El Limón, Samaná

El Limón (in English, "The Lemon") is a municipal district of Santa Bárbara de Samaná, Samaná province, Dominican Republic. It is on the north coast of the Samaná Peninsula, on the Atlantic coast.

There are other two municipal districts with the same name (El Limón) in the country: one in the Independencia province and the other in the Santiago province.

Théodore Chassériau, a French painter, was born in El Limón on 1819. [cite book
last = Vega
first = Bernardo
title = Breve historia de Samaná
publisher = Fundación Cultural Dominicana
date = 2004
location = Santo Domingo
pages = 23
language = Spanish
isbn = ISBN 99934-27-06-03 ]

Population

In the last national census (2002), the population of El Limón is included with that of the city of Samaná.Censo 2002 de Población y Vivienda, [http://one.gob.do/ Oficina Nacional de Estadistica] ]

Economy

The most important economic activities of the province are agriculture, fishing and tourism. Tourism, above all nature tourism, is important here because many tourists visit El Limón Waterfall.

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