Jimaní
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Jimaní is the capital and the second largest city of the Independencia Province of the Dominican Republic. It serves as one of the two main border crossings to Haiti (with Dajabón), with a duty-free open-air marketplace operating on the border with Haiti. The town suffered damages in the flash flood of May 25, 2004, which killed many citizens during the night and washed away hundreds of homes.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Jimaní
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Jimani_Dominican_Republic_2.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Dominican Republic
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Dominican Republic
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Independencia
- Settlement.established_title2
- Municipality since
- Settlement.established_date2
- 1945
- Settlement.total_type
- Total
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 472.5
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 31
- Settlement.population_total
- 13752
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2012
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.population_urban
- 7155
- Settlement.blank_name
- Distance to – Santo Domingo
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 16510
- Area
- 546.6
- Elevation
- 31
- Image
- Jimani Dominican Republic 2.jpg
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Jimaní is the capital and the second largest city of the Independencia Province of the Dominican Republic. It serves as one of the two main border crossings to Haiti (with Dajabón), with a duty-free open-air marketplace operating on the border with Haiti. The town suffered damages in the flash flood of May 25, 2004, which killed many citizens during the night and washed away hundreds of homes.
==History== The name "Ximani" is of native Taíno origin. Historian Rafael Leonidas Pérez y Pérez in his book "Annotations on the history of Jimaní", says that Ximani was a Cacique of the chieftainship of Xaragua who had control of the town that lied in the middle of the two lakes, Lake Enriquillo and Lake Azuei, as well as the pass that leads to Pic la Selle making it a strategical and important part of the island. The name "Ximaní" is recognized when the Spaniards signed a peace agreement with the natives through Enriquillo at "the Lagoon of Ximaní" in 1536.
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