Sabana Grande de Palenque

Sabana Grande de Palenque

Sabana Grande de Palenque is a municipality ("municipio") of the San Cristóbal province in the Dominican Republic. [cite web |url=http://www.one.gob.do/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=113|title=Listado de Codigos de Provincias, Municipio y Distritos Municipales, Actualizada a Junio 20 del 2006|author=Oficina Nacional de Estadistica, Departamento de Cartografia, Division de Limites y Linderos|language=Spanish|accessdate=2007-01-24]

History

It was elevated to the category of municipal district of the San Cristóbal municipality on January 1, 1945 and to the category of municipality in 1997 by the Dominican Congress.

Geography

Palenque is located at the coast of the Caribbean Sea near San Cristóbal. It is divided into its seat ("cabecera" literally head) Sabana Grande de Palenque and two districts ("Secciones"): Sabana Palenque and Juan Barón. It has some of the most popular beaches among the region's locals, but is generally not considered one of the major tourist destinations of the country.

Demographics

As of the 2002 census the municipality had 15,691 inhabitants, 4,499 living in the town itself and 11,192 in its rural districts ("Secciones"). [cite web |url=http://one.gob.do/censo/volumen_I_pdf.zip
format = PDF|title=VIII Censo 2002 Poplación y Vivienda|author=Oficina Nacional de Estadística|language=Spanish|accessdate=2007-01-24
] For comparison with other municipalities and municipal districts see the list of municipalities and municipal districts of the Dominican Republic.

Notable residents

*Timoniel Perez, "professional baseball player".
*Jose Uribe, "professional baseball player".
*Juan Uribe, "professional baseball player".
*Francisco Liriano, "professional baseball player".

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