Provinces of the Dominican Republic

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The Dominican Republic is administratively divided into provinces

The country's territory is divided into 31 provinces and 1 National District, which in turn are subdivided into a total of 158 municipalities and 235 districts.

Table of provinces

Province	Capital	Most populated city	Development Region	Surface (km2)	Population (2021)	Density (hab/km2)
Azua	Azua de Compostela		Valdesia	2531.77	222 610	86.59
Bahoruco	Neiba		Enriquillo	1282.23	101 306	77.40
Barahona	Barahona		Enriquillo	1739.38	189 100	108.49
Dajabón	Dajabón		Northwest	1020.73	66 675	63.95
Duarte	San Francisco de Macorís		Northeast	1605.35	299 583	183.70
The Seibo	The Seibo		Yuma	1786.80	94 049	63.58
Elijah Piña	Comendador		The Valley	1426.20	63 303	35.51
Espaillat	Moca		North	838.62	240 428	281.97
Hato Mayor	Hato Mayor		Higuamo	1329.29	85 747	64.37
Mirabal Sisters	Balance		Northeast	440.43	92 045	209.78
Independence	Jimaní	Duvergé	Enriquillo	2006.44	58 951	27.73
The Altagracia	Higüey Salvaleon		Yuma	3010.34	360 874	104.61
La Romana	La Romana		Yuma	653.95	274 894	397.59
La Vega	La Vega		South Africa	2287.24	412 469	176.64
María Trinidad Sánchez	Nagua		Northeast	1271.71	140 954	111.17
Monsignor Nouel	Bonao		South Africa	992.39	174 959	171.51
Monte Cristi	Monte Cristi	Guayubín	Northwest	1924.35	117 736	59.22
Monte Plata	Monte Plata	Yamasa	Higuamo	2632.14	191 447	71.68
Pedernales	Pedernales		Enriquillo	2074.53	35 280	16.12
Peravia	Baní		Valdesia	792.33	198 499	241.62
Puerto Plata	Puerto Plata		North	1852.90	333 940	177.29
Samana	Santa Barbara de Samaná		Northeast	853.74	113 036	125.62
San Cristobal	San Cristobal		Valdesia	1265.77	643 595	505.93
San José de Ocoa	San José de Ocoa		Valdesia	855.4	53 833	45.11
San Juan	San Juan de la Maguana		The Valley	3569.39	220 264	266.12
San Pedro de Macorís	San Pedro de Macorís		Higuamo	1255.46	306 002	83.66
Sánchez Ramírez	Cotuí		South Africa	1196.13	151 888	121.09
Santiago	Santiago		North	2836.51	1 052 088	355.30
Santiago Rodríguez	San Ignacio de Sabaneta		Northwest	1111.14	57 209	51.71
Santo Domingo	Santo Domingo East	Santo Domingo Norte	Ozama	1301.84	2 955 339	2036.08
Valverde	Mao		Northwest	823.38	177 865	207.06
National District	Santo Domingo		Ozama	104.44	1 049 567	9651.45

Regional Division

It is presidential decree 710-2004 that defines the Development Regions into which the Dominican Republic is administratively divided and establishes the regionalization of the country.

The arrangement was made with the objective of facilitating the application of public policies and divides the country into 3 macro-regions:

Macro-region Cibao (or North)
Macro-region South (or Southwest)
Eastern Macro-region (or East, or Southeast).

Each of these is further subdivided into development regions.

All instances of the state must accommodate their plans and executions to this arrangement.

The objectives of the administrative division are:

Decentralize state administration and public functions
Dynamic regional development
Ensuring the participation of the community and its various organizations
Ensuring continuity in public service management

Macroregions	# Region	Regions Development	Provinces
Cibao	I	North	Espaillat
			Puerto Plata
			Santiago
	II	South Africa	La Vega
			Monsignor Nouel
			Sánchez Ramírez
	III	Northeast	Duarte
			Mirabal Sisters
			María Trinidad Sánchez
			Samana
	IV	Northwest	Dajabón
			Monte Cristi
			Santiago Rodríguez
			Valverde
South	V	Valdesia	Azua
			Peravia
			San José de Ocoa
			San Cristobal
	VI	The Valley	Elijah Piña
	VI	The Valley	San Juan
	VII	Enriquillo	Barahona
			Bahoruco
			Independence
			Pedernales
East or East	VIII	Yuma	La Romana
			The Altagracia
			The Seibo
	IX	Higuamo	Hato Mayor
			Monte Plata
			San Pedro de Macorís
	X	Ozama	National District
	X	Ozama	Santo Domingo

