Arroyo Barril is a Municipal district of Santa Bárbara de Samaná

Santa Bárbara de Samaná

Samaná, in full Santa Bárbara de Samaná, is a city and municipality in northeastern Dominican Republic and is the capital of Samaná Province. It is located on the northern coast of Samaná Bay...

, Samaná province

Province

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 in the Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...

 . It is on the south coast

Coast

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 of the Samaná Peninsula, on the coast of Samana Bay

Samana Bay

Samaná Bay is a bay in the eastern Dominican Republic. The Yuna River flows into the Samaná Bay, and it is located south of the town and peninsula of Samaná....

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It was elevated to the category of municipal district on May 1, 2003.

Population

In the last national census (2002), the population of Arroyo Barril is included with that of Santa Bárbara de Samaná.

Economy

The most important economic activities of Arroyo Barril are the same of the province: agriculture

Agriculture

Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...

, fishing

Fishing

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 and tourism

Tourism

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