Provinces of the Dominican Republic facts for kids
- See also: Ranked list of Dominican Provinces
The Dominican Republic has thirty-one (31) provinces (in Spanish, provincias). The President of the Republic appoints a Civil Governor (Gobernador Civil) in every province. The only function of the Governor is to represent the President of the Republic in the province.
The people who live in the province elect one Senator (Senador) and at least two (2) Representatives (Diputados) for the National Congress.
The National District (Distrito Nacional) is similar to a province but without a Civil Governor and with only one municipality, Santo Domingo de Guzmán, the national capital.
There are two (2) or more municipalities (in Spanish and in singular, municipio) in every province. The municipalities are governed by municipal councils and mayors elected by popular vote. The municipal districts (in Spanish and in singular, distrito municipal) are subdivisions of some municipalities ruled by a municipal council and a mayor.
The Dominican Republic has 154 municipalities and 202 municipal districts.
The following is a table of the provinces and their capital cities. Population figures in the following table are from the 2010 census.
| Province | Capital | Area (km²) |
Population | Density | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azua | Azua de Compostela | 2,531.77 | 298,246 | 117.8 | 1 |
| Baoruco | Neiba | 1,282.23 | 111,269 | 86.8 | 2 |
| Barahona | Santa Cruz de Barahona | 1,739.38 | 232,818 | 133.9 | 3 |
| Dajabón | Dajabón | 1,020.73 | 87,274 | 85.5 | 4 |
| Distrito Nacional | Santo Domingo de Guzmán | 104.44 | 1,402,749 | 13,431.1 | D.N. |
| Duarte | San Francisco de Macorís | 1,605.35 | 338,649 | 211.0 | 5 |
| Elías Piña | Comendador | 1,426.20 | 84,632 | 59.3 | 6 |
| El Seibo | Santa Cruz del Seibo | 1,786.80 | 110,212 | 61.7 | 7 |
| Espaillat | Moca | 838.62 | 333,401 | 397.6 | 8 |
| Hato Mayor | Hato Mayor del Rey | 1,329.29 | 103,032 | 77.5 | 9 |
| Hermanas Mirabal | Salcedo | 440.43 | 121,887 | 276.7 | 21 |
| Independencia | Jimaní | 2,006.44 | 74,583 | 37.2 | 10 |
| La Altagracia | Salvaleón de Higüey | 3,010.34 | 372,289 | 123.7 | 11 |
| La Romana | La Romana | 653.95 | 344,580 | 526.9 | 12 |
| La Vega | Concepción de la Vega | 2,287.24 | 447,905 | 195.8 | 13 |
| María Trinidad Sánchez | Nagua | 1,271.71 | 195,886 | 154.0 | 14 |
| Monseñor Nouel | Bonao | 992.39 | 203,183 | 204.7 | 15 |
| Monte Cristi | San Fernando de Monte Cristi | 1,924.35 | 150,833 | 78.4 | 16 |
| Monte Plata | Monte Plata | 2,632.14 | 222,641 | 84.6 | 17 |
| Pedernales | Pedernales | 2,074.53 | 52,165 | 25.1 | 18 |
| Peravia | Baní | 792.33 | 217,241 | 274.2 | 19 |
| Puerto Plata | San Felipe de Puerto Plata | 1,852.90 | 470,839 | 254.1 | 20 |
| Samaná | Santa Bárbara de Samaná | 853.74 | 139,707 | 163.6 | 22 |
| Sánchez Ramírez | Cotuí | 1,196.13 | 248,807 | 208.0 | 23 |
| San Cristóbal | San Cristóbal | 1,265.77 | 640,066 | 505.7 | 24 |
| San José de Ocoa | San José de Ocoa | 855.40 | 97,640 | 114.1 | 25 |
| San Juan | San Juan de la Maguana | 3,569.39 | 317,293 | 88.9 | 26 |
| San Pedro de Macorís | San Pedro de Macorís | 1,255.46 | 392,911 | 313.0 | 27 |
| Santiago | Santiago de los Caballeros | 2,836.51 | 1,503,362 | 530.0 | 28 |
| Santiago Rodríguez | San Ignacio de Sabaneta | 1,111.14 | 99,044 | 89.1 | 29 |
| Santo Domingo | Santo Domingo Este | 1,296.35 | 3,263,053 | 2,517.1 | 30 |
| Valverde | Mao | 823.38 | 217,026 | 263.6 | 31 |
| Total | 48,666.83 | 9,445,281 | 194.1 | - |
See also
In Spanish: Provincias de la República Dominicana para niños
