Yamasá Explained

Yamasá
Settlement Type:	Municipality
Pushpin Map:	Dominican Republic
Pushpin Relief:	1
Coordinates:	18.7667°N -71°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	Monte Plata
Area Total Km2:	441.61
Area Footnotes:	^[1]
Elevation M:	82
Elevation Footnotes:	^[2]
Population As Of:	2012
Population Total:	57982
Population Density Km2:	auto
Blank1 Name:	Municipal Districts
Blank1 Info:	1
Blank2 Name:	Distance to  – Santo Domingo
Blank2 Info:	42km (26miles)

Yamasá is a municipality (municipio) of the Monte Plata province in the Dominican Republic. It includes the municipal district (distrito municipal) of Los Botados.^[3] Yamasa is north of the capital city of Santo Domingo. The Rio Ozama, one of Dominican Republic's longest rivers, passes through Yamasa.

Farming

Primarily a rural agriculture community, sugar cane, plantains and mangoes are common staples grown in Yamasa.

Famous citizens

• Camilo Doval (born 1997), baseball relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants
• Baseball Player César Hernández who played for the Cincinnati Reds was born in Yamasá in 1966.
• Journalist Enny Pichardo An Emmy Award nominee, former Spokesperson/Press Secretary for the NYS Attorney General; and currently Host/Producer of #EnNYConMás, on youtube (www.ennyconmas.tv); previously a national news-correspondent for NBC/Telemundo Network and Noticiero Univisión was born in Yamasá in 1982.

References

Notes and References

1. Superficies a nivel de municipios, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica
2. Book: De la Fuente , Santiago . Geografía Dominicana . Editora Colegial Quisqueyana . 1976 . Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic . es .
3. Web site: Listado de Codigos de Provincias, Municipio y Distritos Municipales, Actualizada a Junio 20 del 2006 . Departamento de Cartografia, Division de Limites y Linderos . 20 June 2006 . es . https://web.archive.org/web/20070314215735/http://www.one.gob.do/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=113 . 14 March 2007 . 12 August 2011.