title: Villa González
text: # Villa González
  
  Villa Gonzalez is a municipality (municipio) of the Santiago province in the Dominican Republic. Within the municipality there are two municipal districts (distritos municipal): El Limón and Palmar Arriba.
  
  ## Geography
  
  The town is located 20 miles (32 km) from Santiago de los Caballeros.
  
  ## Economy
  
  The area produces some of the finest tobacco in the Dominican Republic.
  
  ## Notable residents
  
  * José Armando Castillo, baseball and fastpitch softball player for Dominican national teams
  * Raynel Espinal, professional baseball player
  * Asela Mera de Jorge, politician and activist
  * Ramón Morel, professional baseball player
  * José Reyes, professional baseball player
  * Antonio Santos, professional baseball player
  