Duarte Province
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Duarte Province Country 
Dominican RepublicCapital San Francisco de Macorís - elevation 110 m (361 ft) - coordinates 19°18′0″N 70°15′0″W / 19.3°N 70.25°W Area 1,605.35 km2 (620 sq mi) Population 283,805 (2002) Density 176.8 / km2 (458 / sq mi) Province since 1896 Subdivisions 7 municipalities
11 municipal districtsCongresspersons 1 Senator
6 DeputiesTimezone EST (UTC-4) Area code 1-809 1-829 1-849 ISO 3166-2 DO-06 Postal Code 31000 
Location of the Duarte ProvinceDuarte (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈdwarte]) is a province of the Dominican Republic. It is named after Juan Pablo Duarte, 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.
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Geography
The province has a total area of 1,605.35 km².[1] 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.
Duarte borders with provinces María Trinidad Sánchez, Espaillat and Samaná to the north; with Samaná to the east; with Monte Plata and Sánchez Ramírez to the south; and with Hermanas Mirabal and La Vega to the west.
Municipalities
The province as of June 20 2006 is divided into the following municipalities (municipios) and municipal districts (distrito municipal - D.M.) within them:[2]
- 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.)
- Las Guáranas (D.M.)
Population
The following is a sortable table of the municipalities and municipal districts with population figures as of the 2002 census.[3]
Name Total population Urban population Rural population Arenoso 13,615 2,911 10,704 Castillo 16,452 6,359 10,093 Eugenio Maria de Hostos 5,856 1,822 4,034 Las Guáranas 13,460 9,858 3,602 Pimentel 18,280 9,849 8,431 San Francisco de Macorís 185,618 123,762 61,856 Villa Riva 30,524 10,916 19,608 Duarte province 283,805 165,477 118,328 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
- ^ Oficina Nacional de Estadística. "División Territorial 2008" (in Spanish) (PDF). http://www.one.gob.do/index.php?module=uploads&func=download&fileId=1098. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
- ^ Oficina Nacional de Estadística. "VIII Censo 2002 Poplación y Vivienda" (in Spanish) (PDF). http://one.gob.do/censo/volumen_I_pdf.zip. Retrieved 2007-01-24.
External links
- (Spanish) Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Statistics Portal of the Dominican Republic
- (Spanish) Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Maps with administrative division of the provinces of the Dominican Republic, downloadable in PDF format
Provinces of the Dominican Republic Azua · Baoruco · Barahona · Dajabón · Distrito Nacional · Duarte · Elías Piña · El Seibo · Espaillat · Hato Mayor · Hermanas Mirabal · Independencia · La Altagracia · La Romana · La Vega · María Trinidad Sánchez · Monseñor Nouel · Monte Cristi · Monte Plata · Pedernales · Peravia · Puerto Plata · Samaná · Sánchez Ramírez · San Cristóbal · San José de Ocoa · San Juan · San Pedro de Macorís · Santiago · Santiago Rodríguez · Santo Domingo · Valverde
Categories:- Duarte Province
- Provinces of the Dominican Republic
- States and territories established in 1844
- San Francisco de Macorís, head municipality of the province
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