Dominican Republic · Dominican Republic
Sánchez
The old railroad port at the head of Samaná Bay.
- Population
- 20,865 (2002)
- Municipality
- 1866
Then
- 1866
Las Cañitas becomes a municipality, later renamed for founding father Francisco del Rosario Sánchez.
- Late 1800s
A railway to La Vega makes it one of the country's key ports.
- 1966
The railway is gone.
Now
Farming is the main work, and fishing has faded.