Duarte (DWAHR-tai), province (1,090 sq mi/2,823 sq km; 1993 pop. 272,277), central Dominican Republic; San Francisco de Macorís. Camú R. here forms fertile E sect. of La Vega Real valley, bounded by Cordillera Setentrional (N) and Cordillera Central (S). Densely pop. agr. region: cacao, coffee, rice, tropical fruit. Iron deposits near Cotuí. Traversed by Sánchez-Santiago RR. The prov., formerly Pacificador dist., was set up 1936.
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San Francisco de Macorís. Camú R. here forms fertile E sect. of La Vega Real valley, bounded by Cordillera Setentrional (N) and Cordillera Central (S). Densely pop. agr. region: cacao, coffee, rice, tropical fruit. Iron deposits near Cotuí. Traversed by Sánchez-Santiago RR. The prov., formerly Pacificador dist., was set up 1936.
