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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = San Gregorio de Yaguate
| image_skyline      = Yaguate,_San_Cristobal,_Dominican_Republic.jpg
| image_caption      = Yaguate town hall
| pushpin_map        = Dominican Republic
| pushpin_relief     = 1
| pushpin_map_caption = Yaguate in the Dominican Republic
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| coordinates        = {{coord|18|19|48|N|70|10|48|W|region:DO|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = {{DOM}}
| subdivision_type1  = [[Provinces of the Dominican Republic|Province]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[San Cristóbal Province|San Cristóbal]]
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| area_total_km2     = 121.81
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="listado">Superficies a nivel de municipios, [http://one.gob.do/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=63&Itemid=283 Oficina Nacional de Estadistica]</ref>
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| population_total   = 92586
| population_as_of   = 2012
| total_type         = Total
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| population_footnotes = <ref name="censo">Censo 2012 de Población y Vivienda, [http://one.gob.do/ Oficina Nacional de Estadistica]</ref>
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| blank1_name        = [[Municipalities of the Dominican Republic|Municipal Districts]]
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| image_shield       = Escudo del Municipio San Gregorio de Yaguate.png
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'''Yaguate''' is a town and [[Municipalities of the Dominican Republic|municipality]] (''[[municipio]]'') of the [[San Cristóbal Province|San Cristóbal province]] in the south region of [[Dominican Republic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.one.gob.do/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=113|title=Listado de Codigos de Provincias, Municipio y Distritos Municipales, Actualizada a Junio 20 del 2006|language=es|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217002005/http://www.one.gob.do/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=113|archive-date=2008-12-17|access-date=2007-01-24}}</ref> Yaguate is located about 30 miles from the city of [[San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic|San Cristóbal]] near the [[DR-2]] that goes to [[Baní]].
==History==
On the western banks of the Nizao River at the end of the 16th century the Spanish captain Juan Tello de Guzmán established the Yaguate settlement. The early settlers were dedicated to raising cattle and were not dedicated to the cultivation of agricultural products with an agro-industrial vocation, as were the mills in which a slave structure allowed the growth of a different society.
[[File:Yaguate_San_Cristobal_Dominican_Republic.jpg|thumb|right|Trinitarios statue in Yaguate, Dominican Republic.]]
The rancher settlements were places where families lived whose main occupation consisted of raising horses and cutting wood.
While the mill required a large amount of labor for its proper functioning, in the ranch the massive use of the slave was not necessary, which is why homogeneous human settlements arose in their surroundings where the Spanish were a majority.
==Economy==
The town square has a  basketball court and several churches.  There is also the [[Ayuntamiento]], the [[City and town halls|town hall]]. There is a small secondary school, a clinic, and a few small grocery stores, along with several bars.  The region is filled with [[sugar cane]] fields, and nearby the town is a large sugar refinery called "Ingenio Caei."
[[File:Yaguate_San_Cristobal_Dominican_Republic_in_Christmas.jpg|thumb|left|Yaguate, Dominican Republic during Christmas time.]]
The road heading north from the town leads through several small neighborhoods to the [[Nizao river]].  There are many sand mines in the area, as well as some very good swimming spots as the river is very clear. Farther up the road is the Valdesia Dam.
In 2003, the town suffered a flood that covered roughly half of the town. Missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints helped to rescue many people from the flood, although one person died, trapped behind a locked door.
==Well-known people==
*[[Michael Pineda]],(b 1989) is a professional baseball pitcher for the [[Detroit Tigers]]
*[[Jeurys Familia]],(b 1989) is a professional baseball pitcher for the [[Philadelphia Phillies]]
*[[José Ramírez (pitcher)|Jose Ramirez]],(b 1990) is a professional baseball pitcher.
*[[Arodys Vizcaíno]], (b 1990) is a professional baseball pitcher in the [[Kansas City Royals]] organization.
==References==
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In Spanish [http://do.litche.com/noticias/republica-dominicana/san-cristobal/yaguate News of Yaguate San Cristobal  Dominican Republic]
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