Ramón Santana

Place in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic

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18°33′0″N 69°10′48″W / 18.55000°N 69.18000°W / 18.55000; -69.18000CountryDominican RepublicProvince San Pedro de MacorísMunicipality since1980Area

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• Total249.92 km² (96.49 sq mi)Population

(2012)^[2]

• Total16,548 • Density66/km² (170/sq mi)

Ramon Santana is a municipality (municipio) of the San Pedro de Macorís province in the Dominican Republic.^[3]

Its original name was Guasa (also spelt Guaza) but, in 1899, was changed to Ramón Santana after the twin brother of Pedro Santana.

Geography

The town is on the right side of the Soco river. The Guasa river, a tributary of the Soco, is close to the town.

In 1888, it was made a Puesto Cantonal (a "military post"), similar to the present Municipal district, of the El Seibo province.

In 1938, Ramón Santana was transferred to the San Pedro de Macorís province as a municipality.

^ Superficies a nivel de municipios, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica Archived 2009-04-17 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 2007-08-03. Retrieved 2007-01-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)