Hato Mayor del Rey

Etymology

Directly translated into English, it means Great Herd of the King or King's Great Herd. The name stems from the colonial period in the 16th century, in which Hato Mayor del Rey was among the largest herding regions of Hispaniola and served King Charles I.

History

Hato Mayor del Rey was founded around the year 1520 by Francisco Dávila as land that was dedicated to cattle and agriculture. Francisco Dávila, in his position as Treasurer and Perpetual Royal Regidor in Hispaniola, established the Majorat of Dávila on 23 August 1554 in the city of Santo Domingo, in the presence of his nephew Gaspar Dávila. The lands of Hato Mayor del Rey then formed a part of Dávila's majorat.

Over time, Hato Mayor del Rey passed through the hands of several heirs and keepers. In 1746, Don Antonio Coca y Vevers Landeche, who was the perpetual manager of the Majorat of Dávila, founded Hato Mayor del Rey as a village. The village included a hermitage dedicated to Our Lady of Mercy to encourage people living near the estate to practice Catholicism.

Until July 1843, Hato Mayor del Rey was part of the community of El Seibo and the province of El Seibo. After 1843, Hato Mayor del Rey became its own independent community by decree of the occupying Haitian forces under Charles Rivière-Hérard. On 9 June 1845, Hato Mayor del Rey's independent community status was lost under law No. 40 of the Provincial Administration, reverting it to a military outpost of El Seibo. On 13 October 1848, Dominican President Manuel Jiménes, proclaimed the community of Hato Mayor del Rey an independent town by Decree No. 174 of the Conservative Council and the Chamber of Tribunes. During the Annexation, Hato Mayor del Rey was converted into a military base in charge of the protection of El Seibo.

On 14 December 1888, Mrs. María de las Mercedes de la Rocha y Landeche and her husband Esteban Fernández de Coca, before the presence of Ramón María Gautreaux, Secretary and Treasurer of the township, and Antonio Lluberes and Manuel Mañón, witnesses, donated 1,070,879.41 m2 to the City Council of Hato Mayor del Rey.

Hato Mayor del Rey park

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Climate

Hato Mayor del Rey has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am) a little wetter in its driest month than a tropical savanna climate (Aw) would be. The weather is hot and humid all year round, with a drier and less unpleasant season from December to March and a wetter, even hotter season between April and November. |Jan record high C = 35.0 |Feb record high C = 37.2 |Mar record high C = 38.0 |Apr record high C = 39.0 |May record high C = 37.8 |Jun record high C = 37.4 |Jul record high C = 37.6 |Aug record high C = 39.0 |Sep record high C = 38.0 |Oct record high C = 37.6 |Nov record high C = 36.0 |Dec record high C = 35.5 |year record high C = 39.0 |Jan record low C = 12.0 |Feb record low C = 11.9 |Mar record low C = 12.1 |Apr record low C = 13.3 |May record low C = 14.5 |Jun record low C = 14.8 |Jul record low C = 15.4 |Aug record low C = 16.9 |Sep record low C = 16.9 |Oct record low C = 16.6 |Nov record low C = 14.4 |Dec record low C = 12.9 |year record low C = 11.9 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201107210116/ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/TABLES/REG_IV/DR/00000016.TXT | archive-date = 2020-11-07 | url-status = dead | access-date = 12 September 2016}}

Notable Resident

• Antonio Bastardo (major league baseball pitcher, Philadelphia Phillies)

References

References

1. link. (17 April 2009)
2. Censo 2012 de Población y Vivienda, [http://one.gob.do/ Oficina Nacional de Estadistica]