Monseñor Nouel Province
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| Country |  Dominican Republic |
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| Establishment date | 1982 | ||||
| Capital city • Population • Coordinates |
Bonao 115,743 18° 56′ S 70° 25′ O |
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| Area • Total • % of the country |
Ranked 24th 992.39 km² 2.0% |
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| Population • Total • % of the country • Density |
Ranked 17th 167,618 (2002) 2.0% 168.9 inhab./km² |
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| Time zone | UTC-4 | ||||
| ISO 3166-2 | DO-28 | ||||
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| Members in Congress |
1 Senator 3 Deputies |
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| Municipalities Municipal Districts |
3 4 |
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Monseñor Nouel is a province of the Dominican Republic. It was split from La Vega in 1992.
It is named for Monseñor Dr. Adolfo Alejandro Nouel y Bobadilla (1862-1937), Archbishop of Santo Domingo and briefly President of the Republic in 1912-3.
[edit] Municipalities and municipal districts
The province as of June 20 2006 is divided into the following municipalities (municipios) and municipal districts (distrito municipal - D.M.) within them:[1]
- Bonao
- Arroyo Toro-Masipedro (D.M.)
- Jayaco (D.M.)
- Juma Bejucal (D.M.)
- Sabana del Puerto (D.M.)
- Maimón
- Piedra Blanca
- Juan Adrián (D.M.)
- Villa Sonador (D.M.)
The following is a sortable table of the municipalities and municipal districts with population figures as of the 2002 census. Urban population are those living in the seats (cabeceras literally heads) of municipalities or of municipal districts. Rural population are those living in the districts (Secciones literally sections) and neighborhoods (Parajes literally places) outside of them.[2]
For comparison with the municipalities and municipal districts of other provinces see the list of municipalities and municipal districts of the Dominican Republic.
| Name | Total population | Urban population | Rural population |
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| Bonao | 115,743 | 72,821 | 42,922 |
| Sabana del Puerto (D.M.) | 10,925 | 1,188 | 9,737 |
| Maimón | 17,439 | 14,514 | 2,925 |
| Piedra Blanca | 12,174 | 8,285 | 3,889 |
| Juan Adrián (D.M.) | 3,517 | 1,331 | 2,186 |
| Villa Sonador (D.M.) | 7,820 | 3,586 | 4,234 |
| Monseñor Nouel province | 167,618 | 101,725 | 65,893 |
[edit] References
- ^ Oficina Nacional de Estadistica, Departamento de Cartografia, Division de Limites y Linderos. Listado de Codigos de Provincias, Municipio y Distritos Municipales, Actualizada a Junio 20 del 2006 (Spanish). Retrieved on 2007-01-24.
- ^ Oficina Nacional de Estadística. VIII Censo 2002 Poplación y Vivienda (PDF) (Spanish). Retrieved on 2007-01-24.
[edit] External links
- (Spanish) Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Statistics Portal of the Dominican Republic
- (Spanish) Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Maps with administrative division of the provinces of the Dominican Republic, downloadable in PDF format
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