Loma de Cabrera is the second largest city in the province of Dajabon

Dajabón

Dajabón is a province of the Dominican Republic, on the border with Haiti. Its capital city is also called Dajabón.It was split from Monte Cristi province in 1938, and was called Libertador until 1961.-Location:...

, 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 is located in the northwest portion of the island, in the Cibao

Cibao

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 region.

The river named Dajabón, also known as Masacre, runs through Loma de Cabrera. The same river separates the city of Dajabon from Haiti

Haiti

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. Loma de Cabrera has a very popular river falls called "Balneario El Salto", which is a very popular tourist place for Dominican residents.

Loma de Cabrera is the place of birth of well known merengue artist Fernando "El Mayimbe" Villalona

Fernando Villalona

Fernando Villalona, the first artist named "El Mayimbe" , is a Dominican merengue singer whose popularity started to grow in the late 70s and has not declined ever since....

 and Rafael Furcal

Rafael Furcal

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, the shortstop

Shortstop

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 for the St. Louis Cardinals

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 baseball

Baseball

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 team in Major League Baseball

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According to the 2002 census, the municipality has 6,938 urban residents and 8,333 rural ones.