Licey al Medio is a municipality

Municipalities of the Dominican Republic

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 (municipio

Municipio

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) of the Santiago province in the Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic

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. Within the municipality there is one municipal district

Municipal district

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 (distrito municipal): Las Palomas.. This is the second most important municipalities of the province because the Cibao International Airport

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 is located here.

As of the 2002 census the municipality had 26,735 inhabitants, 6,005 living in the town

Town

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 itself and 20,730 in its rural district

District

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s (Secciones). For comparison with other municipalities and municipal districts see the list of municipalities and municipal districts of the Dominican Republic.

Economy

The main economical activities of Licey al Medio are the swine and poultry production, plus the balanced industry of metalworking. Licey holds economic exchange links with Tamboril, Santiago, Moca and Santo Domingo, mainly for its production of chickens and eggs. It has an industrial park zone concentrating 7 companies, with approximately 275 employee in total.