Montecristi is located near the mouth of the Ya que del Norte River .approximately 135 km west of Puerto Plata, it is located at northwestern tip of the Dominican Republic a in the coastal lowlands near the border with Haiti. It is a historical Victorian-style town with not much tourism . History Montecristi ( province ) was founded in 1506 by Nicolas de Ovando and named after and San Fernando de Montecristi after King Ferdinand of Spain. in 1533 Juan de Bolaños and 63 families migrated from the Canary Islands. Monte cristi is said to have had the country’s first aqueduct, railroad and telephones installed. By the mid-to-late 16th century Monte Cristi became a very wealthy port for immigrants from Europe, the US and South America who worked with Dominicans to set up businesses to export Wood and agricultural products that were grown in the region. Monte Cristi was destroyed in 1606 for trading illegally as retribution for doing business with pirates . I...
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