Sabaneta, Dominican Republic
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.
San Ignacio de Sabaneta | |
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  San Ignacio de Sabaneta San Ignacio de Sabaneta in the Dominican Republic | |
| Coordinates: 19°29′0″N 71°21′0″W | |
| Country |  Dominican Republic |
| Province | Santiago Rodríguez |
| Founded | 1844 |
| Municipality since | 1858 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 804.47 km2 (310.61 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 124 m (407 ft) |
| Population (2012)[3] | |
| • Total | 98,453 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (320/sq mi) |
| Distance to – Santo Domingo | 245 km |
| Municipal Districts | 0 |
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) | |||||||||||||
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| 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) |
| Average high °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) |
| Average low °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] | |||||||||||||
Notable people from Sabaneta
- Fefita la Grande Dominican Musician who composed Merengue "Tipico" and is known for her Perico Ripiao
- Diógenes Díaz Torres destacado poeta, con un sin número de verso escritos en su libro Sin Cesarea
References
- Superficies a nivel de municipios, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica Archived 2009-04-17 at the Wayback Machine
- De la Fuente, Santiago (1976). Geografía Dominicana (in Spanish). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Editora Colegial Quisqueyana.
- Censo 2012 de Población y Vivienda, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica
- "Santiago R. (Sabaneta) Climate Normals 1961-1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved September 19, 2016.