- La Vega (city)
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La Vega — Municipality — From top to bottom and from left to right: Plaza Duarte, Juan Bosch Building, Inmaculada Concepción school, Padre Fantino Park, Court Of Justice, City Hall Coordinates: 19°13′12″N 70°31′48″W / 19.22°N 70.53°WCoordinates: 19°13′12″N 70°31′48″W / 19.22°N 70.53°W Country Dominican Republic
Province La Vega Founded 1494 Municipality since 1844 Area[1] – Total 639.85 km2 (247 sq mi) Elevation[2] 100 m (328 ft) Population (2002)[3] – Total 220,279 – Density 344.3/km2 (891.6/sq mi) – Urban 241,000 – Demonym Vegano(a) Distance to
– Santo Domingo
125 kmMunicipal Districts
2La Vega, or Concepción de La Vega[citation needed] is the largest city and municipality of the central Dominican Republic and the third of the whole country. This city is known as the heart of the Dominican Republic for its geographical position and its large agricultural production methods throughout the province with the same name "Provincia de La Vega".
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History
Christopher Columbus built a small fort near present-day La Vega, in 1494. It was intended to guard the route to the interior gold deposits of the Cibao valley. A Spanish settlement known as Concepción de la Vega gradually grew up around the fort, and after 1508, when gold was found in quantity there, Concepción became the first gold boomtown in the continent. By 1510 it was one of the largest and most important European cities in the hemisphere. The town was destroyed and buried by an earthquake on December 2, 1562, and the survivors relocated to the present site on the banks of the Camú River. The site of the ruined town remained largely in farmland until a small portion of the original city was purchased by the Dominican government in the mid-1970s and renamed as National Park of Concepción de La Vega.
Sectors
- Arenoso (surrounding areas)
- Barrio Guarionex
- Barrio Loteria
- Barrio Militar
- Barrio X
- Bayacanes (surrounding areas)
- Carmelitas
- Centro Ciudad (Margarita)
- Conani
- Cutupú (surrounding areas)
- Don Bosco
- Don Pedro
- El Bolsillo
- El Campito
- El Cerro (surrounding areas)
- El Ensueño
- El Napoles
- El Riito
- Ensanche Duarte
- Gamundi
- Guaigui (surrounding areas)
- La Arboleda
- La Boca Del Lobo
- Las Carolinas
- La Enramada
- La Cigua
- La Planta
- La Riviera
- Las Marias
- Licey (surrounding areas)
- Los Pomos
- Los Robles
- Los Multi-Familiares (Viejos y Nuevos)
- Palmarito
- Parque Hostos
- Ponton
- Puerto Rico
- Rancho Abajo (surrounding areas)
- Residencial Chimbin
- Residencial Coral
- Río Verde Abajo (surrounding areas)
- Río Verde Arriba (surrounding areas)
- San Antonio
- San Martin
- San Miguel
- Santo Domingo Sabio
- Soto (surrounding areas)
- Villa Carolinas
- Villa Francisca
- Villa Francisca II
- Villa Margarita
- Villa Real
- Villa Hollywood
- Villa Lora
- Villa Rosa
- Zafaraya
Government
Person Occupation Political Party Alexis perez Mayor PLD Rosa Olga Medrano Vice Mayor PRSD Mario Jose Hidalgo Governor/Deputy PLD Euclides Sanchez Tavares Senator PLD Gilda Moronta Guzman Deputy PLD Aridio Antonio Reyes Deputy PLD Elpdio Infante Galan Deputy PRD Hugo Nuñez Almonte Deputy PRD Radhames Ramos Garcia Deputy PRD Economy
The local industries are based upon cacao, coffee, tobacco, rice, and cattle production. There is also a small but very famous brewery called Cervecería Vegana known for its pilsener-style beers, named Quisqueya and Soberana. There is a factory known for making the famous sausage Induveca.
Geography
La Vega is bounded on the north by the Camú River. This river flows about 100 kilometers before emptying into Yuna River. South of the city is the Cordillera Central, the largest mountain system of the Dominican Republic. El Ponton Field, a local airport, bounds the city on the east. To La Vega's west are the Camú River again and Montellano.[citation needed]
Education
There is an extension of the Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña and there is the Universidad Católica Tecnológica del Cibao. Since 2005 the national and local governments are planning to build an extension of the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, but there are some conflicts and the project is behind schedule. This city also has one of the most expensive schools in the country, the famous Colegio Immaculada Concepción de La Vega, which counts more than 3,000 students from all around the country.
