Provinces of the Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is divided into thirty-one Script error: No such module "Lang". (provinces; singular Script error: No such module "Lang".), while the national capital, Santo Domingo, is contained within its own Distrito Nacional ("National District"; "D.N." on the map below).
The division of the country into provinces is laid down in the constitution (Title I, Section II, Article 5)[1] and enacted by law. The latter is currently Law 5220 on the Territorial Division of the Dominican Republic (Script error: No such module "Lang".), issued 1959 and frequently amended to create new provinces and lower-level administrative units.
The provinces as administrative divisions
The provinces are the first-level administrative subdivisions of the country. The headquarters of the central government's regional offices are normally found in the capital cities of provinces. The president appoints an administrative governor (Script error: No such module "Lang".) for each province but not for the Distrito Nacional (Title IX of the constitution).[1]
The provinces are divided into municipalities (Script error: No such module "Lang".), which are the second–level political and administrative subdivisions of the country.[1]
The Distrito Nacional was created in 1936. Prior to this, the Distrito Nacional was the old Santo Domingo Province, in existence since the country's independence in 1844. It is not to be confused with the new Santo Domingo Province, which split off from it in 2001. While it is similar to a province in many ways, the Distrito Nacional differs in its lack of an administrative governor and consisting only of one municipality, Santo Domingo, the city council (Script error: No such module "Lang".) and mayor (Script error: No such module "Lang".) which are in charge of its administration.[2]
The provinces as constituencies
The provinces are also constituencies for the elections to the bicameral National Congress (Script error: No such module "Lang".). Each province elects one member of the Senate (Script error: No such module "Lang".) and a guaranteed minimum of two members of the Chamber of Deputies (Script error: No such module "Lang".).[1][3]
Statistics
The following is a table of the provinces and their capital cities. The population figures are from the 2021 population estimate.[4]
| Coat Of Arms | Province National District |
Capital | Region | Department | Area
(km2)[5] |
Population
2021[6] |
Density | Map | Establishment year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Escudo de la provincia de Azua de Compostela.jpg | Azua | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | South | Valdesia | 2,531.77 | 222,610 | 86.59 | File:Azua in Dominican Republic.svg | 1844 |
| Baoruco | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | South | Enriquillo | 1,282.23 | 101,306 | 77.40 | File:Baoruco in Dominican Republic.svg | 1943 | |
| Barahona | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | South | Enriquillo | 1,739.38 | 189,100 | 108.49 | File:Barahona in Dominican Republic.svg | 1881 | |
| Dajabón | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Cibao | Cibao Noroeste | 1,020.73 | 66,675 | 63.95 | File:Dajabon in Dominican Republic.svg | 1938 | |
| Duarte | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Cibao | Cibao Nordeste | 1,605.35 | 299,583 | 183.70 | File:Duarte in Dominican Republic.svg | 1896 | |
| El Seibo | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | East | Yuma | 1,786.80 | 94,049 | 63.58 | File:El Seibo in Dominican Republic.svg | 1844 | |
| Elías Piña | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | South | El Valle | 1,426.20 | 63,303 | 35.51 | File:Elias Pina in Dominican Republic.svg | 1942 | |
| Espaillat | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Cibao | Cibao Norte | 838.62 | 240,428 | 281.97 | File:Espaillat in Dominican Republic.svg | 1885 | |
| Hato Mayor | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | East | Higuamo | 1,329.29 | 85,747 | 64.37 | File:Hato Mayor in Dominican Republic.svg | 1984 | |
| Hermanas Mirabal | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Cibao | Cibao Nordeste | 440.43 | 92,045 | 209.78 | File:Hermanas Mirabal in Dominican Republic.svg | 1952 | |
