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Provinces of the Dominican Republic

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.

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 2010 census.[1]

Province Capital Area[2]
(km²)		 Population Density Map
Azua Azua de Compostela 2,531.77 214,311 84.6 1
Baoruco Neiba 1,282.23 97,313 75.9 2
Barahona Santa Cruz de Barahona 1,739.38 187,105 107.6 3
Dajabón Dajabón 1,020.73 63,955 62.7 4
Distrito Nacional Santo Domingo de Guzmán 104.44 965,040 9,240.1 D.N.
Duarte San Francisco de Macorís 1,605.35 289,574 180.4 5
Elías Piña Comendador 1,426.20 63,029 44.2 6
El Seibo Santa Cruz del Seibo 1,786.80 87,680 49.1 7
Espaillat Moca 838.62 231,938 276.6 8
Hato Mayor Hato Mayor del Rey 1,329.29 85,017 64.0 9
Hermanas Mirabal Salcedo 440.43 92,193 209.3 21
Independencia Jimaní 2,006.44 52,589 26.2 10
La Altagracia Salvaleón de Higüey 3,010.34 273,210 90.8 11
La Romana La Romana 653.95 245,433 375.3 12
La Vega Concepción de la Vega 2,287.24 394,205 172.3 13
María Trinidad Sánchez Nagua 1,271.71 140,925 110.8 14
Monseñor Nouel Bonao 992.39 165,224 166.5 15
Monte Cristi San Fernando de Monte Cristi 1,924.35 109,607 57.0 16
Monte Plata Monte Plata 2,632.14 185,956 70.6 17
Pedernales Pedernales 2,074.53 31,587 15.2 18
Peravia Baní 792.33 184,344 232.7 19
Puerto Plata San Felipe de Puerto Plata 1,852.90 321,597 173.6 20
Samaná Santa Bárbara de Samaná 853.74 101,494 118.9 22
Sánchez Ramírez Cotuí 1,196.13 151,392 126.6 23
San Cristóbal San Cristóbal 1,265.77 569,930 450.3 24
San José de Ocoa San José de Ocoa 855.40 59,544 69.6 25
San Juan San Juan de la Maguana 3,569.39 232,333 65.1 26
San Pedro de Macorís San Pedro de Macorís 1,255.46 290,458 231.4 27
Santiago Santiago de los Caballeros 2,836.51 963,422 339.7 28
Santiago Rodríguez San Ignacio de Sabaneta 1,111.14 57,476 51.7 29
Santo Domingo Santo Domingo Este 1,296.35 2,374,370 1,831.6 30
Valverde Mao 823.38 163,030 198.0 31
Total 48,666.83 9,445,281 194.1 -
Map of the provinces of the Dominican Republic

Provinces Of The Dominican Republic Media

  • Escudo de la provincia de Azua de Compostela

  • Azua in Dominican Republic

  • Baoruco in Dominican Republic

  • Escudo de la Provincia Barahona

  • Barahona in Dominican Republic

  • Escudo de la Provincia Dajabón

  • Dajabon in Dominican Republic

  • Duarte in Dominican Republic

  • Escudo de la Provincia El Seibo

References

  1. ↑ Oficina Nacional de Estadística. "IX Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda. Informe Básico" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2013-01-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  2. ↑ "Síntesis Geográfica (Avance del Atlas Nacional)" (PDF) (in Spanish). Consejo Nacional de Reforma del Estado (CONARE). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 February 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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