Guacayakima

Guacayakima corresponds to Guacayarima, the mountainous peninsula at the southwestern end of Hispaniola. Its rugged country was part of the wider Indigenous region of Xaragua. Early writers described communities living in the far west of the peninsula, among mountains, caves and coastal lands. The name survives in accounts of Hispaniola’s Indigenous geography from the time of the first Spanish encounters.

The later city of Les Cayes lies nearby.