Provinces of the Dominican Republic

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.

See also: Ranked list of Dominican Provinces

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	298,246	117.8	1
Baoruco	Neiba	1,282.23	111,269	86.8	2
Barahona	Santa Cruz de Barahona	1,739.38	232,818	133.9	3
Dajabón	Dajabón	1,020.73	87,274	85.5	4
Distrito Nacional	Santo Domingo de Guzmán	104.44	1,402,749	13,431.1	D.N.
Duarte	San Francisco de Macorís	1,605.35	338,649	211.0	5
Elías Piña	Comendador	1,426.20	84,632	59.3	6
El Seibo	Santa Cruz del Seibo	1,786.80	110,212	61.7	7
Espaillat	Moca	838.62	333,401	397.6	8
Hato Mayor	Hato Mayor del Rey	1,329.29	103,032	77.5	9
Hermanas Mirabal	Salcedo	440.43	121,887	276.7	21
Independencia	Jimaní	2,006.44	74,583	37.2	10
La Altagracia	Salvaleón de Higüey	3,010.34	372,289	123.7	11
La Romana	La Romana	653.95	344,580	526.9	12
La Vega	Concepción de la Vega	2,287.24	447,905	195.8	13
María Trinidad Sánchez	Nagua	1,271.71	195,886	154.0	14
Monseñor Nouel	Bonao	992.39	203,183	204.7	15
Monte Cristi	San Fernando de Monte Cristi	1,924.35	150,833	78.4	16
Monte Plata	Monte Plata	2,632.14	222,641	84.6	17
Pedernales	Pedernales	2,074.53	52,165	25.1	18
Peravia	Baní	792.33	217,241	274.2	19
Puerto Plata	San Felipe de Puerto Plata	1,852.90	470,839	254.1	20
Samaná	Santa Bárbara de Samaná	853.74	139,707	163.6	22
Sánchez Ramírez	Cotuí	1,196.13	248,807	208.0	23
San Cristóbal	San Cristóbal	1,265.77	640,066	505.7	24
San José de Ocoa	San José de Ocoa	855.40	97,640	114.1	25
San Juan	San Juan de la Maguana	3,569.39	317,293	88.9	26
San Pedro de Macorís	San Pedro de Macorís	1,255.46	392,911	313.0	27
Santiago	Santiago de los Caballeros	2,836.51	1,503,362	530.0	28
Santiago Rodríguez	San Ignacio de Sabaneta	1,111.14	99,044	89.1	29
Santo Domingo	Santo Domingo Este	1,296.35	3,263,053	2,517.1	30
Valverde	Mao	823.38	217,026	263.6	31
Total		48,666.83	9,445,281	194.1	-

Map of the provinces of the Dominican Republic

References

Oficina Nacional de Estadística. "IX Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda. Informe Básico" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2013-01-29.
"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.

Other websites

Political Database of the Americas - Dominican 2002 Constitution (in Spanish)
Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Statistics Portal of the Dominican Republic (in Spanish)

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[censo-1] Oficina Nacional de Estadística. "IX Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda. Informe Básico" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2013-01-29.

[cifras-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.