Guananico
Sign in to saveGuananico is a town in the Dominican Republic, situated in the Puerto Plata Province. It has an area of and a population of 8,954 of which 3,025 live in the urban part and 5,929 in the rural part. It is the youngest, smallest, and of the smallest population of the eight cities in the province of Puerto Plata.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 4 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Municipalities of the Dominican Republic and Populated places in Puerto Plata Province.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Guananico
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Dominican Republic
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Guananico in the Dominican Republic
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Guananico.png
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Puerto Plata
- Settlement.established_date
- March 21, 1963
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 57.32
- Settlement.population_total
- 8954
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2012
- Settlement.total_type
- Total
- Settlement.population_urban
- 3,025
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.blank1_name
- Municipal Districts
- Settlement.blank1_info
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of the Dominican Republic
- Official name
- Guananico
- Country
- Dominican Republic
- Located in
- Puerto Plata Province
- Population
- 6333
- Area
- 59.7
- Elevation
- 155
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- Guananico (Puerto Plata)
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- Guananico
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Economic aspects
- References
Guananico is a town in the Dominican Republic, situated in the Puerto Plata Province. It has an area of and a population of 8,954 of which 3,025 live in the urban part and 5,929 in the rural part. It is the youngest, smallest, and of the smallest population of the eight cities in the province of Puerto Plata.
==History== Guananico is a toponym of indigenous origin and according to compiled versions of different sources and bibliographic dates, it is associated with Guacanagarix, a 15th-century chief of Hispaniola. Reliable sources affirm that the city was founded between 1865 and 1870, right around the annexation of Spain by Pedro Santana in 1861.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Guananico” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
4 mapped locations