Sabana Grande de Boyá is a municipality (municipio) of the Monte Plata province in the Dominican Republic.

[2] It was founded by Enrique Bejo (Enriquillo), the Taino chief of Jaragua and hero of Bahoruco, after 14 years of struggle.

[clarification needed] Having managed to force the authorities of Santo Domingo to sign a peace treaty, he decided to retire to Boyá in 1533, where he later died.

The town experienced its greatest population growth during the 1940s, a time when the sowing, cultivation and harvesting of sugar cane also began, an activity directed by the then president of the Dominican Republic, the tyrant Rafael Leonidas Trujillo.

[citation needed] The economy of the town is based on livestock, agriculture and remittances received from abroad, specifically from the United States and Europe.