Nagua

Nagua
Clockwise from top: Main square, statue of Juan Pablo Duarte, Students of Nagua, Maria Trinidad Sanchez monument.
Official seal of Nagua
Nagua is located in the Dominican Republic
Nagua
Nagua
Coordinates: 19°22′48″N 69°51′0″W / 19.38000°N 69.85000°W / 19.38000; -69.85000
Country Dominican Republic
ProvinceMaría Trinidad Sánchez
Municipality since1938
Area
 • Total552.71 km2 (213.40 sq mi)
Elevation3 m (10 ft)
Population
 (2012)[3]
 • Total79,420
 • Density140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Distance to
 – Santo Domingo

170 km
Municipal Districts3
ClimateAf

Nagua is the capital of María Trinidad Sánchez province, in the northeastern Dominican Republic.[4][5]

A medium-sized city, Nagua's economy relies on the production of agricultural products, principally rice, coconuts, and cocoa bean. Located on the north of the Samaná Peninsula, Nagua lies on the highway leading from Puerto Plata to the city of Samaná.

  1. ^ Superficies a nivel de municipios, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica Archived 2009-04-17 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ De la Fuente, Santiago (1976). Geografía Dominicana (in Spanish). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Editora Colegial Quisqueyana.
  3. ^ Censo 2012 de Población y Vivienda, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica
  4. ^ "Relation: Nagua (7386616)". OpenStreetMap. 2023-04-05. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  5. ^ "lmd.gob.do Publicaciones Division Territorial 2015.pdf" (PDF). lmd.gob.do.