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1885-05-28

Decree creates Espaillat province

Haitian

Espaillat. Province created by the decree of 28 May 1885 in the Dominican Republic (Gaceta oficial, 6 junio 1885), named after the Dominican patriot Ulisses Francisco Espaillat, who declined, in 1849, the honor of governing his country. Chief town: Moca. Principal towns: San Francisco de Macoris, San Antonio de la Yuna, Matanzas, Juana Nuñez. This province was taken from that of la Véga. Population: 24,000 souls.

Rouzier tells this under the entry Espaillat.

Source  ·  p. t. I, p. 345 Sémexant Rouzier, Dictionnaire géographique et administratif universel d'Haïti (t. I) (1892), p. t. I, p. 345