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).
7-538: Sánchez Ramírez ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsantʃes ɾaˈmiɾes] ) is a province that constituting one of the 32 provinces of the Dominican Republic . It is divided into four municipalities and its capital city is Cotuí . Located in the Cibao Sur region in central Dominican Republic, it is bordered by the provinces of Duarte to the north, Monte Plata to the east and south, Monseñor Nouel to
14-412: 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. For comparison with
21-522: The city council ( ayuntamiento ) and mayor ( síndico ) which are in charge of its administration. 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 ). The following
28-486: 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). The provinces are divided into municipalities ( municipios ), which are
35-818: The municipalities and municipal districts of other provinces see the list of municipalities and municipal districts of the Dominican Republic . Provinces of the Dominican Republic The division of the country into provinces is laid down in the constitution (Title I, Section II, Article 5) 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 are
42-525: The second–level political and administrative subdivisions of the country. The Distrito Nacional was created in 1936. Prior to this, the Distrito Nacional 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 , which 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 ,
49-548: The south-west and west and La Vega to the north-west. It was formerly part of Duarte in 1952, and is named after Brigadier Juan Sánchez Ramírez , hero of the Battle of Palo Hincado (1808) at which Spanish rebels defeated the French occupying forces. The province as of June 20, 2006 is divided into the following municipalities ( municipios ) and municipal districts ( distrito municipal - D.M.) within them: The following
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