Salcedo, Dominican Republic
Salcedo | |
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| Coordinates: 19°22′41″N 70°25′05″W / 19.378°N 70.418°W, | |
| Country | Dominican Republic |
| Province | Hermanas Mirabal |
| Area | |
• Total | 190.6 km2 (73.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 196 m (643 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
• Total | 45,299 |
| • Density | 240/km2 (620/sq mi) |
| • Demonym | Salcedense |
| Distance to – Santo Domingo | 160 km |
| Municipalities | 1 |
Salcedo is the capital city of the Hermanas Mirabal Province in the Dominican Republic. It is the birthplace of the Dominican heroines, the Mirabal sisters, who died in the struggle against the dictator Rafael Trujillo. A museum in the town commemorates three of sisters; it was tended to by the remaining sister, Bélgica (Dedé) Mirabal, until her death on February 1, 2014.
The city is named after Francisco Antonio Salcedo who fought in the northwestern part of the country against the Haitian army during the Dominican-Haitian War after the Dominican independence from Haiti in 1844.