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Duarte 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.
[edit] GeographyThe 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. [edit] MunicipalitiesThe province as of June 20 2006 is divided into the following municipalities (municipios) and municipal districts (distrito municipal - D.M.) within them:[2]
[edit] PopulationThe following is a sortable table of the municipalities and municipal districts with population figures as of the 2002 census.[3]
For comparison with the municipalities and municipal districts of other provinces see the list of municipalities and municipal districts of the Dominican Republic. [edit] References
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