Monte Plata Province

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.

Monte Plata
Province
Coat of arms
Location of the Monte Plata Province
Country Dominican Republic
Province since1991
CapitalMonte Plata
Government
 • TypeSubdivisions
 • Body5 municipalities
6 municipal districts
 • Congresspersons1 Senator
4 Deputies
Area
 • Total2,632.14 km2 (1,016.27 sq mi)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total222,641
 • Density85/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
Area code1-809 1-829 1-849
ISO 3166-2DO-29
Postal Code92000

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]

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 34,78619,00115,785
Monte Plata 57,55326,89830,655
Peralvillo 20,0487,55812,490
Sabana Grande de Boyá 30,08520,4309,655
Yamasá 57,98230,54427,438
Monte Plata province 200,454104,43196,023
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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). Archived from the original on 14 March 2007. Retrieved 24 January 2007.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  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.
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