San Cristóbal Province

For other places with the same name, see San Cristóbal.
San Cristóbal
Province
Country  Dominican Republic
Capital San Cristóbal
 - elevation 33 m (108 ft)
 - coordinates
Area 1,265.77 km2 (489 sq mi)
Population 532,880 (2002)
Density 421.0 / km2 (1,090 / sq mi)
Province since 1932
Subdivisions 8 municipalities
6 municipal districts
Congresspersons 1 Senator
11 Deputies
Timezone AST (UTC-4)
Area code 1-809 1-829 1-849
ISO 3166-2 DO-21
Postal Code 91000
Location of the San Cristóbal Province

San Cristóbal (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsaŋ kɾisˈtoβal]) is a province in the southern Dominican Republic, west of the capital Santo Domingo. It was originally named Trujillo after its founder, dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, taking its present name after his assassination in 1961. It included what is now Monte Plata Province until 1992. The provincial capital is San Cristóbal. In 2007, a documentary was filmed near Hato Damas, about a group of coffee and cacao producers who work together, called Convite. It is available on YouTube.

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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 (distrito municipal - D.M.) within them:[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]

Name Total population Urban population Rural population
Bajos de Haina &1000000000009014800000090,148 &1000000000007986500000079,865 &1000000000001028300000010,283
San Cristóbal &10000000000397410000000397,410 &10000000000305042000000305,042 &1000000000009236800000092,368
Cambita Garabitos &1000000000003458900000034,589 &1000000000001900000000019,000 &1000000000001558900000015,589
Los Cacaos &1000000000001984800000019,848 &100000000000058980000005,898 &1000000000001395000000013,950
Sabana Grande de Palenque &1000000000002017800000020,178 &100000000000068970000006,897 &1000000000001328100000013,281
San Gregorio de Nigua &1000000000004589800000045,898 &1000000000002191100000021,911 &1000000000002398700000023,987
San Gregorio de Yaguate &1000000000007868900000078,689 &1000000000002976800000029,768 &1000000000004892100000048,921
Villa Altagracia &1000000000009813800000098,138 &1000000000004596400000045,964 &1000000000005217400000052,174
San Cristóbal province &10000000000784898000000784,898 &10000000000514345000000514,345 &10000000000270553000000270,553

For comparison with the municipalities and municipal districts of other provinces see the list of municipalities and municipal districts of the Dominican Republic.

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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