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Bisonó

Navarrete (Municipio de villa Bisonó) is a municipality in northwestern Dominican Republic, created in 1961. It lies approximately from Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic's second largest city. The administrative centre is in the town of Villa Bisonó.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Navarrete
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.pushpin_map: Dominican Republic
Settlement.pushpin_relief: 1
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Navarrete in the Dominican Republic
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Santiago
Settlement.established_title: Found
Settlement.established_date: 1939
Settlement.established_title2: Municipality since
Settlement.established_date2: 1961
Settlement.area_total_km2: 92.63
Settlement.elevation_m: 50
Settlement.population_total: 140,666
Settlement.population_as_of: 2012
Settlement.total_type: Total
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto

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Geography
Settlements
History
Government
References
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==Geography== Bisonó is located in the Cibao Valley of the Yaque del Norte River. Before the clearance for agriculture and grazing, the area was forested, being in a subtropical dry forest ecosystem. The northern part of the municipality grades into the foothills of the Cordillera Septentrional.