Provinces of the Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic is divided into thirty–one provincias (provinces; singular provincia), while the national capital, Santo Domingo, is contained within its own Distrito Nacional ("National District"; "D.N." on the map below).

The division of the country into provinces is laid down in the constitution (Title I, Section II, Article 5)[1] and enacted by law. The latter is currently Law 5220 on the Territorial Division of the Dominican Republic (Ley No. 5220 sobre División Territorial de la República Dominicana), issued 1959 and frequently amended to create new provinces and lower-level administrative units.

The provinces as administrative divisions

The provinces are the first–level administrative subdivisions of the country. The headquarters of the central government's regional offices are normally found in the capital cities of provinces. The president appoints an administrative governor (Gobernador Civil) for each province but not for the Distrito Nacional (Title IX of the constitution).[1]

Provinces of the Dominican Republic.

The provinces are divided into municipalities (municipios), which are the second–level political and administrative subdivisions of the country.[1]

The Distrito Nacional was created in 1936. Prior to this, the Distrito National was the old Santo Domingo Province, in existence since the country's independence in 1844. It is not to be confused with the new Santo Domingo Province split off from it in 2001. While it is similar to a province in many ways, the Distrito Nacional differs in its lack of an administrative governor and consisting only of one municipality, Santo Domingo, the city council (ayuntamiento) and mayor (síndico) which are in charge of its administration.[2]

The provinces as constituencies

The provinces are also constituencies for the elections to the bicameral National Congress (Congreso de la República). Each province elects one member of the Senate (Senado) and a guaranteed minimum of two members of the Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados).[1][3]

Statistics

The following is a table of the provinces and their capital cities. The population figures are from the 2014 population estimate.[4]

Province National District	Capital	Region	Department	Area (km²)[5]	Population 2015[6]	Density
Azua	Azua	South	Valdesia	2,531.77	219,224	86.59
Baoruco	Neiba	South	Enriquillo	1,282.23	99,244	77.40
Barahona	Santa Cruz de Barahona	South	Enriquillo	1,739.38	188,706	108.49
Dajabón	Dajabón	Cibao	Cibao Noroeste	1,020.73	65,271	63.95
Distrito Nacional	Santo Domingo	East	Ozama	104.44	1,007,997	9,651.45
Duarte	San Francisco de Macorís	Cibao	Cibao Nordeste	1,605.35	294,906	183.70
Elías Piña	Comendador	South	El Valle	1,426.20	63,450	35.51
El Seibo	Santa Cruz de El Seibo	East	Yuma	1,786.80	90,676	63.58
Espaillat	Moca	Cibao	Cibao Norte	838.62	236,467	281.97
Hato Mayor	Hato Mayor del Rey	East	Higuamo	1,329.29	85,561	64.37
Hermanas Mirabal	Salcedo	Cibao	Cibao Nordeste	440.43	92,394	209.78
Independencia	Jimaní	South	Enriquillo	2,006.44	55,638	27.73
La Altagracia	Salvaleón de Higüey	East	Yuma	3,010.34	314,916	104.61
La Romana	La Romana	East	Yuma	653.95	260,002	397.59
La Vega	Concepción de La Vega	Cibao	Cibao Sur	2,287.24	404,013	176.64
María Trinidad Sánchez	Nagua	Cibao	Cibao Nordeste	1,271.71	141,372	111.17
Monseñor Nouel	Bonao	Cibao	Cibao Sur	992.39	170,208	171.51
Monte Cristi	San Fernando de Monte Cristi	Cibao	Cibao Noroeste	1,924.35	113,954	59.22
Monte Plata	Monte Plata	East	Higuamo	2,632.14	188,671	71.68
Pedernales	Pedernales	South	Enriquillo	2,074.53	33,439	16.12
Peravia	Baní	South	Valdesia	792.33	191,439	241.62
Puerto Plata	Puerto Plata	Cibao	Cibao Norte	1,852.90	328,498	177.29
Samaná	Santa Bárbara de Samaná	Cibao	Cibao Nordeste	853.74	107,243	125.62
San Cristóbal	San Cristóbal	South	Valdesia	1,265.77	605,153	505.93
San José de Ocoa	San José de Ocoa	South	Valdesia	855.4	57,096	45.11
San Juan	San Juan de la Maguana	South	El Valle	3,569.39	227,640	266.12
San Pedro de Macorís	San Pedro de Macorís	East	Higuamo	1,255.46	298,633	83.66
Sánchez Ramírez	Cotuí	Cibao	Cibao Sur	1,196.13	152,023	121.09
Santiago	Santiago de los Caballeros	Cibao	Cibao Norte	2,836.51	1,017,808	355.30
Santiago Rodríguez	San Ignacio de Sabaneta	Cibao	Cibao Noroeste	1,111.14	57,460	51.71
Santo Domingo	Santo Domingo Este	South	Ozama	1,301.84	2,650,651	2036.08
Valverde	Mao	Cibao	Cibao Noroeste	823.38	170,490	207.06

Map

References

Asamblea Nacional. "CONSTITUCION DE LA REPUBLICA DOMINICANA" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2007-03-11.
EL CONGRESO NACIONAL. "Ley No. 163-01 que crea la provincia de Santo Domingo, y modifica los Artículos 1 y 2 de la Ley No. 5220, sobre División Territorial de la República Dominicana" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2007-05-18. Retrieved 2007-03-08.
EL CONGRESO NACIONAL. "Ley Electoral, No. 275-97" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2007-03-11.
Consejo Nacional de Población y Familia. "Estamaciones y Proyecciones de la Población Dominicana por Regiones, Provincias, Municipios y Distritos Municipales, 2014" (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
"Provincias Dominicanas - Portal Oficial del Estado Dominicano". Archived from the original on 1 January 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
"Oficina Nacional de Estadística". Estimaciones y proyecciones de la población total por año calendario, según región y provincia, 2000-2030. Archived from the original on 2 January 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2016.

External links

(in Spanish) Oficina Nacional de Estadística (National Statistics Office). Official statistics portal of the Dominican Republic.
(in Spanish) Blog of the Dominican Republic, videos, news, culture and music

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[Constitution-1] Asamblea Nacional. "CONSTITUCION DE LA REPUBLICA DOMINICANA" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2007-03-11.

[2] EL CONGRESO NACIONAL. "Ley No. 163-01 que crea la provincia de Santo Domingo, y modifica los Artículos 1 y 2 de la Ley No. 5220, sobre División Territorial de la República Dominicana" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2007-05-18. Retrieved 2007-03-08.

[3] EL CONGRESO NACIONAL. "Ley Electoral, No. 275-97" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2007-03-11.

[censusvol1-4] Consejo Nacional de Población y Familia. "Estamaciones y Proyecciones de la Población Dominicana por Regiones, Provincias, Municipios y Distritos Municipales, 2014" (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2014-02-02.

[5] "Provincias Dominicanas - Portal Oficial del Estado Dominicano". Archived from the original on 1 January 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2017.

[6] "Oficina Nacional de Estadística". Estimaciones y proyecciones de la población total por año calendario, según región y provincia, 2000-2030. Archived from the original on 2 January 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2016.

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