A variety of vegetables such as lettuce, tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, cabbage are cultivated, among others. Other fruits: bananas, pigeon pea, taro, yams, squash, beans, coffee, oranges, lemons, grapefruit, papaya (papaya), etc. The city is also known for its agricultural production, with the plantain, banana and cassava as major crops. The city has the largest coffee manufacturing industry, Industries Banilejas. A strong business in shops, furniture, supermarkets, warehouses, factories of footwear, food, construction, and hardware. Moca has a very important banking sector, the city is home to branches of all commercial banks of the country. In 1845, Moca is designated common of the department of La Vega, then in its political division it becomes the head municipality of the Espaillat province.Įconomy People of Moca, Dominican Republic. Most crops are harvested by hand.Īt the time of its colonization by the Spanish, what is now Moca was part of the chiefdom of Maguá. Agriculture forms the primary livelihood of the inhabitants.
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All its pane glass windows were originally brought from Italy depicting the apostles and Jesus' path to the crucifixion. Moca is home to the Corazon Sagrado de Jesus ("Sacred Heart of Jesus") Cathedral. The city is known as "La Villa Heroica" (Village of Heroes) due to the number of men and women from Moca who have played a major role in the Dominican Republic's history in bringing down two dictators, Ulises Heureaux and Rafael Trujillo, and bringing democracy back to the country.
It is divided into eight municipal districts: San Víctor, Las Lagunas, José Contreras, Juan López, El Higuerito, La Ortega, Monte de la Jagua and Canca La Reina. Moca is located 11 miles/18 kilometers east from the country’s second-largest city, Santiago. Moca is the capital of Espaillat province in the Cibao region of the Dominican Republic, and is the tenth-largest city of the country with a population of 173,442 inhabitants.
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