Yuma

Yuma lies in eastern Hispaniola, where the Yuma River reaches the Caribbean Sea. The river mouth offers a coastal anchorage below the inland country of Higüey. Juan Ponce de León held an estate in the region in the early sixteenth century; from the port associated with Higüey he departed in 1508 for Puerto Rico. The river and its harbor formed part of the first Spanish maritime connections between the two islands.

The later city of La Romana lies here.