| Las Matas de Farfán | |
| Pushpin Map: | Dominican Republic |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Las Matas de Farfán in the Dominican Republic |
| Coordinates: | 18.87°N -71.52°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | San Juan |
| Area Total Km2: | 636.64 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 70586 |
| Population As Of: | 2012 |
| Total Type: | Total |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Blank1 Name: | Municipal Districts |
| Blank1 Info: | 2 |
Las Matas de Farfán is a town in the San Juan Province, Dominican Republic. It is the birthplace of a number of current and former Major League Baseball players including Jean Segura, Juan Encarnación, Roberto Novoa, Odalis Perez, Ramón Santiago, and Valerio de los Santos. During the 1822–44 Haitian occupation, the town was officially designated as Las-Mathas.[3] [4]
The Furnia de Catanamatias, in the mountain range above the town, is the deepest cave in the Dominican republic (380m).[5]
Las Matas de Farfán has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) with very hot daytime temperatures and milder nighttime temperatures year round. Diurnal temperature variation is very large for the Caribbean.