Hato Mayor del Rey
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Climate | Am |
Hato Mayor del Rey is the capital of
Etymology
Directly translated into English, it means Great Herd of the King or King's Great Herd. The name stems from the colonial period in the 16th century, in which Hato Mayor del Rey was among the largest herding regions of Hispaniola and served King Charles I.
History
Hato Mayor del Rey was founded around the year 1520 by Francisco Dávila as land that was dedicated to cattle and agriculture. Francisco Dávila, in his position as Treasurer and Perpetual Royal Regidor in Hispaniola, established the Majorat of Dávila on 23 August 1554 in the city of Santo Domingo, in the presence of his nephew Gaspar Dávila. The lands of Hato Mayor del Rey then formed a part of Dávila's majorat.
Over time, Hato Mayor del Rey passed through the hands of several heirs and keepers. In 1746, Don Antonio Coca y Vevers Landeche, who was the perpetual manager of the Majorat of Dávila, founded Hato Mayor del Rey as a village. The village included a
Until July 1843, Hato Mayor del Rey was part of the community of
On 14 December 1888, Mrs. María de las Mercedes de la Rocha y Landeche and her husband Esteban Fernández de Coca, before the presence of Ramón María Gautreaux, Secretary and Treasurer of the township, and Antonio Lluberes and Manuel Mañón, witnesses, donated 1,070,879.41 m2 to the City Council of Hato Mayor del Rey.
Hato Mayor del Rey park
Climate
Hato Mayor del Rey has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am) a little wetter in its driest month than a tropical savanna climate (Aw) would be. The weather is hot and humid all year round, with a drier and less unpleasant season from December to March and a wetter, even hotter season between April and November.
Climate data for Hato Mayor del Rey (1961-1990) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 35.0 (95.0) |
37.2 (99.0) |
38.0 (100.4) |
39.0 (102.2) |
37.8 (100.0) |
37.4 (99.3) |
37.6 (99.7) |
39.0 (102.2) |
38.0 (100.4) |
37.6 (99.7) |
36.0 (96.8) |
35.5 (95.9) |
39.0 (102.2) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.2 (86.4) |
30.6 (87.1) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.9 (89.4) |
32.4 (90.3) |
33.1 (91.6) |
33.6 (92.5) |
33.5 (92.3) |
33.1 (91.6) |
32.6 (90.7) |
31.2 (88.2) |
30.1 (86.2) |
32.0 (89.6) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 17.6 (63.7) |
17.5 (63.5) |
18.3 (64.9) |
19.1 (66.4) |
20.6 (69.1) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.1 (70.0) |
20.7 (69.3) |
19.8 (67.6) |
18.6 (65.5) |
19.8 (67.6) |
Record low °C (°F) | 12.0 (53.6) |
11.9 (53.4) |
12.1 (53.8) |
13.3 (55.9) |
14.5 (58.1) |
14.8 (58.6) |
15.4 (59.7) |
16.9 (62.4) |
16.9 (62.4) |
16.6 (61.9) |
14.4 (57.9) |
12.9 (55.2) |
11.9 (53.4) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 51.5 (2.03) |
42.0 (1.65) |
59.7 (2.35) |
116.5 (4.59) |
216.3 (8.52) |
187.9 (7.40) |
120.0 (4.72) |
187.2 (7.37) |
209.5 (8.25) |
219.0 (8.62) |
110.6 (4.35) |
62.0 (2.44) |
1,582.2 (62.29) |
Average rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 6.7 | 12.2 | 9.9 | 8.9 | 10.8 | 12.7 | 12.6 | 8.1 | 6.9 | 104.5 |
Source: NOAA[4]
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Notable residents
- major league baseball pitcher, Philadelphia Phillies)
References
- ^ Superficies a nivel de municipios, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica Archived 17 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ De la Fuente, Santiago (1976). Geografía Dominicana (in Spanish). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Editora Colegial Quisqueyana.
- ^ Censo 2012 de Población y Vivienda, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica
- ^ "Hato Mayor Climate Normals 1961-1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 12 September 2016.