Independencia Province

Independencia
Province
Country  Dominican Republic
Capital Jimaní
 - elevation 31 m (102 ft)
 - coordinates
Area 2,006.44 km2 (775 sq mi)
Population 50,833 (2002)
Density 25.3 / km2 (66 / sq mi)
Province since 1948
Subdivisions 6 municipalities
6 municipal districts
Congresspersons 1 Senator
2 Deputies
Timezone EST (UTC-4)
Area code 1-809 1-829 1-849
ISO 3166-2 DO-10
Postal Code 83000
Location of Independencia Province

Independencia (Spanish pronunciation: [indepenˈdenθja]) is a province of the Dominican Republic, located in the west, on the border with Haiti. It was split from Baoruco Province in 1950.

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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 the latter:[1]

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.

Name Total population Urban population Rural population
Cristóbal &1000000000001245800000012,458 &100000000000065440000006,544 &100000000000059140000005,914
Duvergé &1000000000006854700000068,547 &1000000000003568200000035,682 &1000000000003286500000032,865
Jimaní &1000000000004257400000042,574 &1000000000002984100000029,841 &1000000000001273300000012,733
La Descubierta &1000000000002154900000021,549 &1000000000001264300000012,643 &100000000000089060000008,906
Mella &1000000000001145300000011,453 &100000000000064210000006,421 &100000000000050320000005,032
Postrer Río &1000000000001141400000011,414 &100000000000054020000005,402 &100000000000060120000006,012
Independencia province &10000000000167995000000167,995 &1000000000009653300000096,533 &1000000000007146200000071,462

See also

References

  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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