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Neiba (also spelt ''Neyba'') is a city in the southwest of the
A Law of the National Congress of the year 1942, elevated Neiba to the category of head of the Province of Bahoruco, being inaugurated on March 18, 1943, during the era of
The grape reaches the American continent on the second voyage of Christopher Columbus. Being introduced in Neiba. The first coffee seedlings were introduced in 1735 from Saint Domingue.
The table grape: Red Globe or Red Globe, is the innovation of the moment, from the installation of the Grape Cluster.
Besides, bananas—mangoes, beans, passion fruit, honey, pigeon peas, okra are also grown to a lesser extent.
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 ...
. It is the capital city of the Baoruco province, and is located 180 kilometres west of the national capital, Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, formerly known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the List of metropolitan areas in the Caribbean, largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population. the Distrito Na ...
, close to the shore of Lake Enriquillo
Lake Enriquillo () is a hypersaline lake in the Dominican Republic located in the southwestern region of the country. Its waters are shared between the provinces of Baoruco Province, Bahoruco and Independencia Province, Independencia, the latter ...
, the largest lake in the West Indies
The West Indies is an island subregion of the Americas, surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, which comprises 13 independent island country, island countries and 19 dependent territory, dependencies in thr ...
.
History
Before the conquest and colonization of Hispaniola, the place was a nitainato belonging to the Chiefdom of Jaragua. Founded in 1546 as a town from a cattle herd on the west side, years later it was depopulated together with the Villa de San Juan, being refounded in 1735 when it was repopulated and its neighbors enjoyed their lands that were from the Azua district. On March 13, 1844, a confrontation between Haitian and Dominican troops took place in the municipality in the so-called Battle of the Baptism of Blood, held in the now municipality of Galván, Bahoruco Province. The municipality was also the scene of the restoration struggles, where the first war day began with the assault on the Neiba command, an action led by Cayetano Velásquez.
A Law of the National Congress of the year 1942, elevated Neiba to the category of head of the Province of Bahoruco, being inaugurated on March 18, 1943, during the era 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, ...
as President and dictator of the country. The date that is celebrated on March 10 by the inhabitants of the place, since it was on this date that the announcement was made.
Economy
The most important crops in the municipality are: coffee and grapes. The municipality of Neiba was the first to export coffee to alternative markets in Europe, and for the industrialization of the grape, a factory was built for the production of wine, must, alcohol and jam, with the advice of the Government of Italy and Spain.
The grape reaches the American continent on the second voyage of Christopher Columbus. Being introduced in Neiba. The first coffee seedlings were introduced in 1735 from Saint Domingue.
The table grape: Red Globe or Red Globe, is the innovation of the moment, from the installation of the Grape Cluster.
Besides, bananas—mangoes, beans, passion fruit, honey, pigeon peas, okra are also grown to a lesser extent.
Climate
Neiba has a hotsemi-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 se ...
(Köppen Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Bernd Köppen (1951–2014), German pianist and composer
* Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan
* Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author ...
: ''BSh'')
Notable residents
* Miguel Montilla, (born 1952) professional boxerReferences
Populated places in Baoruco Province Municipalities of the Dominican Republic Populated places established in 1735 {{DominicanRepublic-geo-stub