Don Gregorio is a town in Nizao

Nizao

-General information:Nizao is a city in the Dominican Republic and capital of the Nizao Municipality. It is the second large municipality of the Peravia Province and is located in southeastern corner of this province, in the angle formed by the estuary of the Nizao River and the Caribbean Sea...

 County, Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic

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, located at 18°13′53"N 70°11′58"W. It is the second most populated town in the Nizao County of the Peravia

Peravia

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 Province and is located in southeastern corner of the County, in the estuary of the Nizao River. Don Gregorio was elevated to municipal section on January 1, 1945, when Nizao was elevated from Municipal District to the category of County by the Dominican Congress.

Don Gregorio is an agricultural town rich in cultivable lands and a huge producer of baseball players. Wilton Guerrero

Wilton Guerrero

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, Jesus Sánchez, and Vladimir Guerrero

Vladimir Guerrero

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, who now plays for the Baltimore Orioles

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, are dongregorienses who have played in Major League baseball

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 in the United States

United States

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Don Gregorio is also the home of the first congressman representing Nizao County on the Dominican Republic Chamber of Deputies

Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic

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 (representatives), Lic. Glovis Reyes Aglón. Don Gregorio also has provided two of the four mayors that have been elected in the young county of Nizao.