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The main historical attraction in Higüey is the cathedral, which displays the "Virgen de la
Altagracia", a painting brought by Spanish missionaries in the 15th century. The painting was previously kept in the similarly 500-year-old church of San Dionisio, which remains in religious use. Every year on
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participated in and later described the Higüey massacre in which the
Spanish slaughtered natives who surrendered after a short but heroic resistance. Men, women, and children were disemboweled alive; many were tortured by having hands and feet cut off as the Spaniards taunted, while others were
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was appointed the new colony's governor. He assigned Esquivél to subjugate the area, justifying the assignment as payback for a Taino attack (led by
Cotubanamá) on 8 Spanish sailors, which was in turn revenge for Spaniards who slaughtered the Cacique of nearby Saona for sport, setting a battle
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fly to Punta Cana. The airport handled more than 1 million visitors in 2002, making it the busiest airport in the
Dominican Republic. In 2007 Punta Cana received more than 3 million passengers. The operators plan to upgrade the airport, including adding another runway.
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of 1512. However, the law arrived late and by 1519 the Taíno of the Higüey region were already for the most part enslaved, and their numbers had declined to only 1,189 individuals. The
Spanish then brought in African slaves to replace the natives. Nevertheless, the
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to commemorate his election as
President of the Republic in 1912 (shortly before the first American occupation ended his term and he donated it to the miraculous image). The cathedral's treasury also holds a gigantic intricate colonial golden
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hanged or knifed to death. Reports of this outraged the people back in Spain, with the royal court and its officials trying to regulate the behaviour of colonists. To do this, they issued the
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period, Higüey again became part of the El Seibo región. In 1821, during the brief
Spanish Republic of Haiti, the area tried to protect itself from its much larger neighbors by allying with
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authorized Higüey to display a Coat of Arms by Royal
Privilege, which granted it limited self-government. During the Spanish colonial period, Higüey remained a Parish of El Seibo county.
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people. Perhaps coincidentally, Higüey is located at the island's eastern end, that is to say, in the region that first receives the rays of the sun. Thus the name Higüey might mean
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in 1795, and did not regain control until 1809. During this and French rule, Higüey was a district of the Ozama department. After
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lasted until 1916, although the countryside remained extremely poor and actually governed by various aristocratic cliques. Guerillas from El Seibo province fought the
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The old cathedral has a simple exterior, as does the bell tower. Joaquín Alfáu donated the bells in 1864, and a dozen years later paid for marble to pave the floor.
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from 1916 to 1924. The area experienced a few years of relative prosperity before agricultural prices again crashed and further de facto dictatorships began under
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97:Coordinates:
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16:
2671:Sabana Larga
2585:Las Terrenas
2514:Los Hidalgos
2491:Puerto Plata
2387:Monte Cristi
2344:Río San Juan
2014:Las Guáranas
1966:Restauración
1812:Sabana Yegua
1802:Pueblo Viejo
1641:Puerto Plata
1616:Monte Cristi
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1379:"Cotubanamá"
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2458:Monte Plata
2430:Monte Plata
2395:Castañuelas
2232:Postrer Río
2189:Villa Tapia
2062:Hondo Valle
1908:Las Salinas
1787:Las Charcas
1621:Monte Plata
1485: /
1216:Pope Pius X
678:Villa Cerro
670:Los Rosales
524:España Boba
445: [
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303:Saint Denis
119: /
2977:Categories
2909:Boca Chica
2742:Guayacanes
2719:Vallejuelo
2699:El Cercado
2628:Los Cacaos
2481:Pedernales
2468:Pedernales
2438:Peralvillo
2316:Jima Abajo
2143:Hato Mayor
2133:San Víctor
2052:Comendador
2039:Elías Piña
2029:Villa Riva
1903:La Ciénaga
1898:Jaquimeyes
1888:Enriquillo
1636:Pedernales
1581:Hato Mayor
1561:Comendador
1304:References
1265:Punta Cana
1225:monstrance
1110:(≥ 1.0 mm)
700:dry season
664:San Martín
646:Mamá Tingó
620:La Florida
614:Enriquillo
603:Baja Torre
597:Alta Torre
442:Cotubanamá
388:Cotubanamá
288:Punta Cana
269:Yuma River
191:Population
107:68°42′36″W
104:18°37′12″N
2952:Esperanza
2747:Quisqueya
2504:Guananico
2453:Bayaguana
2339:El Factor
2311:Jarabacoa
2306:Constanza
2278:La Romana
2265:La Romana
2207:Cristóbal
2105:Espaillat
1893:Fundación
1777:Estebanía
1596:La Romana
1391:April 26,
1202:baldaquin
640:Los Sotos
623:La Malena
451:in 1504.
