Yamasá


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FieldValue
nameYamasá
settlement_typeMunicipality
image_skylineYamasa_Monte_Plata_Dominican_Republic_6.jpg
pushpin_mapDominican Republic
pushpin_relief1
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_name
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Monte Plata
area_total_km2441.61
area_footnotes
elevation_m82
elevation_footnotes{{cite book
lastDe la Fuente
firstSantiago
titleGeografía Dominicana
publisherEditora Colegial Quisqueyana
date1976
locationSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic
languagees }}
population_as_of2012
population_total57982
population_density_km2auto
blank1_nameMunicipal Districts
blank1_info1
blank2_nameDistance to
Santo Domingo
blank2_info
42 km
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Yamasá is a municipality (municipio) of the Monte Plata province in the Dominican Republic. It includes the municipal district (distrito municipal) of Los Botados.{{cite web | url = http://www.one.gob.do/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=113 | title = Listado de Codigos de Provincias, Municipio y Distritos Municipales, Actualizada a Junio 20 del 2006 | publisher = Departamento de Cartografia, Division de Limites y Linderos | date = 20 June 2006 | language = es | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070314215735/http://www.one.gob.do/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=113 | archive-date = 14 March 2007 | access-date = 12 August 2011 Yamasa is north of the capital city of Santo Domingo. The Rio Ozama, one of Dominican Republic's longest rivers, passes through Yamasa.

Climate

|location = Yamasá (1961–1990) |metric first = yes |single line = yes |Jan record high C = 35.0 |Feb record high C = 37.7 |Mar record high C = 36.7 |Apr record high C = 37.9 |May record high C = 38.7 |Jun record high C = 39.6 |Jul record high C = 39.4 |Aug record high C = 38.4 |Sep record high C = 38.4 |Oct record high C = 38.8 |Nov record high C = 37.0 |Dec record high C = 34.6 |year record high C = 39.6 |Jan high C = 29.5 |Feb high C = 30.3 |Mar high C = 31.2 |Apr high C = 32.0 |May high C = 32.6 |Jun high C = 33.1 |Jul high C = 33.2 |Aug high C = 32.9 |Sep high C = 32.8 |Oct high C = 32.5 |Nov high C = 31.1 |Dec high C = 29.9 |year high C = 31.8 |Jan low C = 18.9 |Feb low C = 19.0 |Mar low C = 19.7 |Apr low C = 20.2 |May low C = 20.9 |Jun low C = 21.3 |Jul low C = 21.5 |Aug low C = 21.3 |Sep low C = 21.1 |Oct low C = 20.8 |Nov low C = 20.2 |Dec low C = 19.2 |year low C = 20.3 |Jan record low C = 13.2 |Feb record low C = 13.7 |Mar record low C = 13.5 |Apr record low C = 13.5 |May record low C = 15.5 |Jun record low C = 16.2 |Jul record low C = 16.3 |Aug record low C = 15.7 |Sep record low C = 15.5 |Oct record low C = 15.3 |Nov record low C = 13.8 |Dec record low C = 10.6 |year record low C = 10.6 |rain colour = green |Jan rain mm = 90.0 |Feb rain mm = 95.1 |Mar rain mm = 101.7 |Apr rain mm = 161.6 |May rain mm = 287.4 |Jun rain mm = 246.9 |Jul rain mm = 255.6 |Aug rain mm = 326.6 |Sep rain mm = 250.7 |Oct rain mm = 245.3 |Nov rain mm = 161.4 |Dec rain mm = 121.8 |year rain mm = 2344.1 |unit rain days = 1.0 mm |Jan rain days = 9.6 |Feb rain days = 8.0 |Mar rain days = 7.3 |Apr rain days = 8.9 |May rain days = 15.0 |Jun rain days = 14.0 |Jul rain days = 16.5 |Aug rain days = 17.7 |Sep rain days = 15.2 |Oct rain days = 14.7 |Nov rain days = 12.1 |Dec rain days = 10.6 |year rain days = 149.6 |source 1 = NOAA{{Cite FTP | url = ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/TABLES/REG_IV/DR/00000059.TXT | server = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | title = Yamasa Climate Normals 1961-1990 | access-date = September 21, 2016}}

Farming

Primarily a rural agriculture community, sugar cane, plantains and mangoes are common staples grown in Yamasa.

Famous citizens

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  • Camilo Doval (born 1997), baseball relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants
  • Baseball Player César Hernández who played for the Cincinnati Reds was born in Yamasá in 1966.
  • Journalist Enny Pichardo An Emmy Award nominee, former Spokesperson/Press Secretary for the NYS Attorney General; and currently Host/Producer of #EnNYConMás, on youtube (www.ennyconmas.tv); previously a national news-correspondent for NBC/Telemundo Network and Noticiero Univisión was born in Yamasá in 1982.

References

References

  1. link. (2014-11-17)

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