Los Mina

Los Mina (in full: San Lorenzo de Los Mina) is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo Este in the province of Santo Domingo of the Dominican Republic. Los Mina was part of Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional. Santo Domingo Este was created as municipality in 2001 by law 163-01 splitting the Santo Domingo province from the Distrito Nacional with Santo Domingo Este taking the other sectors of Alma Rosa I, Alma Rosa II, El Almirante, Hainamosa, Invivienda, Lucerna, Mendoza, Ozama, Ralma, San Isidro, Sans Sousi, Urbanización Italia.[1]

Los Mina
Los Mina
Coordinates: 18°30′N 69°59′W
CountryDominican Republic
CitySanto Domingo Este
ProvinceSanto Domingo
Government
  MayorAlfredo Martinez “El Cañero”
Area
  Total105.41 km2 (40.70 sq mi)
Population
 (2008)
  Total104,846
  Density5,981.46/km2 (15,491.9/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-4 UTC
  Summer (DST)UTCNone
Websitehttps://web.archive.org/web/20090107033827/http://www.asde.gov.do/

It was founded as a village for formerly French-enslaved maroons in the late-1670s as San Lorenzo de los Negros de Mina, later shortened to San Lorenzo de Los Mina. During the 1822–44 Haitian occupation, the village was officially designated in French language as Saint-Laurent des Mines.

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