438:Higuanamá
410:Higuanamá
263:, in the
183:Elevation
2944:Valverde
2848:Tamboril
2805:Santiago
2737:Consuelo
2694:Bohechío
2686:San Juan
2562:Matanzas
2499:Altamira
2400:Guayubín
2273:Guaymate
2151:El Valle
2082:El Seibo
2057:El Llano
2019:Pimentel
2004:Castillo
1883:El Peñón
1870:Barahona
1845:Los Ríos
1782:Guayabal
1646:Sabaneta
1576:El Seibo
1551:Barahona
1321:Archived
1287:See also
1270:Bayahíbe
1155:Source:
1103:(56.04)
823:(102.2)
813:(102.2)
808:(100.4)
803:(101.1)
798:(100.4)
661:San José
611:Cambelén
512:Napoleon
297:and the
143:Province
2881:Monción
2795:La Mata
2790:Fantino
2780:Cevicos
2595:Sánchez
2549:Peravia
2519:Luperón
2334:Cabrera
2293:La Vega
2212:Duvergé
2184:Tenares
2179:Salcedo
1999:Arenoso
1983:Sectors
1961:Partido
1951:El Pino
1946:Dajabón
1938:Dajabón
1913:Paraíso
1832:Baoruco
1797:Peralta
1651:Salcedo
1601:La Vega
1571:Dajabón
1473:68°42′W
1470:18°37′N
1231:Airport
1101:1,423.2
1098:(4.48)
1093:(5.99)
1088:(6.30)
1083:(5.29)
1078:(5.56)
1073:(4.64)
1068:(3.99)
1063:(7.21)
1058:(4.15)
1053:(2.82)
1048:(2.63)
1043:(2.98)
1033:(55.4)
1028:(62.2)
1023:(61.2)
1018:(66.4)
1013:(66.4)
1008:(66.4)
1003:(66.2)
998:(66.2)
993:(63.1)
988:(61.0)
983:(59.0)
978:(58.1)
973:(55.4)
963:(71.1)
958:(69.3)
953:(70.9)
948:(72.3)
943:(73.4)
938:(73.9)
933:(73.9)
928:(73.4)
923:(71.8)
918:(70.0)
913:(68.5)
908:(67.8)
903:(68.0)
893:(87.8)
888:(84.4)
883:(87.3)
878:(89.6)
873:(90.5)
868:(90.3)
863:(90.3)
858:(90.0)
853:(88.2)
848:(87.3)
843:(86.4)
838:(84.7)
833:(84.4)
818:(91.4)
793:(98.6)
788:(99.3)
783:(98.6)
778:(96.8)
773:(98.6)
768:(96.8)
763:(95.0)
690:Climate
573:Sectors
501:Seville
423:Mastiff
399:Cayacoa
370:History
361:Tourism
343:tobacco
329:Economy
199:415,084
154:Founded
132:Country
2853:Bisonó
2818:Jánico
2813:Baitoa
2577:Samaná
2509:Imbert
2476:Oviedo
2448:Yamasá
2372:Maimón
2250:Higüey
2217:Jimaní
2090:Miches
2047:Bánica
1991:Duarte
1878:Cabral
1855:Tamayo
1840:Galván
1656:Samaná
1591:Jimaní
1586:Higüey
1260:Bávaro
714:Month
667:Savica
655:Sajour
607:Bávaro
353:, and
339:coffee
244:Higüey
85:Higüey
25:Higüey
2828:Puñal
2785:Cotuí
2567:Nizao
2529:Sosúa
2367:Bonao
2349:Nagua
2227:Mella
1981:See:
1850:Neiba
1631:Neiba
1626:Nagua
1566:Cotuí
1556:Bonao
1147:12.9
1144:12.5
1141:12.2
1138:10.3
1135:12.1
1132:11.0
1126:11.4
1114:10.1
1096:113.9
1091:152.1
1086:160.0
1081:134.4
1076:141.2
1071:117.9
1066:101.3
1061:183.1
1056:105.3
753:Year
643:Macao
449:]
406:]
395:]
384:Taíno
355:maize
347:cacao
319:Taíno
2557:Baní
2128:Moca
1918:Polo
1764:Azua
1611:Moca
1546:Baní
1541:Azua
1454:2016
1393:2024
1157:NOAA
1150:124
1129:8.8
1123:8.0
1120:7.1
1117:7.6
1051:71.6
1046:66.8
1041:75.6
1031:13.0
1026:16.8
1021:16.2
1016:19.1
1011:19.1
1006:19.1
1001:19.0
996:19.0
991:17.3
986:16.1
981:15.0
976:14.5
971:13.0
961:21.7
956:20.7
951:21.6
946:22.4
941:23.0
936:23.3
931:23.3
926:23.0
921:22.1
916:21.1
911:20.3
906:19.9
901:20.0
891:31.0
886:29.1
881:30.7
876:32.0
871:32.5
866:32.4
861:32.4
856:32.2
851:31.2
846:30.7
841:30.2
836:29.3
831:29.1
821:39.0
816:33.0
811:39.0
806:38.0
801:38.4
796:38.0
791:37.0
786:37.4
781:37.0
776:36.0
771:37.0
766:36.0
761:35.0
750:Dec
747:Nov
744:Oct
741:Sep
738:Aug
735:Jul
732:Jun
729:May
726:Apr
723:Mar
720:Feb
717:Jan
397:and
351:rice
335:reed
170:Area
165:1844
157:1503
57:Seal
1606:Mao
2979::
1381:.
569:.
542:.
447:es
404:es
393:es
349:,
345:,
341:,
337:,
325:.
236:Af
1741:e
1734:t
1727:v
1519:e
1512:t
1505:v
1456:.
1395:.
301:(
246:(
225:3
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