El Limón, Samaná
El Limón (in English, The Lemon) is a Municipal district of Santa Bárbara de Samaná, Samaná province, Dominican Republic. It is on the north coast of the Samaná Peninsula, on the Atlantic coast.
El Limón | |
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  El Limón | |
| Coordinates: 19°17′32″N 69°25′51″W | |
| Country |  Dominican Republic |
| Province | Samaná |
| Municipality since | 2001 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 65.73 km2 (25.38 sq mi) |
| Population (2010)[2] | |
| • Total | 7,024 |
| • Density | 107/km2 (280/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 4,652 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (AST) |
| Distance | 24 km (15 mi) to Samaná |
It was made a municipal district on July 20, 2001.[3]
There are other two Municipal districts with the same name (El Limón) in the country: one in the Independencia province and the other in the Santiago province.
Théodore Chassériau, a French painter, was born in El Limón on 1819.[4]
Population
In the last national census (2010), the district had a total population of 7,024: 3,622 men and 3,402 women. The urban population was 66.23% of the total population.[2]
Economy
The most important economic activities of the province are agriculture, fishing and tourism. Tourism, above all nature tourism, is important here because many tourists visit El Limón Waterfall.
References
- Superficies a nivel de municipios, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica Archived 2014-11-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Oficina Nacional de Estadística. "IX Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda. Informe Básico" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2013-01-29.
- Féliz, Werner D. (2004). División político-territorial dominicana 1944-2004 (in Spanish). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: CONAU. ISBN 999349391-0.
- Vega, Bernardo (2004). Breve historia de Samaná (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Fundación Cultural Dominicana. p. 23. ISBN 9993-42706-3.