Gurabo is a suburban section in northeast Santiago de los Caballeros

Santiago de los Caballeros

Santiago de los Caballeros is a city in the Dominican Republic. Founded in 1495 during the first wave of European colonization of the New World, today Santiago is the second largest metropolis in the Dominican Republic, located in the north-central region of the Republic known as Cibao valley...

, Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...

. It contains a population estimated at 42,000. Gurabo is best known for its Tobacco Plantations and Amber Mines. Flor de Gurabo cigar, a hand rolled cigar with flavors such as vanilla; being one of the most known brands.

Development

The growth of Santiago de los Caballeros

Santiago de los Caballeros

Santiago de los Caballeros is a city in the Dominican Republic. Founded in 1495 during the first wave of European colonization of the New World, today Santiago is the second largest metropolis in the Dominican Republic, located in the north-central region of the Republic known as Cibao valley...

 has also spurred the development of Gurabo, being that the latter is adjacent to the former. Gurabo was once very rural yet has always had agricultural, iindustrial

Industry

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, commercial

Commerce

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 and textile

Textile

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 sectors. Today, it retains these sectors yet with its growth there are many housing developments, which began in the late 1990s. This has led to Gurabo being considered a satellite city of Santiago

Santiago de los Caballeros

Santiago de los Caballeros is a city in the Dominican Republic. Founded in 1495 during the first wave of European colonization of the New World, today Santiago is the second largest metropolis in the Dominican Republic, located in the north-central region of the Republic known as Cibao valley...

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Famous people

Amongst the famous people born in Gurabo we can find:

• Dominican President Hipolito Mejia
  Hipólito Mejía
  Rafael Hipólito Mejía Domínguez is a Dominican politician and former President of the Dominican Republic...
  
   and his wife, First Lady Rosa Gomez Arias.

• First Lady Maria Josefa de los Santos Dominguez Gomez, wife of President Juan Isidro Jimenes
  Juan Isidro Jimenes
  Juan Isidro Jimenes Pereyra was a Dominican political figure. He served as the president of the Dominican Republic between 15 November 1899 and 2 May 1902, and again between 5 December 1914 and 7 May 1916....
  
  .

• Brothers Ruben and Muni Diaz Moreno, who fought together with Manuel Aurelio Tavarez Justo in las Manaclas in order to restore constitutionality.

• General Saturnino Hernandez, signer of the 1863 Dominican Independence.

• Doctor Juan Jose Alejandro Llenas Julia, who was an investigator, journalist, and archaeologist.

• Victor Mendez, one of the most successful politicians in Santiago.