Las Matas de Farfán


Las Matas de Farfán is a town in the San Juan Province, Dominican Republic. It is the birthplace of a number of current and former Major League Baseball players including Nelson Cruz, Jean Segura, Juan Encarnación, Roberto Novoa, Odalis Perez, Ramón Santiago, and Valerio de los Santos. During the 1822–44 Haitian occupation, the town was officially designated as Las-Mathas.

Climate

Las Matas de Farfán has a tropical monsoon climate with very hot daytime temperatures year round with milder nighttime temperatures. Diurnal temperature range is very large for somewhere in the Caribbean.