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La Vega is bounded on the north by the Camú River. This river flows about 100 kilometers before emptying into Yuna River. South of the city is the Cordillera Central, the largest mountain system of the Dominican Republic. El Ponton Field, a local airport, bounds the city on the east. To La Vega's west are the Camú River again and Montellano.
La Vega (Spanish pronunciation: [la ˈβeɣa]) is one of the 32 provinces of the Dominican Republic. It is located in the Cibao Valley , the north-central region of the country, and is divided into 4 municipalities with its capital city being the namesake of La Vega .
The latter is currently Law 5220 on the Territorial Division of the Dominican Republic (Ley No. 5220 sobre División Territorial de la República Dominicana), issued 1959 and frequently amended to create new provinces and lower-level administrative units.
La Vega (city), or Concepción de La Vega, the third largest city and municipality of the Dominican Republic La Vega Province, a province in central Dominican Republic named for the city of La Vega; La Vega, Cauca, a town and municipality in Colombia; La Vega, Cundinamarca, a town and municipality in Colombia
La Confluencia, Jarabacoa. Jarabacoa has a Tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification Af ). Due to its high elevation in the interior it has warm days and lower temperatures at nights during most of the year, and temperate days and colder nights during winter months.
The city of La Concepción de la Vega was founded as a fortress by Christopher Columbus in 1495. The city was built up around the fortress and the gold mine of Pueblo Viejo, as the extraction of precious metals was the main objective of Columbus' missions to the new world. [2]
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Map of the Dominican Republic. Cities in the Dominican Republic, in accordance with the definition of urban population for purposes of the 2002 census, [1] are the urban centers and seats (cabeceras literally heads) of municipalities (municipios singular municipio), the sec level political and administrative subdivisions of the country, or of municipal districts (distritos municipales) within ...