Espaillat Province

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Coordinates: 19°23′0″N 70°31′0″W / 19.38333°N 70.51667°W

Espaillat
Province
Country	Dominican Republic

Capital	Moca
- elevation	183 m (600 ft)
- coordinates	19°23′0″N 70°31′0″W / 19.38333°N 70.51667°W / 19.38333; -70.51667

Area	838.62 km² (324 sq mi)

Population	231,938 (2010) ^[1]
Density	277 / km² (717 / sq mi)

Province since	1885
Subdivisions	4 municipalities 11 municipal districts
Congresspersons	1 Senator 5 Deputies

Timezone	EST (UTC-4)
Area code	1-809 1-829 1-849
ISO 3166-2	DO-09

Postal Code	56000

Location of the Espaillat Province

Iglesia Sagrado Corazon de Jesus, Moca

Espaillat (Spanish pronunciation: [espaiˈʎat]) is a province of the Dominican Republic. It is named for Ulises Francisco Espaillat (1823-1878), the 19th-century author who was briefly President of the Republic in 1876.

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:^[2]

Cayetano Germosén
Gaspar Hernández
- Joba Arriba (D.M.)
- Veragua (D.M.)
- Villa Magante (D.M.)
Jamao al Norte

Moca
- Canca La Reina (D.M.)
- El Higüerito (D.M.)
- José Contreras (D.M.)
- Juan López (D.M.)
- La Ortega (D.M.)
- Las Lagunas (D.M.)
- Monte de La Jagua (D.M.)
San Víctor

The following is a sortable table of the municipalities and municipal districts with population figures as of the 2012 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.^[3]

Name	Total population	Urban population	Rural population
Cayetano Germosen	700436930000000000036,930	700416439000000000016,439	700420491000000000020,491
Gaspar Hernández	700457302000000000057,302	700437852000000000037,852	700419450000000000019,450
Jamao al Norte	700442953000000000042,953	700415390000000000015,390	700427563000000000027,563
Moca	7005173442000000000173,442	7005132712000000000132,712	700440730000000000040,730
San Víctor	700479851000000000079,851	700432501000000000032,501	700447350000000000047,350
Espaillat province	7005390478000000000390,478	7005234894000000000234,894	7005155584000000000155,584

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

References

↑ "IX Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2010." (PDF) (in Spanish). Oficina Nacional de Estadística. June 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
↑ 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). Retrieved 2007-01-24.
↑ Consejo Nacional de Población y Familia. "Censos y Proyecciones de la Población Dominicana por Regiones, Provincias, Municipios y Distritos Municipales, 2012" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-10-11.

External links

(Spanish) Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Statistics Portal of the Dominican Republic
(Spanish) Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Maps with administrative division of the provinces of the Dominican Republic, downloadable in PDF format

Provinces of the Dominican Republic

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