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Bani - Salinas Puerto Hermoso - Dominican Republic

Bani conocido por sus riquezas costeras es una provincia agrícola que colinda hacia el Norte con la Cordillera Central. Fue declarado Provincia José Trujillo Valdez el 21 de noviembre de 1945, para luego llamarse Peravia.

Baní tomó su nombre de un cacique llamado Paní, que en lenguaje nativo significaba abundancia de agua.

La llegada a la isla del Comendador de la Orden de Calatrava, Fray Nicolás de Ovando, descendiente del Conde de Ledesma y enemigo de Cristóbal Colón, marcó un período de siniestra memoria. Las matanzas de Jaragua e Higuey cimentaron el exterminio de la raza aborigen.

En el valle de Baní, propiedad de la familia Colón y luego ligado a la estirpe de Doña Luisa Guerrero, consorte del Brigadier Capitán General de la Isla Don Ignacio Pérez Caro. La ciudad fue fundada el 3 de marzo de 1664 por el Capitán español Manuel de Azlor y Urries, quien compró un hato por 300 pesos a la Señora Ana de Peravia, cuyas tierras pertenecían al Cacicazgo de Maguana.

La necesidad de ir conformando un núcleo poblacional con trazado urbano trajo consigo la creación de la villa, que fue oficializada el 3 de marzo de 1764.

Su patrimonio natural cuenta además con las Salinas de Puerto Hermoso, donde se produce sal de gran pureza y con las Dunas de Baní, un lugar único en la isla por su belleza.

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Lago Enriquillo - Enriquillo Lake
República Dominicana

Lago Enriquillo esta localizado al suroeste de República Dominicana, es uno de sólo unos pocos lagos de agua salada en el mundo habitado por cocodrilos.

Lake Enriquillo is a lake in the Dominican Republic, it is one of only a few saltwater lakes in the world inhabited by crocodiles.

Lake Enriquillo is located in a rift valley formed by the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault that extends 79 miles (127 km) from Port-au-Prince Bay in Haiti in the west, to near Neiba Bay in the Dominican Republic in the east.

This fault was responsible for the catastrophic 2010 Haiti earthquake. The lake is named after Enriquillo, a Taíno cacique who rebelled against the Spaniards in the early 16th century, and hid in the mountains North of the lake.

Lake Enriquillo covers an area of 102 square miles (265 km²) and is the lowest point in the Caribbean falling 129 feet (39 m) below sea level. During the late 2000s, the lake has increased its surface area dramatically.

Records for 2004 show the lake to be 164 square kilometers; measurements from 2011 put the area at 350 km²..... This rise in level has affected hundres of nearby residents in townships that bordered the lake, with abundant loss of agricultural land which, even if the waters recede, will probably be rendered useless due to the lake's salinity damaging the qualities of the once-arable soil.

©2012 Carlos A. Objio Sarraff, All Rights Reserved
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Garza ganadera/Bubulcus ibis/Cattle Egret

La garza ganadera o garza boyera (Bubulcus ibis) es una especie de ave pelecaniforme de la familia Ardeidae que vive en todas las zonas tropicales, subtropicales y templadas del planeta.

Es la única especie del género Bubulcus. A pesar de sus similitudes en el plumaje con las garcetas del género Egretta está emparentada más cercanamente con el género Ardea.

Originaria del Viejo Mundo ha colonizado con éxito y gran rapidez el resto de todos continentes, estando solo ausente en la Antártida. Es un ave de color blanco adornada con plumas doradas o anaranjadas en la cabeza y cuello en la temporada de cría. Anida en colonias, cerca del agua y a menudo con otras aves zancudas. Sus nidos son plataformas de ramitas que coloca sobre los árboles y arbustos. A diferencia de las demás garzas se alimenta en hábitats herbáceos relativamente secos, a menudo acompañando al ganado u otros grandes mamíferos para atrapar a los insectos y pequeños vertebrados espantados por estos, costumbre de la que recibe su nombre.

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Lago Enriquillo - Enriquillo Lake
República Dominicana

Lago Enriquillo esta localizado al suroeste de República Dominicana, es uno de sólo unos pocos lagos de agua salada en el mundo habitado por cocodrilos.

Lake Enriquillo is a lake in the Dominican Republic, it is one of only a few saltwater lakes in the world inhabited by crocodiles.

Lake Enriquillo is located in a rift valley formed by the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault that extends 79 miles (127 km) from Port-au-Prince Bay in Haiti in the west, to near Neiba Bay in the Dominican Republic in the east.

This fault was responsible for the catastrophic 2010 Haiti earthquake. The lake is named after Enriquillo, a Taíno cacique who rebelled against the Spaniards in the early 16th century, and hid in the mountains North of the lake.

Lake Enriquillo covers an area of 102 square miles (265 km²) and is the lowest point in the Caribbean falling 129 feet (39 m) below sea level. During the late 2000s, the lake has increased its surface area dramatically.

Records for 2004 show the lake to be 164 square kilometers; measurements from 2011 put the area at 350 km²..... This rise in level has affected hundres of nearby residents in townships that bordered the lake, with abundant loss of agricultural land which, even if the waters recede, will probably be rendered useless due to the lake's salinity damaging the qualities of the once-arable soil.

©2012 Carlos A. Objio Sarraff, All Rights Reserved
This image is not available for use on websites, blogs or any other media without the explicit written permission of the photographer.

Lago Enriquillo - Enriquillo Lake
República Dominicana

Lago Enriquillo esta localizado al suroeste de República Dominicana, es uno de sólo unos pocos lagos de agua salada en el mundo habitado por cocodrilos.

Lake Enriquillo is a lake in the Dominican Republic, it is one of only a few saltwater lakes in the world inhabited by crocodiles.

Lake Enriquillo is located in a rift valley formed by the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault that extends 79 miles (127 km) from Port-au-Prince Bay in Haiti in the west, to near Neiba Bay in the Dominican Republic in the east.

This fault was responsible for the catastrophic 2010 Haiti earthquake. The lake is named after Enriquillo, a Taíno cacique who rebelled against the Spaniards in the early 16th century, and hid in the mountains North of the lake.

Lake Enriquillo covers an area of 102 square miles (265 km²) and is the lowest point in the Caribbean falling 129 feet (39 m) below sea level. During the late 2000s, the lake has increased its surface area dramatically.

Records for 2004 show the lake to be 164 square kilometers; measurements from 2011 put the area at 350 km²..... This rise in level has affected hundres of nearby residents in townships that bordered the lake, with abundant loss of agricultural land which, even if the waters recede, will probably be rendered useless due to the lake's salinity damaging the qualities of the once-arable soil.

©2012 Carlos A. Objio Sarraff, All Rights Reserved
This image is not available for use on websites, blogs or any other media without the explicit written permission of the photographer.