 | This articleneeds additional citations forverification. Please helpimprove this article byadding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Las Matas de Farfán" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(November 2007) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
Las Matas de Farfán | |
|---|---|
  Las Matas de Farfán Las Matas de Farfán in the Dominican Republic | |
| Coordinates:18°52′12″N71°31′12″W / 18.87000°N 71.52000°W /18.87000; -71.52000 | |
| Country |  Dominican Republic |
| Province | San Juan |
| Area | |
• Total | 636.64 km2 (245.81 sq mi) |
| Population (2012)[2] | |
• Total | 70,586 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) |
| Municipal Districts | 2 |
Las Matas de Farfán is a town in theSan Juan Province,Dominican Republic. It is the birthplace of a number of current and formerMajor League Baseball players includingJean Segura,Juan Encarnación,Roberto Novoa,Odalis Perez,Ramón Santiago, andValerio de los Santos. During the1822–44 Haitian occupation, the town was officially designated asLas-Mathas.[3][4]
TheFurnia de Catanamatias, in the mountain range above the town, is the deepest cave in the Dominican republic (380m).[5]
Las Matas de Farfán has atropical savanna climate (KöppenAw) with very hot daytime temperatures and milder nighttime temperatures year round.Diurnal temperature variation is very large for theCaribbean.
| Climate data for Las Matas de Farfán (1961–1990) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 37.8 (100.0) | 38.8 (101.8) | 38.0 (100.4) | 39.0 (102.2) | 38.5 (101.3) | 38.5 (101.3) | 38.7 (101.7) | 38.5 (101.3) | 38.2 (100.8) | 38.2 (100.8) | 38.0 (100.4) | 38.3 (100.9) | 39.0 (102.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.1 (88.0) | 31.9 (89.4) | 33.0 (91.4) | 33.6 (92.5) | 33.5 (92.3) | 34.2 (93.6) | 34.5 (94.1) | 34.4 (93.9) | 33.5 (92.3) | 32.4 (90.3) | 31.3 (88.3) | 30.4 (86.7) | 32.8 (91.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15.7 (60.3) | 16.2 (61.2) | 17.3 (63.1) | 18.3 (64.9) | 19.2 (66.6) | 19.6 (67.3) | 19.2 (66.6) | 19.3 (66.7) | 19.2 (66.6) | 19.0 (66.2) | 17.7 (63.9) | 15.9 (60.6) | 18.0 (64.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 9.3 (48.7) | 10.3 (50.5) | 10.5 (50.9) | 12.0 (53.6) | 14.0 (57.2) | 13.0 (55.4) | 15.0 (59.0) | 15.5 (59.9) | 15.2 (59.4) | 11.0 (51.8) | 11.8 (53.2) | 9.5 (49.1) | 9.3 (48.7) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 9.1 (0.36) | 10.0 (0.39) | 35.0 (1.38) | 104.3 (4.11) | 164.5 (6.48) | 109.7 (4.32) | 82.8 (3.26) | 125.2 (4.93) | 150.1 (5.91) | 154.1 (6.07) | 53.6 (2.11) | 13.3 (0.52) | 1,011.7 (39.83) |
| Average rainy days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 1.1 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 7.3 | 11.1 | 7.1 | 6.5 | 8.7 | 10.2 | 10.7 | 4.4 | 2.0 | 73.6 |
| Source:NOAA[6] | |||||||||||||
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
 | ThisDominican Republic location article is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. |
