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	Hermanas Mirabal
	Province
Country	Dominican Republic
Capital	Salcedo
- elevation	196 m (643 ft)
- coordinates	19°25′12″N 70°23′24″W / 19.42°N 70.39°W
Area	440.43 km2 (170 sq mi)
Population	96,356 (2002)
Density	218.8 /km2 (567 /sq mi)
Province since	1952
Subdivisions	3 municipalities; 2 municipal districts
Congresspersons	1 Senator; 2 Deputies
Timezone	EST (UTC-4)
Area code	1-809 1-829 1-849
ISO 3166-2	DO-19
Postal Code	34000
	Location of the Hermanas Mirabal Province

Coordinates: 19°25′12″N 70°23′24″W / 19.42°N 70.39°W

Hermanas Mirabal (literally, "Mirabal Sisters") is a province of the Dominican Republic. It was split from Espaillat Province in 1952 and was originally called Salcedo the name of its capital city; they are still referred to by this name sometimes. The name change came on November 21, 2007.^{[citation needed]} It commemorates the Mirabal sisters, who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country by giving up a privileged life to fight against the abuses of a powerful and corrupt Dominican dictator, Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina. The Mirabal sisters came from Salcedo and they were buried here after their murder.

The province is very fertile and its main agricultural product is plantain.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Municipalities and municipal districts

The province as of June 20, 2006 is divided into the following municipalities (municipios) and municipal districts (distritos municipales - D.M.) within them:^[1]

The following is a sortable table of the municipalities and municipal districts with population figures as of 2008. Urban populations are those living in the seats (cabeceras, literally "heads") of municipalities or of municipal districts; Rural populations are those living in the districts (secciones, literally "sections") and neighborhoods (parajes, literally "places") outside of them.^[2]

Municipalities of the Province.

Name	Total population	Urban population	Rural population
Salcedo	&0000000000187420.000000187,420	&0000000000109851.000000109,851	&0000000000077569.00000077,569
Tenares	&0000000000027006.00000027,006	&0000000000008626.0000008,626	&0000000000018380.00000018,380
Villa Tapia	&0000000000028575.00000028,575	&0000000000009997.0000009,997	&0000000000018578.00000018,578
Hermanas Mirabal province	&0000000000243001.000000243,001	&0000000000128474.000000128,474	&0000000000114527.000000114,527

[edit] See also

List of municipalities and municipal districts of the Dominican Republic

[edit] References

^ Oficina Nacional de Estadistica, Departamento de Cartografia, Division de Limites y Linderos. "Listado de Codigos de Provincias, Municipio y Distritos Municipales, Actualizada a Junio 20 del 2006" (in Spanish). http://www.one.gob.do/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=113. Retrieved 2007-01-24.
^ 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.

[edit] External links

(Spanish) Oficina Nacional de Estadística Homepage of the official statistics portal of the Dominican Republic
(Spanish) Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Maps Administrative divisions of the provinces of the Dominican Republic, downloadable in PDF format

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[0] Oficina Nacional de Estadistica, Departamento de Cartografia, Division de Limites y Linderos. "Listado de Codigos de Provincias, Municipio y Distritos Municipales, Actualizada a Junio 20 del 2006" (in Spanish). http://www.one.gob.do/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=113. Retrieved 2007-01-24.

[1] 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.

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[edit] Municipalities and municipal districts

[edit] See also

[edit] References

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