Place:Sánchez Ramírez, Dominican Republic

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NameSánchez Ramírez
Alt namesSánchez Ramírezsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeProvince
Coordinates19.0°N 70.167°W
Located inDominican Republic
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Cotuí
Unknown
Cevicos
Fantino
La Cueva
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Sánchez Ramírez is a province which constituting one of the 32 provinces of the Dominican Republic. It is divided into 4 municipalities and its capital city is Cotuí. Located in the Cibao Sur region in central Dominican Republic, it is bordered by the provinces of Duarte to the north, Monte Plata to the east and south, Monseñor Nouel to the south-west and west and La Vega to the north-west. It was formerly part of Duarte in 1952, and is named after Brigadier Juan Sánchez Ramírez, hero of the Battle of Palo Hincado (1808) at which Spanish rebels defeated the French occupying forces.

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