Higüey

Also known as Salvaleón de Higüey

Higüey (), or in full Salvaleón de Higüey, is the capital city of the eastern La Altagracia Province, in the Dominican Republic, and has 415,084 inhabitants, according to the 2022 census. The Yuma River flows through the urban areas of Higüey.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Salvaleón de Higüey
Settlement.name: Higüey
Settlement.image_skyline: File:Higuey, Dominican Republic church cathedral.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 300px
Settlement.image_caption: First cathedral of Higüey
Settlement.image_seal: Escudo_del_Municipio_Salvaleón_de_Higüey.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Dominican Republic
Settlement.pushpin_relief: 2
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Dominican Republic
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: La Altagracia
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.established_date: 1503
Settlement.established_title2: Municipality since
Settlement.established_date2: 1844
Settlement.area_total_km2: 2029.14

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Official website

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Noticias de Higüey la Altagracia, Republica Dominicana

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Wikidata facts

Population: 251243
Area: 2017.3
Elevation: 106
Official website: www.higuey.info
Image: Higuay.jpg

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Commons category: Higüey
inception: 1503-00-00
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Contents

Toponomy
Economy
Tourism
History
Sectors
Climate
Basilica of La Altagracia
The Sanctuary of Higüey
Airport
Tourist sites
See also
References

Higüey is also the name of a former native chiefdom in Hispaniola's easternmost end when Christopher Columbus arrived. It is now one of the country's economically fastest-developing cities, sometimes nicknamed the Capital of Dominican Tourism or the Capital of Stockbreeding. As of 2006, over 150,000 people lived in Higüey. The city thrives chiefly on tourism, with many of its inhabitants employed in the hotel complexes of Punta Cana a few kilometers away, or selling tourist products.