Jarabacoa

Jarabacoa lies in a mountain valley of Hispaniola’s Cordillera Central. The Yaque del Norte, Jimenoa and Baiguate rivers cross the surrounding high country, descending through wooded slopes and steep valleys. Its name is of Taíno origin, recalling Indigenous communities who knew this well-watered region before Spanish conquest. In the early nineteenth century people from the lowlands took refuge in the mountains, and settlement in the valley grew.