Samaná
Samana is
a province of the Dominican Republic and this is located in the northeast of
the island of Santo Domingo. The province of Samaná occupies completely the
Samana Peninsula. The
full name of the city is Santa Barbara de Samana, but it is commonly known as
Samana. Both its settlers as the other inhabitants of the Dominican Republic,
even tourists known this city as Samaná. Samaná this bordered in more than
90% by the Atlantic Ocean. It is bordered to the south by the bay of Samana and
the Monte Plata province in the south-west and west by the provinces Duarte and
Maria Trinidad Sanchez.
Samaná was founded in
the year 1867, and was named as a maritime district. The Constitution of 1907
gave it the category of province, eliminating it’s the category of the Maritime
district. The territory of the province of
Samana, was visited by Christopher Columbus in January 1493, during his first
trip to the Americas. At that time, Samaná was inhabited by the indigenous
called Ciguayos, it was here where it happened the first encounter of war
between Europeans and Indians. During the XVI and XVII centuries and the
beginning of the XVIII, Samaná was practically uninhabited; because only vivian
some runaway slaves and some French settlers who tried to colonize the region.
Among all the Europeans who
visited this area that today is Samaná, the British and the French were those
who more visiting the peninsula, this area was used to repair and clean the
French and British boats, the area was also visited by pirates. Sometimes, but
not frequently, the Spanish authorities conducted expeditions to evict the
french that sought to occupy the region. The Spanish authorities flushed out
the occupants of the peninsula, because the Spaniards had galleries full of
treasures, such as precious metals and stones.
After the war between Spain and
France the island of Santo Domingo, step to be a colony of France through the
Treaty of Basel. When Samana step to be
a colony of France, the French authorities made some changes, because Samana
step to form part of the northern region. Then during the French dominion, the
French Governor Ferrand tried to grow and develop the area of Samaná. Ferrand
brought French families which fled the revolution in Haiti. These families were devoted to the Court of precious wood for
export and to coffee production.
Then when the Spaniards conquered
the island once again, Samana became part of the eastern region, together with
Bayaguana, Monte Plata, Boya and Sabana de la Mar. During the Haitian
occupation from 1822 to 1844 were implemented new policies and Samana step to
belong to the northern region or Cibao region and has remained so until today. The president, who at that time
was the general Jean Pierre Boyer, sent Haitian families to Samaná; these
families were settled in LA Perseverancia, a locality in the province of
Samaná. Also sent to the region
to some 200 former slaves Americans; although many returned, some remained,
preserving their language and their traditions by this reason in Samaná part of
the population is English speaking.
At the time that was founded
constitutionally the First Republic, in the years 1844 until the year 1860,
Samaná were a municipality in the Province of Santa Cruz del Seibo, then with
the annex of this part of the island once again to Spain, Samaná was separated
from El Seibo and became a province, as well is currently. After the
restoration, with the Constitution of 1865 was created the Maritime district of
Samaná, but years later Samaná was changed of category and became the Samaná
province with the amendment to the Constitution in the year 1907 which ceased
to recognize the maritime districts as territorial category.
Samana is a place with a long
history and a long list of events throughout its existence with the name given
by the Spanish (Samana). At the beginning when it was founded Santa Barbara de
Samana, this occupied the two sides of the Bay of Samana, but then in 1938 it
was founded the Sabana de la Mar Municipality of the province of El Seibo. The main economic engine of
Samana is tourism. Samaná account with invaluable natural beauties and many
places of interest for all audiences, but although Samana is one of the main
tourist poles of the country, has not yet been able to develop the full
potential it has with its numerous beaches and beautiful landscapes.
One of the events that are most appealing to
the attention of the tourists and the general population in the Dominican
Republic is that in the winter and the start of spring, the whales arrive to
the bay of Samana to enjoy its warm waters. Each year Samaná has hundreds of thousands of visitors who come to observe humpback whales and their calves that escape from the icy waters of the north. This activity has increasingly become an activity of income generation for the province, since many tourists come to one of its main beaches, to be exact is the Playa Rincon.
Samaná was founded in the year 1867, and was named as a maritime district. The Constitution of 1907 gave it the category of province, eliminating it’s the category of the Maritime district. The territory of the province of Samana, was visited by Christopher Columbus in January 1493, during his first trip to the Americas. At that time, Samaná was inhabited by the indigenous called Ciguayos, it was here where it happened the first encounter of war between Europeans and Indians. During the XVI and XVII centuries and the beginning of the XVIII, Samaná was practically uninhabited; because only vivian some runaway slaves and some French settlers who tried to colonize the region.
One of the events that are most appealing to the attention of the tourists and the general population in the Dominican Republic is that in the winter and the start of spring, the whales arrive to the bay of Samana to enjoy its warm waters. Each year Samaná has hundreds of thousands of visitors who come to observe humpback whales and their calves that escape from the icy waters of the north. This activity has increasingly become an activity of income generation for the province, since many tourists come to one of its main beaches, to be exact is the Playa Rincon.
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