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The Dominican Republic is divided into thirty-one provincias (provinces; singular provincia), while the national capital, Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 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 (Titulo I Seccion II Art. 5 2002 constitution)[1] and enacted by law. Currently by law 5220 about the territorial division of the Dominican Republic (Ley No. 5220 sobre División Territorial de la República Dominicana) issued 1959 and frequently amended to create new provinces and lower level administrative units.

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[edit] The provinces as administrative divisions

The provinces are the first-level administrative subdivision of the country. The headquarters of the central governments regional offices are normally in the capital city of a province. The president appoints an administrative governor (Gobernador Civil) for each province but not for the Distrito Nacional (Titulo IX 2002 constitution).[1]

The provinces are divided into municipalities (municipios) which are the second level political and administrative subdivisions of the country (Titulo I Seccion II Art. 5 2002 constitution).[1]

The Distrito Nacional was created in 1936. Prior to this creation the Distrito National was the old Santo Domingo province, not to be confused with the new Santo Domingo province split from it in 2001, existing since the country's independence in 1844. While it is similar to a province in many ways it differs in not having an administrative governor and consisting only of one municipality, Santo Domingo, the city council (ayuntamiento) and mayor (Síndico) of which are in charge of its administration.[2]

[edit] The provinces as constituencies

The provinces are also constituencies for the elections to the bicameral National Congress (Congreso de la República). Each electing one member of the Senate (Senado) and members of the Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados) with one deputy per 50,000 inhabitants or fraction in excess of 25,000, and a guaranteed minimum of two per province (Titulo IV 2002 constitution).[1] [3]

[edit] Statistics

The following is a table of the provinces and their capital cities.[4] Population figures in the following table are from the 2008 census.[5]

Flag Coats of Arms Province Capital Area (km²)[6] Population Density[6] Map
Azua Azua de Compostela &0000000000002531.7700002,531.77 &0000000000421821.000000421,821 &0000000000000082.00000082 1
Baoruco Neiba &0000000000001282.2300001,282.23 &0000000000142130.000000142,130 &0000000000000071.00000071 2
Barahona Santa Cruz de Barahona &0000000000001739.3800001,739.38 &0000000000260565.000000260,565 &0000000000000103.000000103 3
Dajabón Dajabón &0000000000001020.7300001,020.73 &0000000000095476.00000095,476 &0000000000000061.00000061 4
Distrito Nacional Santo Domingo de Guzmán &0000000000000104.440000104.44 &0000000002987013.0000002,987,013 &0000000000008747.0000008,747 5
Duarte San Francisco de Macorís &0000000000001605.3500001,605.35 &0000000000512019.000000512,019 &0000000000000177.000000177 6
Elías Piña Comendador de Lares &0000000000001426.2000001,426.20 &0000000000109214.000000109,214 &0000000000000045.00000045 7
El Seibo Santa Cruz de El Seibo &0000000000001786.8000001,786.80 &0000000000199107.000000199,107 &0000000000000050.00000050 8
Espaillat Moca &0000000000000838.620000838.62 &0000000000475719.000000475,719 &0000000000000268.000000268 9
Hato Mayor Hato Mayor del Rey &0000000000001329.2900001,329.29 &0000000000185105.000000185,105 &0000000000000066.00000066 10
Hermanas Mirabal Salcedo &0000000000000440.430000440.43 &0000000000243001.000000243,001 &0000000000000219.000000219 11
Independencia Jimaní &0000000000002006.4400002,006.44 &0000000000167995.000000167,995 &0000000000000025.00000025 12
La Altagracia Salvaleón de Higüey &0000000000003010.3400003,010.34 &0000000000429110.000000429,110 &0000000000000060.00000060 13
La Romana La Romana &0000000000000653.950000653.95 &0000000000397475.000000397,475 &0000000000000336.000000336 14
La Vega Concepción de la Vega &0000000000002287.2400002,287.24 &0000000000511712.000000511,712 &0000000000000168.000000168 15
María Trinidad Sánchez Trinidad Sánchez Nagua &0000000000001271.7100001,271.71 &0000000000201741.000000201,741 &0000000000000107.000000107 16
Monseñor Nouel Bonao &0000000000000992.390000992.39 &0000000000385441.000000385,441 &0000000000000169.000000169 17
Monte Cristi San Fernando de Monte Cristi &0000000000001924.3500001,924.35 &0000000000347008.000000347,008 &0000000000000058.00000058 18
Monte Plata San Rafael de Monte Plata &0000000000002632.1400002,632.14 &0000000000300749.000000300,749 &0000000000000069.00000069 19
Pedernales Pedernales &0000000000002074.5300002,074.53 &Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ",".Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character ","87,125 &0000000000000010.00000010 20
Peravia Baní &0000000000000792.330000792.33 &0000000000309729.000000309,729 &0000000000000214.000000214 21
Puerto Plata San Felipe de Puerto Plata &0000000000001852.9000001,852.90 &0000000000789986.000000789,986 &0000000000000168.000000168 22
Samaná Santa Bárbara de Samaná &0000000000000853.740000853.74 &0000000000241104.000000241,104 &0000000000000108.000000108 23
Sánchez Ramírez Cotuí &0000000000001196.1300001,196.13 &0000000000203303.000000203,303 &0000000000000126.000000126 24
San Cristóbal Benemérita de San Cristóbal &0000000000001265.7700001,265.77 &0000000000784898.000000784,898 &0000000000000421.000000421 25
San José de Ocoa San José de Ocoa &0000000000000855.400000855.40 &0000000000097456.00000097,456 &0000000000000073.00000073 26
San Juan San Juan de la Maguana &0000000000003569.3900003,569.39 &0000000000396852.000000396,852 &0000000000000068.00000068 27
San Pedro de Macorís San Pedro de Macorís &0000000000001255.4600001,255.46 &0000000000413753.000000413,753 &0000000000000240.000000240 28
Santiago Santiago de los Caballeros &0000000000002836.5100002,836.51 &0000000001258141.0000001,258,141 &0000000000000320.000000320 29
Santiago Rodríguez San Ignacio de Sabaneta &0000000000001111.1400001,111.14 &0000000000185424.000000185,424 &0000000000000054.00000054 30
Santo Domingo Santo Domingo Este &0000000000001296.3500001,296.35 &0000000002004351.0000002,004,351 &0000000000001402.0000001,402 31
Valverde Santa Cruz de Mao &0000000000000823.380000823.38 &0000000000259411.000000259,411 &0000000000000192.000000192 32
Total &0000000000048666.83000048,666.83 &0000000013964726.00000013,964,726 &0000000000000176.000000176 -

[edit] Map

Provinces of the Dominican Republic.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Asamblea Nacional. "CONSTITUCION POLITICA DE LA REPBULICA DOMINICANA DE 2002" (in Spanish). Retrieved on 2007-03-11.
  2. ^ EL CONGRESO NACIONAL. "Ley No. 163-01 que crea la provincia de Santo Domingo, y modifica los Artículos 1 y 2 de la Ley No. 5220, sobre División Territorial de la República Dominicana." (in Spanish). Retrieved on 2007-03-08.
  3. ^ EL CONGRESO NACIONAL. "Ley Electoral, No. 275-97" (in Spanish). Retrieved on 2007-03-11.
  4. ^ Gwillim Law – Statoids. "Provinces of the Dominican Republic". Retrieved on 2007-05-26.
  5. ^ Oficina Nacional de Estadística. "VIII Censo 2002 Poplación y Vivienda" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved on 2007-01-24.
  6. ^ a b Oficina Nacional de Estadística. "República Dominicana en Cifras 2006" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved on 2007-03-27.

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