• Source: Laguna salada

      • Laguna salada (Spanish: salty or saltpan; lake, lagoon, or depression) may refer to:


      Places


      Laguna Salada, Valverde, Dominican Republic; a municipality
      Laguna Salada (Mexico), Mexicali, Baja, Mexico; a dry lake in the Sonoran Desert of the Baja Peninsula
      Laguna Salada District, San Bruno, San Mateo, California, USA; a neighborhood in San Bruno, California
      Laguna Salada Fault, a geologic fault on the Mexico-USA border between Mexicali and Imperial counties
      Laguna Salada Marsh, Mori Point Park, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Pacifica, San Mateo, California, USA; a marsh, see List of lakes in the San Francisco Bay Area
      Laguna Salada (Riohacha), Riohacha, Venezuela; a lagoon
      Laguna Salada, Sur Lipez, Bolivia; a lake in the Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve
      Laguna Salada, Andulusia, Spain; a wetland, see List of Ramsar sites in Spain


      Events


      Battle of Laguna Salada (1820) Venezuelan War of Independence
      1892 Laguna Salada earthquake, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake on the U.S.-Mexico border, in the Salton Trough


      Other uses


      Laguna Salada (song), a 1969 song by U.S. rock band James Gang
      Laguna Salada School District, San Mateo, California, USA; the school board of Pacifica, California


      See also



      Lagunas saladas de Pétrola y Salobrejo y complejo lagunar de Corral Rubio (ES4210004), Castilla–La Mancha, Spain; a Site of Community Importance; see List of Sites of Community Importance in Castilla–La Mancha
      All pages with titles beginning with Laguna Salada
      All pages with titles containing Laguna salada
      The dictionary definition of laguna at Wiktionary
      The dictionary definition of salada at Wiktionary
      Laguna (disambiguation)
      Salada (disambiguation)

    • Source: Laguna Salada

      • Laguna Salada (Spanish pronunciation: [laˈɣuna saˈlaða], Salt Lake) is a municipality (municipio) of the Valverde province in the Dominican Republic. Within the municipality there are three municipal districts (distritos municipal): Cruce de Guayacanes, Jaibón and La Caya.


      Geography


      Laguna Salada borders the Septentrional mountain range to the north (which separates it from Puerto Plata), the Yaque del Norte River to the south (which separates it from Mao), the Maizal and Boca de Mao municipal districts to the east (which separate it from Esperanza) and Guayubín to the west (which separates it
      from the Monte Cristi province).


      Economy


      Agriculture is the main economic activity in Laguna Salada, since its terrains are fit for growing a variety of crops such as rice, banana, cassava, peppers, onions, sweet potato, coffee, cacao, among others. Tobacco and sorghum are also cultivated.
      The most important crop have been the banana; banana is harvest and exported to Europe and United States of America since 2005.
      Other economic activities include cattle ranches, industry and commerce. There are various dairy product industries in the municipality, as well a coffee factory, bakeries, carpentry shops, cement block factories, gas stations, repair shops, hardware stores, warehouses, among others.
      The municipality's economically active population (PEA) consists of 7,096 people, out of which 4,832 (or 68%) are currently employed. Of those that are employed, 270 (or 6%) work as public servants.


      Notable residents


      Birthplace of Major League Baseball player Wily Modesto ("Wily Mo") Peña.
      Birthplace of one of the most important Politician in Dominican Republic José Francisco Peña Gómez deceased in 1998.


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