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
- Superficies a nivel de municipios, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica
- Book: De la Fuente
, Santiago
. Geografía Dominicana . Editora Colegial Quisqueyana . 1976 . Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic . es .
- 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.