San Ignacio de Sabaneta

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map_caption = Location of Jarabacoa in the Dominican Republic
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subdivision_name = Dominican Republic
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = Province
subdivision_type2 = Municipality
subdivision_name2 = San Ignacio de Sabaneta
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = César Octavio Saint-Hilaire
established_title = Founded
established_date = 1844
established_title2 = Incorporated
established_date2 = 1858
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longd= 71 |longm= 21 |longs= |longEW= W
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website = http://www.ayuntamientosabaneta.com
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San Ignacio de Sabaneta is the capital and municipality of Santiago Rodríguez Province in the northwestern part of the Dominican Republic. It is usually called only "Sabaneta" or "Santiago Rodríguez".

Population

As of the 2002 census the municipality had 35,654 inhabitants, 16,270 living in the city itself and 19,384 in its rural districts, making the urban population the 45.63% of the total population.

History

The town was founded in 1844 by Santiago Rodríguez and the brothers, Alejandro and José Bueno. The city layed 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.

Economy

The main economic activities of the municipality are tobacco, hides and milk.