Dajabón (dah-hah-BON), city (1993 pop. 12,436), Dajabón prov., NW Dominican Republic, on Haiti border, opposite Ouanaminthe, on Massacre R., and 20 mi/32 km S of Monte Cristi; 19°32'N 71°42'W. Trades in timber, hides; bananas, honey, coffee. Center of resistance in struggle against Spain and Haiti. Since 1938, prov.
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