Place:Dajabón, Dominican Republic

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NameDajabón
Alt namesDajabónsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Dajabón provincesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Libertadorsource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeProvince
Coordinates19.5°N 71.583°W
Located inDominican Republic
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Dajabón
Unknown
Loma de Cabrera
Partido
Restauración
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Dajabón is a municipality and capital of the Dajabón province in the Dominican Republic, which is located on the northwestern Dominican Republic frontier with Haiti. It is a market town with a population of about 26,000, north of the Cordillera Central mountain range.

Dajabón is located on the Dajabón River, also known as the Massacre River, due to an incident that took place in 1728, in which 30 French Buccaneers were killed by Spanish settlers. The name also became popular after being the site of killings during the Parsley massacre, though the event was not the origin of its name.

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