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Ramon Santana is a
municipalityThe provinces of the Dominican Republic are divided into two or more municipalities with the exception of the Distrito Nacional which consist of only one municipality Santo Domingo...
(
municipioMunicipio and Município are terms used for country subdivisions. They are often translated as municipality.-Overview:...
) of the San Pedro de Macorís province in the
Dominican RepublicThe 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...
.
Its original name was
Guasa (also spelt
Guaza) but, in 1899, was changed to Ramón Santana after the twin brother of
Pedro SantanaPedro Santana y Familias was a wealthy cattle rancher, soldier, politician and dictator of the Dominican Republic. He was born in the community of Hinche, which was part of the Colony of Santo Domingo. Currently, Hinche is a border town part of Haiti...
.
Geography
The town is on the right side of the
Soco river-References:* The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000.**...
. The Guasa river, a
tributaryA tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...
of the Soco, is close to the town.
History
In 1888, it was made a
Puesto Cantonal (a "military post"), similar to the present
Municipal districtThe provinces of the Dominican Republic are divided into two or more municipalities with the exception of the Distrito Nacional which consist of only one municipality Santo Domingo...
, of the
El SeiboEl Seibo , alternatively spelt El Seybo, is a province of the Dominican Republic. Before 1992 it included what is now Hato Mayor province.-Municipalities and municipal districts:...
province.
In 1938, Ramón Santana was transferred to the San Pedro de Macorís province as a municipality.
Population
In 2002 (the last national
censusA census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
), there were 9,266 persons living in the municipality, and only 1,963 (21.18%) living in the town. The
population densityPopulation density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
was 37 inh./km².