Valverde
Valverde is one of the 32 provinces of the Dominican Republic. Located to the Northwest belongs to the Northwest Region or Western Cibao. It was created when the province of Santiago was divided in 1959, giving it this name in honor of the former president of the Republic, General Don José Desiderio Valverde. It limits to the north with the province of Puerto Plata, to the east and south with the province of Santiago and to the west with the provinces of Montecristi and Santiago Rodríguez.