Yaqui

The Yaque del Norte flows through the Cibao valley of northern Hispaniola, gathering waters from the Cordillera Central before reaching the Atlantic coast. Its Indigenous name survives among the island’s principal river names. The river runs through the fertile country associated with the Taíno chiefdom of Maguá, where communities lived and cultivated the valley before Spanish conquest. Its course links the mountains with the broad northern plain.

The later city of Santiago de los Caballeros lies here.