Duarte
Province
Country	Dominican Republic
Capital	San Francisco de Macorís
- elevation	110 m (361 ft)
- coordinates	19°18′0″N 70°15′0″W / 19.3°N 70.25°W / 19.3; -70.25
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 districts
Congresspersons	1 Senator 6 Deputies
Timezone	EST (UTC-4)
Area code	1-809 1-829 1-849
ISO 3166-2	DO-06
Postal Code	31000
Location of the Duarte Province

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.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Municipalities 3 Population 4 References 5 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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 Táranas (D.M.)

[edit] 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	&0000000000013615.00000013,615	&0000000000002911.0000002,911	&0000000000010704.00000010,704
Castillo	&0000000000016452.00000016,452	&0000000000006359.0000006,359	&0000000000010093.00000010,093
Eugenio Maria de Hostos	&0000000000005856.0000005,856	&0000000000001822.0000001,822	&0000000000004034.0000004,034
Las Guáranas	&0000000000013460.00000013,460	&0000000000009858.0000009,858	&0000000000003602.0000003,602
Pimentel	&0000000000018280.00000018,280	&0000000000009849.0000009,849	&0000000000008431.0000008,431
San Francisco de Macorís	&0000000000185618.000000185,618	&0000000000123762.000000123,762	&0000000000061856.00000061,856
Villa Riva	&0000000000030524.00000030,524	&0000000000010916.00000010,916	&0000000000019608.00000019,608
Duarte province	&0000000000283805.000000283,805	&0000000000165477.000000165,477	&0000000000118328.000000118,328

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

[edit] 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

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