Provinces of the Dominican Republic
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- See also: Ranked list of Dominican Provinces
The Dominican Republic has thirty-one (31) provinces (in Spanish, provincias). The President of the Republic appoints a Civil Governor (Gobernador Civil) in every province. The only function of the Governor is to represent the President of the Republic in the province.
The people who live in the province elect one Senator (Senador) and at least two (2) Representatives (Diputados) for the National Congress.
The National District (Distrito Nacional) is similar to a province but without a Civil Governor and with only one municipality, Santo Domingo de Guzmán, the national capital.
There are two (2) or more municipalities (in Spanish and in singular, municipio) in every province. The municipalities are governed by municipal councils and mayors elected by popular vote. The municipal districts (in Spanish and in singular, distrito municipal) are subdivisions of some municipalities ruled by a municipal council and a mayor named by the municipality to which they belong.
The Dominican Republic has 154 municipalities and 202 municipal districts.
The following is a table of the provinces and their capital cities. Population figures in the following table are from the 2002 census.[1]
| Province | Capital | Area (km²)[2] | Population | Density[2] | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azua | Azua de Compostela | 2,531.77 | 20,8857 | 82 | 1 |
| Baoruco | Neiba | 1,282.23 | 91,480 | 71 | 2 |
| Barahona | Santa Cruz de Barahona | 1,739.38 | 179,239 | 103 | 3 |
| Dajabón | Dajabón | 1,020.73 | 62,046 | 61 | 4 |
| Distrito Nacional | Santo Domingo de Guzmán | 104.44 | 913,540 | 8,747 | D.N. |
| Duarte | San Francisco de MacorÃs | 1,605.35 | 28,3805 | 177 | 5 |
| ElÃas Piña | Comendador | 1,426.20 | 63,879 | 45 | 6 |
| El Seibo | Santa Cruz del Seibo | 1,786.80 | 89,261 | 50 | 7 |
| Espaillat | Moca | 838.62 | 225,091 | 268 | 8 |
| Hato Mayor | Hato Mayor del Rey | 1,329.29 | 87,631 | 66 | 9 |
| Hermanas Mirabal | Salcedo | 440.43 | 96,356 | 219 | 21 |
| Independencia | Jimanà | 2,006.44 | 50,833 | 25 | 10 |
| La Altagracia | Salvaleón de Higüey | 3,010.34 | 182,020 | 60 | 11 |
| La Romana | La Romana | 653.95 | 219,812 | 336 | 12 |
| La Vega | Concepción de la Vega | 2,287.24 | 385,101 | 168 | 13 |
| MarÃa Trinidad Sánchez | Nagua | 1,271.71 | 135,727 | 107 | 14 |
| Monseñor Nouel | Bonao | 992.39 | 167,618 | 169 | 15 |
| Monte Cristi | San Fernando de Monte Cristi | 1,924.35 | 111,014 | 58 | 16 |
| Monte Plata | Monte Plata | 2,632.14 | 180,376 | 69 | 17 |
| Pedernales | Pedernales | 2,074.53 | 2,1207 | 10 | 18 |
| Peravia | Banà | 792.33 | 169,865 | 214 | 19 |
| Puerto Plata | San Felipe de Puerto Plata | 1,852.90 | 312,706 | 168 | 20 |
| Samaná | Santa Bárbara de Samaná | 853.74 | 91,875 | 108 | 22 |
| Sánchez RamÃrez | Cotuà | 1,196.13 | 151,179 | 126 | 23 |
| San Cristóbal | San Cristóbal | 1,265.77 | 532,880 | 421 | 24 |
| San José de Ocoa | San José de Ocoa | 855.40 | 62,368 | 73 | 25 |
| San Juan | San Juan de la Maguana | 3,569.39 | 241,105 | 68 | 26 |
| San Pedro de MacorÃs | San Pedro de MacorÃs | 1,255.46 | 301,744 | 240 | 27 |
| Santiago | Santiago de los Caballeros | 2,836.51 | 908,250 | 320 | 28 |
| Santiago RodrÃguez | San Ignacio de Sabaneta | 1,111.14 | 59,629 | 54 | 29 |
| Santo Domingo | Santo Domingo Este | 1,296.35 | 1,817,754 | 1,402 | 30 |
| Valverde | Mao | 823.38 | 158,293 | 192 | 31 |
| Total | 48,666.83 | 8,562,541 | 176 | - |
[change] References
- ↑ Oficina Nacional de EstadÃstica. VIII Censo 2002 Poplación y Vivienda (Spanish) (PDF). Retrieved on 12 September 2007.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Oficina Nacional de EstadÃstica. República Dominicana en Cifras 2006 (Spanish) (PDF). Retrieved on 12 September 2007.
