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Bayahíbe is a town in the Dominican Republic, located about 10 miles (16 km) east of La Romana on the shore of the Caribbean Sea with 5,618 inhabitants (2022). [1] Founded as a fishing village in 1874 by Juan Brito and his family, who came from Puerto Rico, the town is now a tourist destination.
Leuenbergeria quisqueyana, known as the Bayahibe rose, [2] is a species of cactus that is endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, in the Dominican Republic. [3]
Bayahibe (M.D.) Saona. Isla Catalina (M.D.) The following is a sortable table of the municipalities and municipal districts with population figures as of the 2014 estimate. Urban population are those living in the seats (cabeceras literally heads) of municipalities or of municipal districts.
The Bayahibe Rose, the national flower of the Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic 's national flower was originally the flower of the caoba (mahogany tree, Swietenia mahagoni ). In 2011, the mahogany was dubbed the national tree, vacating the national flower spot for the Bayahibe rose ( Pereskia quisqueyana ) in order to bring attention ...
According to the Constitution [6] and the law, [7] the municipalities are administered by the municipality's Municipal Office (ayuntamiento), which is a legal entity in its own right consisting of two bodies: the alcadía (Mayor's Office), with the alcalde (), and the Municipal Council (concejo de regidores), with at least five members (regidores).
The 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup (Spanish: Copa Mundial Femenina Sub-17 de la FIFA República Dominicana 2024) was the 8th edition of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, the biennial international women's youth football championship contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA.
Aerial picture of coastal Cotubanamá National Park, displaying the Catuano Straight and Saona Island. Cotubanamá National Park (formerly Parque Nacional del Este) is located on the lower southeastern coast of the Dominican Republic, spanning across the provinces of La Altagracia and La Romana with an area of 791.9 km 2 (305.8 sq mi) which includes a range of dense humid and dry subtropical ...
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