El Valle, Dominican Republic

El Valle
Official seal of El Valle
El Valle is located in the Dominican Republic
El Valle
El Valle
Coordinates: 18°58′35″N 69°22′45″W / 18.97639°N 69.37917°W / 18.97639; -69.37917
Country Dominican Republic
ProvinceHato Mayor
Municipality since1982
Area
 • Total161.12 km2 (62.21 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[3]
 • Total8,855
 • Density55/km2 (140/sq mi)
 • Demonym
Vallero(a)
Distance to
* Hato Mayor

33 km (21 mi)
* Sabana de la Mar8 km (5 mi)

El Valle is a town in the Hato Mayor Province of the Dominican Republic. El Valle is 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of the coastal town of Sabana de la Mar.

  • Main street name: Maria Trinidad Sanchez.
  • River names: El Sano, Jaguera, and Janigua.
  • There is a creek that divides the town. The creek is called Porquero (porkero), named after the locally raised swine that bathe in the creek.
  1. ^ Superficies a nivel de municipios, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica Archived April 17, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "El Valle". Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  3. ^ Censo 2012 de Población y Vivienda, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica