El Seibo Province
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| Country |  Dominican Republic |
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| Establishment date | 1844 | ||||
| Capital city • Population • Coordinates |
Santa Cruz del Seibo 63,684 18° 50′ S 69° 10′ O |
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| Area • Total • % of the country |
Ranked 11th 1,786.80 km² 3.7% |
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| Population • Total • % of the country • Density |
Ranked 25th 89,261 (2002) 1.0% 50.0 inhab./km² |
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| Time zone | UTC-4 | ||||
| ISO 3166-2 | DO-08 | ||||
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| Members in Congress |
1 Senator 2 Deputies |
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| Municipalities Municipal Districts |
2 2 |
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El Seibo, alternatively spelt El Seybo, is a province of the Dominican Republic. Before 1992 it included what is now Hato Mayor province.
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[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]
- Miches
- El Cedro (D.M.)
- La Gina (D.M.)
- Santa Cruz del Seibo
- Pedro Sánchez (D.M.)
- San Francisco-Vicentillo (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]
| Name | Total population | Urban population | Rural population |
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| Miches | 21,198 | 9,575 | 11,623 |
| Santa Cruz del Seibo | 63,684 | 22,489 | 41,195 |
| Pedro Sánchez (D.M.) | 4,379 | 1,674 | 2,705 |
| El Seibo province | 89,261 | 33,738 | 55,523 |
For comparison with the municipalities and municipal districts of other provinces see the list of municipalities and municipal districts of the Dominican Republic.
[edit] Politics
In the 2006 elections, one senator and three deputies were elected for the province. The senator is Juan Roberto Rodríguez Hernández from the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD). The deputies are Kenia Milagros Mejía Mercedes of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), Juan Maldonado Castro (PRD), and Juan Roberto Rodríguez Hernández (PRD).
[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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