ICONIZAO

History

 

Nizao was founded in the 16th century when Diego, Christopher Colombus' firstborn son, built a sugar mill and plantation along Nizao River. The Nizao Municipality is divided into two municipal districts, Santana and Pizarrete, and one municipal section, Don Gregorio. Nizao was elevated to the category of Municipal Districton January 1, 1945 and to Municipality in 1989. As a municipality, Nizao elected its own Mayor and councilmen for the first time in the 1990 general elections, in which were elected Salvador Clemente Pérez Pérez( El Profe), a school teacher, as its first mayor and Juan Bautista Salvador (Guancho), Confesor Meléndez (Confe), Ramón Garcia Valdez (Ramón Garganta), Isidro Indalecio Valdez and Víctor Pérez as its first councilmen.

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Professor Salvador Perez Perez was once again elected Mayor in May 2016.

Nizao was an original settlement of Canary Islands immigrant families to the northeast of Don Gregorio Gonzales sugar mill.  Late in the 19th century, Nizao hills El Zapotal become a battlefield due to the confrontation of the militants of the two bloody Dominican political parties, Los Bolos (tailless) and Coludos (long tail). This battle took place around the El Tamarindo on Juan Pablo Duarte square.