Licey al Medio
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Licey al Medio is a
municipality (municipio) of the Santiago province in the Dominican Republic. Within the municipality there is one municipal district (distrito municipal): Las Palomas.[3] This is an important municipality of the province because Cibao International Airport
is located here.
Economy
The main economic activities of Licey al Medio are the swine and poultry production and there is a robust metalworking industry. 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 containing 7 companies, with approximately 275 employees in total.
Notable people
- Eugenio de Jesús Marcano Fondeur, scientist and botanist
- Manuel de Jesús Peña y Reynoso, writer[4]
- Orlando Alba, linguist[5]
- Ydanis Rodriguez, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation
References
- ^ Superficies a nivel de municipios, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica Archived April 17, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Censo 2012 de Población y Vivienda, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica
- ^ Oficina Nacional de Estadistica, Departamento de Cartografia, Division de Limites y Linderos. "Listado de Codigos de Provincias, Municipio y Distritos Municipales, Actualizada a Junio 20 del 2006" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on August 3, 2007. Retrieved 2007-01-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Manuel de Jesús Peña y Reynoso".
- ^ "Orlando Alba: La identidad lingüística de los dominicanos".
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