{{Infobox river | name = Haina River | name_native = {{native name|es|Rio Haina}} | name_native_lang = | name_other = | name_etymology = <!---------------------- IMAGE & MAP --> | image = | image_caption = | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Dominican Republic | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption= Location of the mouth <!---------------------- LOCATION --> | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Dominican Republic | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdivision_type5 = Municipality | subdivision_name5 = Santo Domingo <!---------------------- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS --> | length = {{cvt|86|km}} | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max = <!---------------------- BASIN FEATURES --> | source1 = | source1_location = | source1_coordinates= | source1_elevation = | mouth = Santo Domingo Basin, Caribbean Sea | mouth_location = | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|18|24|55|N|70|01|05|W|display=inline,title}} | mouth_elevation = | progression = | river_system = | basin_size = | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }} The '''Haina River''' is a waterway situated in the Dominican Republic. It flows along the eastern boundary of the hydrographic district encompassing Azua, Baní, and San Cristóbal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mipais.jmarcano.com/geografia/rios/jaina.html|title=Ríos de la República Dominicana|last=|first=|date=|website=mipais.jmarcano.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2018-12-26}}</ref>
In 1496, according to Floyd, "Miguel Diaz and Francisco de Garay, working their way down the Haina river, discovered rich deposits of gold in the river sands perhaps twenty-five miles from the coast." Bartolome Colon built a fort along this river, "well situated within the gold region", which he named San Cristobal.<ref name="Floyd">{{cite book|last1=Floyd|first1=Troy|title=The Columbus Dynasty in the Caribbean, 1492-1526|date=1973|publisher=University of New Mexico Press|location=Albuquerque|pages=32–34, 44}}</ref>
== Overview == Haina River stretches across a length of 86 km. It originates from Loma El Zumbador of Lomas de Maimón in the Central Mountain range, located Northwest of Villa Altagracia. The river flows into the Caribbean Sea, east of the municipality Bajos de Haina, approximately 14 km west of the Ozama River.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mipais.jmarcano.com/geografia/rios/jaina.html|title=Ríos de la República Dominicana|last=|first=|date=|website=mipais.jmarcano.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2018-12-26}}</ref>
==Etymology== Julian Granberry and Gary Vescelius suggest a Macoris etymology for the name ''haina'', comparing it with ''ha-ina'' 'many nets' in the purportedly related Warao language of the Orinoco Delta.<ref name="Granberry">{{cite book | title=Languages of the Pre-Columbian Antilles | publisher=University of Alabama Press | author=Granberry, Julian |author2=Gary Vescelius | year=2004 | location=Tuscaloosa, AL | isbn=0-8173-5123-X}}</ref>
==See also== *List of rivers of the Dominican Republic
==References== {{reflist}} * The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000. *[http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/index.html GEOnet Names Server] *[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/americas/dominican_republic_pol_04.jpg CIA map]
Category:Rivers of the Dominican Republic
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