Monte Plata Province

Monte Plata
Province
Country  Dominican Republic
Capital Monte Plata
 - elevation 56 m (184 ft)
 - coordinates
Area 2,632.14 km2 (1,016 sq mi)
Population 180,376 (2002)
Density 68.5 / km2 (177 / sq mi)
Province since 1982
Subdivisions 5 municipalities
6 municipal districts
Congresspersons 1 Senator
4 Deputies
Timezone EST (UTC-4)
Area code 1-809 1-829 1-849
ISO 3166-2 DO-29
Postal Code 92000
Location of the Monte Plata Province

Monte Plata (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmonte ˈplata]) is a province of the Dominican Republic, and also the name of its capital city. It was split from San Cristóbal in 1992.

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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]

Population

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.[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[2] Urban population[2] Rural population[2]
Bayaguana &1000000000003312200000033,122 &1000000000001935100000019,351 &1000000000001377100000013,771
Monte Plata &1000000000003761400000037,614 &1000000000001485000000014,850 &1000000000002276400000022,764
Peralvillo (Esperalvillo) &1000000000001728400000017,284 &100000000000053540000005,354 &1000000000001193000000011,930
Sabana Grande de Boyá &1000000000002435700000024,357 &1000000000001629100000016,291 &100000000000080660000008,066
Yamasá &1000000000003745300000037,453 &1000000000001140000000011,400 &1000000000002605300000026,053
Don Juan (D.M.) &100000000000082670000008,267 &100000000000023560000002,356 &100000000000059110000005,911
Gonzalo (D.M.) &100000000000055770000005,577 &100000000000019930000001,993 &100000000000035840000003,584
Los Botados (D.M.) &1000000000001395000000013,950 &100000000000039860000003,986 &100000000000099640000009,964
Majagual (D.M.) &100000000000027520000002,752 &100000000000014060000001,406 &100000000000013460000001,346
Monte Plata province (TOTAL) &10000000000180376000000180,376 &1000000000007698700000076,987 &10000000000103389000000103,389

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). Archived from the original on 14 March 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070314215735/http://www.one.gob.do/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=113. Retrieved 24 January 2007. 
  2. ^ a b c d Oficina Nacional de Estadística (9 February 2004). "VIII Censo 2002 Poplación y Vivienda" (in Spanish) (PDF in ZIP). http://one.gob.do/censo/volumen_I_pdf.zip. Retrieved 24 January 2007. 

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