Villa Bisonó, usually known as Navarrete, is a small municipality in the 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...

 northwestern section, created in 1956. It lies approximately 20 miles (32.2 km) from 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's second largest city. The town serves as a junction for the highways DR-1

DR-1

DR-1 is a dual carriageway highway that forms part of the five designated national highways of the Dominican Republic. DR-1 provides a fast connection between Santo Domingo, the capital, on the southern coast, and the second city Santiago and the rest of the northerly Cibao region, one of the...

 and DR-5

DR-5

DR-5 is of one of the main highways in the Dominican Republic. The highway begins at a T-interchange with DR-1 in Villa Visonó in the small town of Navarrete located about 20 kilometers northwest of Santiago de los Caballeros. Initially...

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In 2002, the municipality of Villa Bisonó had a total population of 42,210 p., of which 12,487 lived in the rural area. The city had a population of 29,723 p.