Valverde Province

For other places with the same name, see Valverde.
Valverde
Province
Country  Dominican Republic
Capital Santa Cruz de Mao
 - elevation 78 m (256 ft)
 - coordinates
Area 823.38 km2 (318 sq mi)
Population 158,293 (2002)
Density 192.2 / km2 (498 / sq mi)
Province since 1959
Subdivisions 3 municipalities
10 municipal districts
Congresspersons 1 Senator
3 Deputies
Timezone AST (UTC-4)
Area code 1-809 1-829 1-849
ISO 3166-2 DO-27
Postal Code 61000
Location of the Valverde Province

Valverde (Spanish pronunciation: [balˈβerðe]) is a province of the Dominican Republic. It was split from Santiago Province in 1958.

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.) and the municipal Seat (distrito cabecera - D.C.) within them:[1]

The following is a sortable table of the municipalities with population figures as of the 2002 census; the population figures for the municipal districts are included within their municipalities. 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
Esperanza &1000000000006190300000061,903 &1000000000004627100000046,271 &1000000000001563200000015,632
Laguna Salada &1000000000002163000000021,630 &1000000000001338900000013,389 &100000000000082410000008,241
Santa Cruz de Mao &1000000000007476000000074,760 &1000000000005449300000054,493 &1000000000002026700000020,267
Valverde Province &10000000000158293000000158,293 &10000000000114153000000114,153 &1000000000004414000000044,140

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

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 Población y Vivienda" (in Spanish) (PDF). http://one.gob.do/censo/volumen_I_pdf.zip. Retrieved 2007-01-24. 

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