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Revision as of 00:43, 29 December 2020
Province of the Dominican Republic Province in Dominican RepublicDuarte | |
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Province | |
Coat of arms of DuarteCoat of arms | |
Location of the Duarte Province | |
Country | Dominican Republic |
Province since | 1896 |
Capital | San Francisco de Macorís |
Government | |
• Type | Subdivisions |
• Body | 7 municipalities 11 municipal districts |
• Congresspersons | 1 Senator 6 Deputies |
Area | |
• Total | 1,605.35 km (619.83 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 338,649 |
• Density | 210/km (550/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-4 (EST) |
Area code | 1-809 1-829 1-849 |
ISO 3166-2 | DO-06 |
Postal Code | 31000 |
Duarte (Template:IPA-es) is a northeasternmost province which constituting one of the 32 provinces of the Dominican Republic. It is divided into 7 municipalities and its capital city is San Francisco de Macorís. It is bordered by the provinces of María Trinidad Sánchez and Samaná to the east, Monte Plata and Sánchez Ramírez to the south, La Vega and Hermanas Mirabal to the west and Espaillat to the north. It is named after Juan Pablo Duarte, the founder of the Dominican Republic.
It was created in 1896 as a district (an old country subdivision) with the name Distrito Pacificador but the Constitution of 1907 changed the category to province. In 1925 its name was changed to Duarte.
Geography
The province has a total area of 1,605.35 km. It has 3.3% of the area of the Dominican Republic and it is ranked as the 13th (out of 31 plus the National District) largest province.
Municipalities
The province as of June 20, 2006 is divided into the following municipalities (municipios) and municipal districts (distrito municipal - D.M.) within them:
- San Francisco de Macorís, head municipality of the province
- Cenoví (D.M.)
- Jaya (D.M.)
- La Peña (D.M.)
- Presidente Don Antonio Guzmán Fernández (D.M.)
- Arenoso
- El Aguacate (D.M.)
- Las Coles (D.M.)
- Castillo
- Eugenio María de Hostos
- Sabana Grande (D.M.)
- Las Guáranas
- Pimentel
- Villa Riva
- Agua Santa del Yuna (D.M.)
- Barraquito (D.M.)
- Cristo Rey de Guaraguao (D.M.)
- Guáranas Arriba (D.M.)
Population
The following is a sortable table of the municipalities and municipal districts with population figures as of the 2014 estimate. 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 them. The population figures are from the 2014 population estimate.
Name | Total population | Urban population | Rural population |
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Arenoso | 15,122 | 2,895 | 12,227 |
Castillo | 18,962 | 12,541 | 6,421 |
Eugenio Maria de Hostos | 16,232 | 5,411 | 10,821 |
Las Guáranas | 16,022 | 6,524 | 9,498 |
Pimentel | 23,202 | 14,677 | 8,525 |
San Francisco de Macorís | 213,906 | 155,132 | 58,774 |
Villa Riva | 35,203 | 4,412 | 30,791 |
Duarte province | 338,649 | 201,592 | 137,057 |
For comparison with the municipalities and municipal districts of other provinces see the list of municipalities and municipal districts of the Dominican Republic.
References
- Listado de Códigos de Provincias, Municipio y Distritos Municipales, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica Archived March 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- Oficina Nacional de Estadística. "División Territorial 2008" (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-04-14. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
- Consejo Nacional de Población y Familia. "Estamaciones y Proyecciones de la Población Dominicana por Regiones, Provincias, Municipios y Distritos Municipales, 2014" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2014-02-02.
External links
- (in Spanish) Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Statistics Portal of the Dominican Republic
- (in Spanish) Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Maps with administrative division of the provinces of the Dominican Republic, downloadable in PDF format