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Dajabón is
the
capital
city
of
the
Dajabon
province
in
the
Dominican
Republic
located
on
the
border
with
Haiti.
It
is
a
market
town
with
a
population
of
about
40,000,
north
of
the Cordillera
central
mountain
range.
Dajabón
is
located
on
the Dajabón
River,
also
known
as
the
Massacre
River
due
to
an
incident
that
took
place
in
1728
in
which
30
French
Buccaneers
were
killed
by
Spanish
settlers.[4]
A
battle
that
took
place
here
between
the
Spanish
and
the
French
in
1690.
At
the
time
of
this
battle,
the
governor
of
the
French
colony,
Mr.
Cussy,
was
killed
in
the
Battle
of
the
Sabana
Real
de
la
Limonada,
near
modern-day Limonade in
northern
Haiti.[5] The
bridge
across
the
river
connects
Dajabón
to
its
larger
Haitian
sister
city
of Ouanaminthe.
On
Mondays
and
Fridays,
Haitians
are
permitted
to
temporarily
cross
the
bridge
to
sell
their
goods.
Most
of
the
goods
are
used
clothes,
shoes,
bulk
dry
goods,
and
housewares.
On
these
days,
an
area
of
several
acres
on
the
Western
edge
of
the
city
becomes
a
crowded
business
place.
In
addition
to
the
Haitians,
Dominicans
go
to
the
market
to
sell
food
(vegetables
grown
in
their
part
of
the
country).
