Dajabón (province)

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Dajabón
Map of Domincan Republic, Dajabón is indicated
Capital Dajabón
Area 1,020.73 km²[1]
Population (2002 census) 62,046
Population density 61 / km²[1]
ISO 3166-2 DO-05

Dajabón is a province of the Dominican Republic, on the border with Haiti. Its capital city is also called Dajabón.

It was split from Monte Cristi province in 1938, and was called Libertador until 1961.

[edit] Municipalities and municipal districts

Landscape of Dajabón
Landscape of Dajabón

The province as of June 20 2006 is divided into the following municipalities (municipios) and municipal districts (distrito municipal - D.M.) within them:[2]

  • Dajabón
    • Cañongo (DM)
  • El Pino
    • Manuel Bueno (D.M.)

The following is a sortable table of the municipalities and municipal districts with population figures as of the 2002 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
Dajabón &&&&&&&&&&&25685.025,685 &&&&&&&&&&&16328.016,328 &&&&&&&&&&&&9357.09,357
El Pino &&&&&&&&&&&&6620.06,620 &&&&&&&&&&&&1588.01,588 &&&&&&&&&&&&5032.05,032
Loma de Cabrera &&&&&&&&&&&15271.015,271 &&&&&&&&&&&&6938.06,938 &&&&&&&&&&&&8333.08,333
Partido &&&&&&&&&&&&7562.07,562 &&&&&&&&&&&&2254.02,254 &&&&&&&&&&&&5308.05,308
Restauración &&&&&&&&&&&&6908.06,908 &&&&&&&&&&&&2110.02,110 &&&&&&&&&&&&4798.04,798
Dajabón province &&&&&&&&&&&62046.062,046 &&&&&&&&&&&29218.029,218 &&&&&&&&&&&32828.032,828

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

  1. ^ a b Oficina Nacional de Estadística. República Dominicana en Cifras 2006 (Spanish) (PDF). Retrieved on 2007-03-27.
  2. ^ 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 (Spanish). Retrieved on 2007-01-24.
  3. ^ Oficina Nacional de Estadística. VIII Censo 2002 Poplación y Vivienda (Spanish) (PDF). Retrieved on 2007-01-24.

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Coordinates: 19°35′N 71°35′W