Private, public, and high schools
Private Schools & High schools Public Schools & High Schools Agustiniano Arenoso School Cardenal Sancha Don Pepe Alvarez High School La Vega Christian School Del Carmen School Don Luis Despradel Garcia Godoy Eugenio Maria De Hostos Mercedez Morel Immacualada Concepción Mitila Grullón Nuveluz Elementary Private School Mercedez Morel Padre Fantino Bilingual School Padre Lamarche Santo Tomás De Aquino San Miguel Elementary School U.N.P.H.U. San Antonio Public school Vega Nueva San Martín De Porres The Book Fair
Annually, the famous Feria del Libro de República Dominicana (Dominican Republic Book Fair) takes place in the city of La Vega. In this fair most of the famous books and literary works from Dominicans writers such as Juan Bosch, Joaquín Balaguer, Federico Garcia Godoy, among others, and international writers such as Gabriela Mistral, Rubén Darío, Gabriel García Márquez, among others, are sold, and some theatrical works are shown to the public. The fair is celebrated each year in the month of September, lasting about one week, and brings to this city all the editors from all around the country, selling many kinds of books, theatrical works, etc.
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Monte Cristi section
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Santiago section
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Mao section
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San Francisco de Macorís section
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Nagua section
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Dajabón section
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Santiago Rodriguez section
Transportation
There are many bus companies which travel between La Vega other cities like: Santo Domingo, Santiago, Samana, Puerto Plata, and others. There is also El Ponton Field, which serves domestics flights.
Sports
Each year between the months of october and december a basketball tournament it's held in this city, it is called in spanish Torneo Superior de Baloncesto de La Vega in english Superior Basketball Tournament of La Vega, This tournament started on october 1994 (after a time of political and cultural crisis between the years 1978 and and october 1994). But the same team still active after all. One of them disappearing (El Country)
Años Club DOSA Club Enriquillo Club La Matica Club Parque Hostos Club Villa 1994 disqualified disqualified Champion disqualified runner up 1995 disqualified disqualified runner up Champion disqualified 1996 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 1997 disqualified disqualified runner up disqualified Champion 1998 Champion disqualified runner up disqualified disqualified 1999 disqualified disqualified Champion disqualified Runner up 2000 disqualified disqualified Champion disqualified Runner up 2001 Runner up disqualified disqualified Champion disqualified 2002 disqualified disqualified Runner up Champion disqualified 2003 disqualified Champion disqualified Runner up disqualified 2004 disqualified disqualified Runner up Champion disqualified 2005 disqualified disqualified Runner up Champion disqualified 2006 disqualified disqualified Runner up Champion disqualified 2007 disqualified disqualified Runner up Champion disqualified 2008 Champion disqualified disqualified Runner up disqualified 2009 Runner up disqualified disqualified Champion disqualified 2010 Runner up disqualified Champion disqualified disqualified 2011 TBD (semi-final) disqualified advanced to the final disqualified TBD (semi-final) - D means disqualified
- El Parque Hostos is the most winning team with 8 crowns (1995 ,2001 ,2002 ,2004 ,2005 ,2006 ,2007 ,2009)
- La Matica is the second most winning team with 4 crowns and 1 unofficial (1994 , 1999, 2000, 2010)
- DOSA is the third most winning team with 2 crowns (1998, 2008)
- La Villa is the fourth most winning team with 1 crown (1997) and three times as runner up against La Matica (1994,1999,200)
- Enriquillo is the last most winning team with 1 crown (2003)
Notable people
- Juan Bosch: famous writer, former President of the Dominican Republic, from February 27, 1963 to September 24, 1963, and for decades a top, national political leader
- Héctor Rafael García Godoy, former provisional president of the Dominican Republic from September 3, 1965 until July 1, 1966.
- Antonio Guzmán Fernández: former President of the Dominican Republic, 1978–1982
- Larimar Fiallo: Miss Dominican Republic 2004
- Federico García Godoy: famous writer
- Carlos De La Mota: Televisa actor
- Vielka Valenzuela: Miss Dominican Republic 1994
Sister cities
Port Augusta, South Australia
Magnitogorsk, Russia
Prypiat, Ukraine
East London, South Africa
References
- ^ Superficies a nivel de municipios, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica
- ^ De la Fuente, Santiago (1976) (in Spanish). Geografía Dominicana. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Editora Colegial Quisqueyana.
- ^ Censo 2002 de Población y Vivienda, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica
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