Sports
As much as the rest of the nation, Santiago residents enjoy baseball and look forward to the Dominican winter season with the local team being the Aguilas Cibaeñas. Besides baseball, basketball is also played at a professional level in the city of Santiago. The institution in charge of organizing these events is the Asociación de Baloncesto de Santiago de los Treinta Caballeros (ABASACA)
Santiago's major baseball and basketball teams are Las Aguilas Cibaeñas and Los Metros de Santiago.
Santiago have two stadiums, and the stadiums are The Estadio Cibao home of the Aguilas Cibaeñas and The Gran Arena del Cibao home of Los Metros De Santiago
The Female Volleyball Team have claimed two bronze medals in the professional Dominican Volleyball League.
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