31.1
(88.0) 		32.9
(91.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 17.1
(62.8) 		17.7
(63.9) 		18.5
(65.3) 		19.5
(67.1) 		20.5
(68.9) 		20.7
(69.3) 		20.9
(69.6) 		20.9
(69.6) 		20.6
(69.1) 		20.4
(68.7) 		19.0
(66.2) 		17.7
(63.9) 		19.5
(67.1)
Record low °C (°F) 12.0
(53.6) 		12.0
(53.6) 		13.0
(55.4) 		13.0
(55.4) 		13.9
(57.0) 		15.5
(59.9) 		17.0
(62.6) 		17.0
(62.6) 		17.2
(63.0) 		15.0
(59.0) 		14.0
(57.2) 		12.0
(53.6) 		12.0
(53.6)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 33.0
(1.30) 		36.9
(1.45) 		43.6
(1.72) 		125.7
(4.95) 		202.2
(7.96) 		149.2
(5.87) 		75.8
(2.98) 		88.8
(3.50) 		141.8
(5.58) 		149.3
(5.88) 		106.3
(4.19) 		35.3
(1.39) 		1,187.9
(46.77)
Average rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm) 3.5 3.5 3.4 5.9 12.9 9.8 5.1 7.0 8.7 9.7 6.0 3.6 79.1
Source: NOAA[4]

Economy

The main economic activities of the municipality are tobacco, hides and milk.

Notable people from Sabaneta

References

  1. ^ 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. ^ "Santiago R. (Sabaneta) Climate Normals 1961-1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
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