Monte Plata Province

Monte Plata
Monte Plata
	Province
	Coat of arms
	Location of the Monte Plata Province
Country	Dominican Republic
Province since	1991
Capital	Monte Plata
Government
• Type	Subdivisions
• Body	5 municipalities; 6 municipal districts
• Congresspersons	1 Senator ; 4 Deputies
Area
• Total	2,632.14 km2 (1,016.27 sq mi)
Population (2014)
• Total	222,641
• Density	85/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
Area code	1-809 1-829 1-849
ISO 3166-2	DO-29
Postal Code	92000

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.

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]

Bayaguana
Monte Plata
- Boyá (D.M.)
- Chirino (D.M.)
- Don Juan (D.M.)
Peralvillo (Esperalvillo)
Sabana Grande de Boyá
- Gonzalo (D.M.)
- Majagual (D.M.)
Yamasá
- Los Botados (D.M.)

Population

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.[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	Urban population	Rural population
Bayaguana	34,786	19,001	15,785
Monte Plata	57,553	26,898	30,655
Peralvillo	20,048	7,558	12,490
Sabana Grande de Boyá	30,085	20,430	9,655
Yamasá	57,982	30,544	27,438
Monte Plata province	200,454	104,431	96,023

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References

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. Retrieved 24 January 2007.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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 2012-01-11.

External links

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

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[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. Retrieved 24 January 2007.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[censusvol1-2] 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 2012-01-11.