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Loma de Cabrera

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Country
  
Dominican Republic

Demonym(s)
  
Lomacabrero(a)

Area
  
238.5 km²

Local time
  
Sunday 4:31 AM

Municipalities
  
2

Municipality since
  
1938

Climate
  
Am

Population
  
20,665 (2012)

Province
  
Dajabón Province

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Weather
  
21°C, Wind NE at 2 km/h, 94% Humidity

Loma de Cabrera is the second largest city in the province of Dajabón, Dominican Republic. It is located in the northwest portion of the country, in the Cibao region.

Map of Loma de Cabrera, Dominican Republic

The river named Dajabón, also known as Masacre, runs through Loma de Cabrera. The same river separates the city of Dajabon from Haiti. Loma de Cabrera has a very popular river falls called "Balneario El Salto", which is a very popular tourist place for Dominican residents.

Loma de Cabrera is the birthplace of well-known merengue artist Fernando "El Mayimbe" Villalona, Rafael Furcal, the shortstop for the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team in Major League Baseball, the poet Cristino Gómez, and painter Juan Andújar.

References

Loma de Cabrera Wikipedia