Espaillat Province

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**Espaillat Province**
Location
Espaillat in the Dominican Republic
Information
Country	Dominican Republic
Capital city	Moca
Establishment date	1885
Area - Total - % of country - Ranked	838.62 km² 1.7% 27
Population - Total (2002) - Density	225,091 (10) 268.4 inhab/km² (6)
Time zone	UTC-4
ISO 3166-2:	DO-09
Politics and administration
Members in Congress	1 Senator 5 Deputies
Municipalities Municipal Districts	4 11
Provinces of the Dominican Republic

Espaillat is a Dominican province, located in the Cibao region, in the central part of the country. Its capital city is Moca.

It was created on 1885 and it was part of the La Vega province before being elevated to the category of province.

1 Location
2 Origin of name
3 History
4 Municipalities
5 Population
6 Geography
7 Economy
8 References

[change] Location

Espaillat is bordered to the east by the province of Hermanas Mirabal, to the south by La Vega, to the west by the Santiago and Puerto Plata provinces. The María Trinidad Sánchez province is to the northwest of the Espaillat province and the Atlantic Ocean is to the north.

[change] Origin of name

The province was named after Ulises Francisco Espaillat who was President of the Dominican Republic for a short period of time (April 1876 - October 1876).

[change] History

[change] Municipalities

Espaillat has a total area of 838.62 km².^[1] It has 1.7% of the area of the Dominican Republic and it is one of the smallest provinces in the country, ranked as the 27th (out of 31 plus the National District) largest province.

There are four municipalities and eleven municipal districts in the province.

The municipalities are:

Moca, head municipality and largest city of the province
Cayetano Germosén
Gaspar Hernández
Jamao al Norte

The municipal districts are:

Canca la Reina
El Higüerito
Joba
José Contreras
Juan López
La Ortega
Las Lagunas
Monte de la Jagua
San Víctor
Vegragua
Villa Magante

[change] Population

In 2002 (last national census), there were 225,091 people living in the Espaillat province, and just 84,970 (37.75%) living in towns and cities. The population density was 268 persons/km², one of the highest in the country.^[2]

[change] Geography

There are three geographic regions in the province. They are, from north to south: the Atlantic coastal plains close to the Atlantic Ocean, the Cordillera Septentrional and the Cibao Valley.

[change] Mountains

The Cordillera Septentrional ("Northern mountain chain") is found in the north central part of the province but the mountains here are not very high. The highest mountain in the province is the El Mogote at 970 metres above sea level.^[3]

[change] Rivers

There are only short rivers in the province. The most important river that flows into the Atlantic Ocean, and the longest of the province, is the Yásica river; it forms the limit with the Puerto Plata province. Other important rivers that flow to the north are the Jamao and Veragua rivers which are tributaries of the Yásica river.

In the southern part of the province, the rivers are very short and most of them are tributaries of the Licey river (a tributary of of the Yuna river). Besides the Licey river, other rivers are Moca and Bacuí.

[change] Climate

The climate of the province is a tropical climate, hot most of the year, but it is cooler on the mountains.

[change] Economy

The main economic activity of the province is agriculture and the main products are plantain, cassava, coffee and cacao.

Tourism is a very important activity on the Atlantic coast, with many hotels in the region.

[change] References

↑ Listado de Códigos de Provincias, Municipio y Distritos Municipales, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica
↑ Censo 2002 de Población y Vivienda, Oficina Nacional de Estadística
↑ Núñez Molina, Luis N. (1972). El Territorio Dominican (in Spanish). Santo Domingo, República Dominicana: Julio D. Postigo C. por A..

Provinces of the Dominican Republic

Azua • Baoruco • Barahona • Dajabón • Duarte • Elías Piña • El Seibo • Espaillat • Hato Mayor • Hermanas Mirabal • Independencia • La Altagracia • La Romana • La Vega • María Trinidad Sánchez • Monseñor Nouel • Monte Cristi • Monte Plata • Pedernales • Peravia • Puerto Plata • Samaná • Sánchez Ramírez • San Cristóbal • San José de Ocoa • San Juan • San Pedro de Macorís • Santiago • Santiago Rodríguez • Santo Domingo • Valverde • Distrito Nacional

Category: Provinces of the Dominican Republic