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Duvergé, also known locally as ''Las Damas'' (
Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...
: "the ladies", after the local Las Damas River) is the largest city in the province of Independencia in the
Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean. It shares a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Puerto Rico to the east and ...
. The first settlers of this community were the gentlemen Christopher Pérez and María del Pulgar, originating from
San Juan de la Maguana San Juan de la Maguana is a city and municipality in the western region of the Dominican Republic and capital of the San Juan Province (Dominican Republic), San Juan province. It was one of the first cities established on the island; founded in 15 ...
.


History

The village became a part of Baoruco Province of Azua, on May 9, 1850 by law number 533 on territorial division. On May 17, 1876, due to the number of inhabitants and its agricultural importance, the president Ulises Francisco Espaillat signed decree 1524, assigning the city to Azua Province. On September 12, 1881, it became a part of the Maritime District of Barahona, which today is the Municipality of Enriquillo. During the government of
Ulises Heureaux Ulises Hilarión Heureaux Leibert (; October 21, 1845 – July 26, 1899) nicknamed Lilís, was Presidents of the Dominican Republic, president of the Dominican Republic from September 1, 1882 to September 1, 1884, from January 6, 1887 to Februar ...
, the vice president of the Republic,
Wenceslao Figuereo Wenceslao "Mano Lao" Figuereo Cassó (1834 – January 10, 1910) was a Dominican Republic politician. He joined the Los Bolos party politician as a young man. Figuereo was Vice President of the Dominican Republic under President Ulises Heureaux ...
changed the name of Las Damas to Duvergé on June 22, 1891, in honor of
Dominican War of Independence The Dominican War of Independence () was a war of independence that began when the Dominican Republic declared independence from the Republic of Haiti on February 27, 1844 and ended on January 24, 1856. Before the war, the island of Hispaniola ...
general Antonio Duvergé. Duvergé was later integrated into Barahona Province, by law number 229 on March 18, 1943. In the year 1949, in the government of
Rafael Trujillo Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina ( ; ; 24 October 1891 – 30 May 1961), nicknamed ''El Jefe'' (; "the boss"), was a Dominican military officer and dictator who ruled the Dominican Republic from August 1930 until Rafael Trujillo#Assassination, ...
passed law number 2107, which placed Duvergé into Independencia Province, where it stands today.


Geography

The municipality of Duvergé is a plain entrenched between saws and mountains. It is located geographically in the Neiba Valley, but politically belongs to Independencia Province. It is 17 km. from Neiba and 42 km. from
Jimaní Jimaní is the capital and the second largest city of the Independencia Province of the Dominican Republic. It serves as one of the two main border crossings to Haiti (with Dajabón), with a duty-free open-air marketplace operating on the borde ...
, the capital of the province. Duvergé is located in an arid area, with abundant cacti, like '' Melocactus lemairei''. Nevertheless, it depends on currents of groundwater and superficial sources that dampen the lands, and in spite of the arid climate, the land is fertile.


Limits

*North: Lago Enriquillo and Baoruco Province *South:
Pedernales Province Pedernales (; ) is the southernmost province of the Dominican Republic, including the offshore island of Isla Beata. It was split from Barahona in 1957. Of its 2,080.95 km2, 1,374 km2 belongs to the Jaragua National Park. A third of i ...
*East: Cristóbal *West:
Jimaní Jimaní is the capital and the second largest city of the Independencia Province of the Dominican Republic. It serves as one of the two main border crossings to Haiti (with Dajabón), with a duty-free open-air marketplace operating on the borde ...


Area

The urban area extends outwards approximately 6 to 8 km from the center of the city. The municipality of Duvergé has a territorial extension of 501.43 km^2. This population has followed an evolutionary process of growth and development marked for phases, with dynamic influences in the emigration and immigration. The area has a population of 17,320 inhabitants, of which 12,053 live in the urban zone and 5,267 in the rural zone.


Climate

Duverge has a
hot semi-arid climate A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type. It is located on regions that receive precipitation below potential evapotranspiration, but not as low as a desert climate. There are different kinds of sem ...
(
Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...
: BSh).


Economy

The main source of income of Duvergé is agriculture. The great majority of the agricultural lands are dedicated to the production of bananas, plantains, cassava, yams, coconuts, and vegetables. As the municipality of Duvergé borders Lake Enriquillo, fishing of
tilapia Tilapia ( ) is the common name for nearly a hundred species of cichlid fish from the coelotilapine, coptodonine, heterotilapine, oreochromine, pelmatolapiine, and tilapiine tribes (formerly all were "Tilapiini"), with the economically mos ...
in large quantities is performed, which is locally consumed and exported to the adjoining municipalities.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Duverge Populated places in Independencia Province