Pigs are also raised in this municipality. Poultry raising, for both eggs and meat is also very important. The main economic activity of the province is agriculture and the main products are plantain, cassava, coffee and cacao. The municipality of Moca has eight municipal districts: Municipal districts of Moca The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of 23 ☌ (73.4 ☏)Īdministrative division The warmest month, on average, is June with an average temperature of 26.4 ☌ (79.5 ☏). Moca is in a warm region the average temperature for the year is 24.9 ☌ (76.8 ☏). The month with the least rainfall on average is March with an average of 60.3 mm (2.4 in) and the second is February with 67.6 mm (2.7 in). The month with the most precipitation on average is May with 159.9 mm (6.3 in) of rainfall, followed by October with 136.7 mm (5.4 in). The average amount of rainfall for the year in the city is 1,231.3 mm (48.5 in). Moca has a tropical wet climate ( Köppen climate classification : Af) with no dry or cold season as it is constantly moist. The municipality of Moca has the municipality of Jamao al Norte to the north, the Hermanas Mirabal province to the east, the La Vega province to the south, the Santiago province to the west and the Puerto Plata province to the northwest. The municipality is on flat land with small hills to the west and low mountains to the north these mountains are part of the Cordillera Septentrional and its highest mountain in the municipality, and in the province, is Loma El Mogote ( 19☂9′02″N 70☂9′20″W / 19.48389°N 70.48889°W / 19.48389 -70.48889 ( Loma El Mogote)), 970 m (3,180 ft) high. The city is at 145 km (90 mi) to the north of Santo Domingo, on the western end of the Yuna Valley, the eastern part of the larger Cibao valley. Moca has a total area of 75 km 2 (29 sq mi) and Is at an elevation of 183 m (600 ft). The urban population was 68.9% of the total population. The municipality had, in 2010, a total population of 94,981: 47,569 men and 47,569 women. Those troops that went back to north Haiti, on 3 April 1805, kill all the inhabitants of Moca, except two persons, and burned completely the town. He tried for three weeks but could not take the city of Santo Domingo and so he came back to Haiti. People began to live in Moca during the first years of the 18th century, when the eastern part of the Hispaniola was the Spanish colony of "Santo Domingo".Īfter the Haitian independence, Jean Jacques Dessalines tried to get the eastern part of the island, that had been given by Spain to France. It is in the Cibao Valley, south of the Cordillera Septentrional ( English: Northern mountain range), in the southern part of the province. The Dominican city of Moca is the head municipality of the Espaillat province. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.įor technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: AgEcon Search (email available below). If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. You can help adding them by using this form. We have no bibliographic references for this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about. This allows to link your profile to this item. If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.įor technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:ags:cfcs92:258943. You can help correct errors and omissions. All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors.
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