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Boca de Yuma was known as the "port of Higüey. The port of Higüey was where Ponce de Leon had his boat, from here in the year 1508, departed towards the conquest of Borinquen, Puerto Rico. In the year 1513, instituted a notary's deed at its anchorage in Boca de Yuma, and left here in search of the eternal youth and made the discovery and subsequent colonization of Florida.
Boca de Yuma was an important port in the victory over the English in 1655, the Battle of Sabana Real on January 21, 1691, and the battles of Palo Hincado on November 7, 1808. Those were great military confrontation that changer the life and history of Dominican Republic. On October 29, 1808, the mouth of the Río Yuma was the witness of the support sent by the governor of Puerto Rico the general Toribio Montes, which arrived in port of Higüey. The material, which has had been embarked in a Brigantine, a goélette and two high-speed motorboats, equipped with guns, consisted of four hundred rifles with bayonets and two hundred sabers. Moreover, there were also two hundred volunteers, for the majority emigrated.
On 4 March of the year, 1919 began the landing of American sailors to the port of Boca de Yuma from San Pedro de Macoris in the goélette Maria Consuelo, headed by Mr. Catalino Vidal. The settle in where the first school in close to the boat launch beach, later on they turned into the first school build of concrete, which was name John F. Kennedy in honor of the Thirty-Fifth President of the United States (1961–1963). In 1966, The Incorporated Club Nautical of Santo Domingo installed an extension of the institution of team game and recreation; this was an initiative by Don Alberto Bonetti Burgos. Mr. Bonetti love to travel to Boca De Yuma frequently attracted by fishing and hunting doves. As you can see Boca de Yuma have, a history of her own and odds of many uncover yet.
Boca de Yuma in the 21st Century
In 2008 the population was about
