San José de las Matas
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San José de las Matas is a municipality (municipio) of the Santiago province in the Dominican Republic. Within the municipality there are three municipal districts (distritos municipal): El Rubio, La Cuesta and Las Placetas.[1]
As of the 2002 census the municipality had a total population of 44,475 inhabitants, 9,901 living in its urban settlements and 34,574 in its rural districts (Secciones). 35,428 did live in its seat (cabecera literally head), 9,194 in the town of San José de las Matas itself and 26,234 in its rural districts. The municipal district El Rubio had 9,047 inhabitants, 707 living in the village itself and 8,340 in its rural districts. The municipal districts La Cuesta and Las Placetas were created after the 2002 census.[2] For comparison with other municipalities and municipal districts see the list of municipalities and municipal districts of the Dominican Republic.
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- ^ 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.
- ^ Oficina Nacional de Estadística. VIII Censo 2002 Poplación y Vivienda (PDF) (Spanish). Retrieved on 2007-01-24.
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