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The name originates from Constance the Christian name of the daughter of a Taino cacique who lived in the sixteenth century. The aboriginal race settled before the discovery of the island territory now occupied by the town of Constanza. Until the mid-twentieth century Constance was a sparsely populated valley. The lack of road access difficult, but its isolation has not prevented some people interested in living in the area.

Several explorers knew the valley in colonial times, and even there was a settler named Victoriano reveal that brought the first cows and mares in 1750, which spread widely, as it was found in 1783. Something must have happened to these animals in their adaptation to the new environment, for in his geography of the island of Santo Domingo, published in 1915, Cayetano Rodriguez reported that Armed In the valley of Constanza is bred dwarf breed of cattle and horses, about the size of a goat.

In 1852, the British consul browser and Sir Robert Hermann Schomburgk mentions the existence of only one farm in the valley of Constanza. Twenty years later, in 1871, the American geologist William Gabb found 12 huts. In 1887, Baron Eggers visited the Central Cordillera and found 100 people inhabiting 30 huts scattered in the valley of Constanza. The town of Constanza was officially founded in 1894, and the September 9, 1907 was incorporated as a municipality within the province of La Vega.

On June 14, 1959 landed a plane with a group of members, formed by rebels who were against the Trujillo dictatorship in order to overthrow Trujillo. The guerrillas fought in the surrounding mountains and in two months were completely crushed by the army, thus ending their rebellion.

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