Santa Cruz del Seibo

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Coordinates: 18.763° N 69.042° W

Santa Cruz de El Seibo is a city in the El Seibo province of the Dominican Republic.

[edit] Geography

The El Seibo municipality, located in the Eastern part of the country, has a history of tradition and heroism. It was founded in 1506 by the conqueror of Jamaica, Juan de Esquivel, with the name of Santa Cruz de Icayagua.

[edit] History

Towards 1518 its population disappeared and settled in Cuesta Prieta, to the east of the Seibo river, where it is branched off with the Soco river.

The Seibo was largest eastern province until December 31, 1944 because it was formed by the municipalities of El Seybo, Hato Mayor, Miches, Sabana de la Mar and La Romana. Its territory began to decrease with the creation of the province La Altagracia, on January 1, 1945, which consisted in La Romana as the head city, the municipality of Higuey and the municipal district of San Rafael Del Yuma.

Some of the distinguished people from El Seibo include Manuela Diez, mother of Juan Pablo Duarte, Cesáreo Guillermo and Alexander Woss y Gil, who were Presidents of the Republic. Also Monsignor Octavio A. Beras, Archbishop of Santo Domingo and Cardenal of the Catholic church and Minerva Bernardino, who has had the honor to represent the country in several international events, defending the equality of the rights of women. El Seibo venerates with great fervor and devotion to the Saint Cruz, by means of an enlarged program of events that begin on the 1st of May and finish the 10th of the same month. It is the only city in the country that in its supervisory celebrations organizes bullfights.

Another attraction of the supervisory celebrations is the popular vigil of "atabales", a type of popular percussive music. These celebrations enjoy great popularity in all the sectors of the community. Source: Síntesis de Ciudades, Pueblos e Islas del País.

M. M. Pouerié Cordero Impresora Mary. Sto. Dgo., 1997. Updated by Demetrio M. Paredes who forgot to say which country he is writing about.