| Independencia | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | South | Enriquillo | 2,006.44 | 58,951 | 27.73 | File:Independencia in Dominican Republic.svg | 1948 | |
| La Altagracia | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | East | Yuma | 3,010.34 | 360,874 | 104.61 | File:La Altagracia in Dominican Republic.svg | 1944 | |
| La Romana | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | East | Yuma | 653.95 | 274,894 | 397.59 | File:La Romana in Dominican Republic.svg | 1944 | |
| La Vega | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Cibao | Cibao Sur | 2,287.24 | 412,469 | 176.64 | File:La Vega in Dominican Republic.svg | 1844 | |
| María Trinidad Sánchez | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Cibao | Cibao Nordeste | 1,271.71 | 140,954 | 111.17 | File:Maria Trinidad Sanchez in Dominican Republic.svg | 1959 | |
| Monseñor Nouel | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Cibao | Cibao Sur | 992.39 | 174,959 | 171.51 | File:Monsenor Nouel in Dominican Republic.svg | 1991 | |
| Monte Cristi | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Cibao | Cibao Noroeste | 1,924.35 | 117,736 | 59.22 | File:Monte Cristi in Dominican Republic.svg | 1879 | |
| Monte Plata | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | East | Higuamo | 2,632.14 | 191,447 | 71.68 | File:Monte Plata in Dominican Republic.svg | 1991 | |
| Pedernales | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | South | Enriquillo | 2,074.53 | 35,280 | 16.12 | File:Pedernales in Dominican Republic.svg | 1957 | |
| Peravia | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | South | Valdesia | 792.33 | 198,499 | 241.62 | File:Peravia in Dominican Republic.svg | 1944 | |
| Puerto Plata | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Cibao | Cibao Norte | 1,852.90 | 333,940 | 177.29 | File:Puerto Plata in Dominican Republic.svg | 1850 | |
| Samaná | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Cibao | Cibao Nordeste | 853.74 | 113,036 | 125.62 | File:Samana in Dominican Republic.svg | 1867 | |
| San Cristóbal | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | South | Valdesia | 1,265.77 | 643,595 | 505.93 | File:San Cristobal in Dominican Republic.svg | 1932 | |
| San José de Ocoa | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | South | Valdesia | 855.4 | 53,833 | 45.11 | File:San Jose de Ocoa in Dominican Republic.svg | 2000 | |
| San Juan | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | South | El Valle | 3,569.39 | 220,264 | 266.12 | File:San Juan in Dominican Republic.svg | 1938 | |
| File:Escudo de San Pedro de Macoris (En cuadrilongo).svg | San Pedro de Macorís | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | East | Higuamo | 1,255.46 | 306,002 | 83.66 | File:San Pedro de Macoris in Dominican Republic.svg | 1907 |
| Sánchez Ramírez | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Cibao | Cibao Sur | 1,196.13 | 151,888 | 121.09 | File:Sanchez Ramirez in Dominican Republic.svg | 1952 | |
| Santiago | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Cibao | Cibao Norte | 2,836.51 | 1,052,088 | 355.30 | File:Santiago in Dominican Republic.svg | 1844 | |
| Santiago Rodríguez | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Cibao | Cibao Noroeste | 1,111.14 | 57,209 | 51.71 | File:Santiago Rodriguez in Dominican Republic.svg | 1948 | |
| Santo Domingo | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | South | Ozama | 1,301.84 | 2,955,339 | 2036.08 | File:Santo Domingo in Dominican Republic.svg | 2001 | |
| File:Escudo del Municipio Mao.svg | Valverde | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Cibao | Cibao Noroeste | 823.38 | 177,865 | 207.06 | File:Valverde in Dominican Republic.svg | 1959 |
| File:Escudo del Municipio Santo Domingo.svg | Distrito Nacional | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | East | Ozama | 104.44 | 1,049,567 | 9,651.45 | File:Distrito Nacional in Dominican Republic (special marker).svg | 1932 |
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Map
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See also
References
External links
- Template:In lang Oficina Nacional de Estadística (National Statistics Office). Official statistics portal of the Dominican Republic.
- Template:In lang Blog of the Dominican Republic, videos, news, culture and music
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