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ABOUT SANTIAGO
Santiago is a province of the Dominican Republic. Santiago is the
heart of the country. It is an intellectual, educational, and cultural center.
It is also a major industrial center with the rum, textile, cigarette and cigar
industry, which are based there. Shoe manufacturing and leather goods furniture
making are an important part of the city's economic life. Santiago is a
major Free Zone center with four important industrial free zones, and an
important cement factory.
Santiago happens to have the most important medical center in the north
of the country, HOMS. This hospital serves the entire 13 provinces of the
Cibao. Also within striking distance there are a good number of pleasant towns,
many of which are quite prosperous.
Santiago is in the center of the Cibao Valley, the wealthiest region in
the DR per capita.
Santiago has a sizable wealthy community composed mainly of "old money."
Santiago is the main city of the cibao valley which is among the most fertile
lands in Central America. It is surrounded by tall mountains which have for
years protected it from hurricanes and allows for dense tropical forests to
develop on the slopes of such mountains, which are among the highest in the
region.
NOTABLES NATIVES
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Jose Reyes - shortstop for the New York Mets
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Jose Lima - former Major League Baseball pitcher
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Luis Polonia - former Major League Baseball player
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El Jeffrey - Singer
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Julian Tavarez - relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox
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Hipolito Mejia- former Dominican President
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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