Monseñor Nouel
Province
Country	Dominican Republic
Capital	Bonao
- elevation	173 m (568 ft)
- coordinates	18°57′0″N 70°24′36″W / 18.95°N 70.41°W / 18.95; -70.41
Area	992.39 km2 (383 sq mi)
Population	167,618 (2002)
Density	168.9 /km2 (437 /sq mi)
Province since	1982
Subdivisions	3 municipalities 7 municipal districts
Congresspersons	1 Senator 3 Deputies
Timezone	EST (UTC-4)
Area code	1-809 1-829 1-849
ISO 3166-2	DO-28
Postal Code	42000
Location of the Monseñor Nouel Province

Monseñor Nouel is a province of the Dominican Republic. It was split from La Vega in 1982.

It is named for Monseñor Dr. Adolfo Alejandro Nouel y Bobadilla (1862-1937), Archbishop of Santo Domingo and briefly President of the Republic in 1912-3.

Municipalities of the Province.

[edit] Municipalities and municipal districts

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

• Bonao
  • Arroyo Toro-Masipedro (D.M.)
  • Jayaco (D.M.)
  • Juma Bejucal (D.M.)
• La Salvia-Los Quemados
  • Sabana del Puerto (D.M.)
• Maimón
• Piedra Blanca
  • Juan Adrián (D.M.)
  • Villa Sonador (D.M.)

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

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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Coordinates: 18°55′N 70°28′W / 18.917°N 70.467°W / 18.917; -70.467

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