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San Pedro de Macoris travel guide and vacation resources

San Pedro de Macorís is a municipality (municipio) and the capital of the San Pedro de Macorís province in the Dominican Republic. The city is fairly active due to its proximity to the Capital of Santo Domingo and also its role in the sugar industry. The province is infomally known as San Pedro and SPM. Citizens from San Pedro De Macorís are called petromacorisanos. The culture of the province shares many similarities with those of the other eastern provinces. For example, during carnival season, the diablos (devils) tend to wield fuetes (whips), which relates to the traditional cattle farming of the whole region. There are several Ingenios azucareros (sugar mills or, literally, sugar engines) distributed in the province which handle the load of its large sugar cane plantations. This industry in turn allowed for San Pedro De Macorís to serve as the base of operations for two of the DR's three biggest rummeries. Bovine cattle is another important economic asset, as it is in all of the other eastern provinces thanks to the vast Llanura Oriental (Eastern Plain). San Pedro also hosts many hotel and tourism ventures, ranging from low-tier resorts to top tier exclusive Golf and Country Clubs. The province enjoys a rarely disputed reputation as the capital of Dominican baseball, providing a relatively high number of professional baseball players. Many of these players are drafted to play in the USA's Major Leagues of Baseball, with Sammy Sosa being the most notable player from SPM in recent years. Baseball players from this city often come from poor homes and use baseball as a way to earn money for their families. Many ball players from this city are major philanthropists as well. San Pedro de Macorís is a province of the Dominican Republic. The area was only slowly populated, with its tiny settlements from the Spanish colonial period seeing increases in their population as people fled the Haitian occupation. Known also as ‘Misquitisol’, the province is famous for its savage mosquitos and hot tropical sun. The province’s capital, San Pedro de Macorís, has its origins as a port town that was dependant on the fruits provided by the capital during the Spanish colonial era. The first mayor was nominated in 1815, and in 1852, with the construction of a military post, the city began to grow. San Pedro de Macorís city was decreed a Community in 1865, during the Second Republic, and its port was opened to foreign imports in 1867. The sugar industry was established in 1879. The city’s economic growth was accompanied by a cultural development, with newspapers being established and schools constructed. During the 1920s, this was the Dominican Republic’s third most populated city. Today, its population totals about 217,000, and it is still one of the nation’s most important ports.

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