Monción
Monción is one of the 3 municipalities of the province in Santiago Rodriguez, Dominican Republic. Previously it was called Guaraguanó, a name from the Taíno, but in 1898, the President of the Republic at that time, Ulises Heureaux, assigned the name of Monción, in honor of the hero of the Dominican Restoration War, General Benito Monción.- Town with about 11,800 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 360 metres (1,190 feet)
- Description: place in Santiago Rodríguez, Dominican Republic
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Latitude
19.4109° or 19° 24′ 39″ north
Longitude
-71.1504° or 71° 9′ 1″ west
Open location code
77FCCR6X+9V
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Uzbek—“Monción” goes by many names.
MonciónAsturian
MonciónCebuano
蒙西翁Chinese
MonciónDutch
MonciónItalian
モンシオンJapanese
MonciónMin Nan Chinese
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