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	San Juan
	Province
Country	Dominican Republic
Capital	San Juan de la Maguana
- elevation	415 m (1,362 ft)
- coordinates	18°48′36″N 71°13′48″W / 18.81°N 71.23°W
Area	3,569.39 km2 (1,378 sq mi)
Population	241,105 (2002)
Density	67.5 /km2 (175 /sq mi)
Province since	1938
Subdivisions	6 municipalities; 17 municipal districts
Congresspersons	1 Senator; 5 Deputies
Timezone	AST (UTC-4)
Area code	1-809 1-829 1-849
ISO 3166-2	DO-22
Postal Code	72000
	Location of the San Juan Province

Coordinates: 18°48′36″N 71°13′48″W / 18.81°N 71.23°W

San Juan is a province of the Dominican Republic.^[1] Before 1961 it was known as Benefactor.

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:^[2]

Bohechío
- Arroyo Cano (D.M.)
- Yaque (D.M.)
El Cercado
- Batista (D.M.)
- Derrumbadero (D.M.)
Juan de Herrera
- Jinova (D.M.)
- La Rubia (D.M)
San Juan de la Maguana
- El Rosario (D.M.)
- Guanito (D.M.)
- Hato del Padre (D.M.)
- La Jagua (D.M.)
- Las Maguanas (D.M.)
- Las Charcas de Maria Nova (D.M.)
- Pedro Corto (D.M.)
- Sabana Alta (D.M.)
- Sabaneta (D.M.)
Las Matas de Farfán
- Carrera de Yegua (D.M.)
- Matayaya (D.M.)
Vallejuelo
- Jorjillo (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.^[3]

Name	Total population	Urban population	Rural population
Bohechío	&0000000000010256.00000010,256	&0000000000002724.0000002,724	&0000000000007532.0000007,532
El Cercado	&0000000000026844.00000026,844	&0000000000006443.0000006,443	&0000000000020401.00000020,401
Juan de Herrera	&0000000000016224.00000016,224	&0000000000007639.0000007,639	&0000000000008585.0000008,585
Las Matas de Farfán	&0000000000047598.00000047,598	&0000000000025987.00000025,987	&0000000000021611.00000021,611
San Juan de la Maguana	&0000000000281660.000000281,660	&0000000000145885.000000145,885	&0000000000135775.000000135,775
Vallejuelo	&0000000000014270.00000014,270	&0000000000007135.0000007,135	&0000000000007135.0000007,135
San Juan de la Maguana province	&0000000000396852.000000396,852	&0000000000195813.000000195,813	&0000000000201039.000000201,039

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

^ Gwillim Law - Statoids. "Provinces of the Dominican Republic". http://www.statoids.com/udo.html. Retrieved 2007-05-26.
^ 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, 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

[0] Gwillim Law - Statoids. "Provinces of the Dominican Republic". http://www.statoids.com/udo.html. Retrieved 2007-05-26.

[1] 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.

[2] 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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