Geodemographic classifications

By population (2010 Census)

	Province	Population	Percentage	Density (hab/km2)
1. a	Santo Domingo	2.374.370	25.1 per cent	1.302.20
2. a	National District	965.040	10.2 per cent	10.535.37
3. a	Santiago	963.422	10.2 per cent	343,31
4. a	San Cristobal	569.930	6.0%	459,40
5. a	La Vega	394.205	4.2%	171.95
6. a	Puerto Plata	321.597	3.4%	178,11
7. a	San Pedro de Macorís	290.458	3.1 per cent	231,57
8. a	Duarte	289.574	3.1 per cent	175.55
9. a	The Altagracia	273.210	2.9%	91.12
10. a	La Romana	245.433	2.6%	376.37
11. a	San Juan	232.333	2.5%	69.07
12. a	Espaillat	231.938	2.5%	275.13
13. a	Azua	214.311	2.3 per cent	79.89
14. a	Barahona	187.105	2.0%	112.70
15. a	Monte Plata	185.956	2.0%	71.48
16. a	Peravia	184.344	2.0%	234,77
17. a	Monsignor Nouel	165.224	1.7%	166.56
18. a	Valverde	163.030	1.7%	198,09
19. a	Sánchez Ramírez	151.392	1.6%	127.67
20. a	María Trinidad Sánchez	140.925	1.5%	116.80
21. a	Montecristi	109.607	1.2%	58.12
22. a	Samana	101.494	1.1%	117.63
23. a	Bahoruco	97.313	1.0%	75.74
24. a	Mirabal Sisters	92.193	1.0%	215,71
25. a	The Seibo	87.680	0.9%	49,03
26. a	Hato Mayor	85.017	0.9%	64.44
27. a	Dajabón	63.955	0.7 per cent	62.62
28. a	Elijah Piña	63.029	0.7 per cent	45.17
29. a	San José de Ocoa	59.544	0.6%	69.77
30. a	Santiago Rodríguez	57.476	0.6%	50.09
31. a	Independence	52.589	0.6%	26,20
Thirty-second	Pedernales	31.587	0.3%	15,18

By surface area

	Province	Surface (km2)	Percentage	Density (hab/km2)
1. a	San Juan	3.363.8	7.0%	69.07
2. a	The Altagracia	2.998.4	6.2%	91.12
3. a	Santiago	2.806,3	5.8 per cent	343,31
4. a	Azua	2.682,5	5.6 per cent	79.89
5. a	Monte Plata	2.601.6	5.4 per cent	71.48
6. a	La Vega	2.292.5	4.7%	171.95
7. a	Pedernales	2.080.5	4.3 per cent	15,18
8. a	Independence	2.007.4	4.2%	26,20
9. a	Montecristi	1,885.8	3.9 per cent	58.12
10. a	Puerto Plata	1,805.6	3.7 per cent	178,11
11. a	The Seibo	1,788.4	3.7 per cent	49,03
12. a	Barahona	1.660.2	3.4%	112.70
13. a	Duarte	1.649.5	3.4%	175.55
14. a	Elijah Piña	1,395.5	2.9%	45.17
15. a	Hato Mayor	1.319.3	2.7%	64.44
16. a	Santo Domingo	1.302.2	2.7%	1,823.35
17. a	Bahoruco	1,284.9	2.7%	75.74
18. a	San Pedro de Macorís	1,254.3	2.6%	231,57
19. a	San Cristobal	1,240.6	2.6%	459,40
20. a	María Trinidad Sánchez	1.206.5	2.5%	116.80
21. a	Sánchez Ramírez	1,185.8	2.5%	127.67
22. a	Santiago Rodríguez	1.147.5	2.4%	50.09
23. a	Dajabón	1,021.3	2.1%	62.62
24. a	Monsignor Nouel	992.0	2.1%	166.56
25. a	Samana	862.8	1.8%	117.63
26. a	San José de Ocoa	853.4	1.8%	69.77
27. a	Espaillat	843.0	1.7%	275.13
28. a	Valverde	823.0	1.7%	198,09
29. a	Peravia	785.2	1.6%	234,77
30. a	La Romana	652,1	1.3%	376.37
31.o	Mirabal Sisters	427.4	0.9%	215,71
Thirty-second	National District	91.6	0.2 per cent	10.535.37

By population density

	Province	Population	Surface (km2)	Density (hab/km2)
1. a	National District	965.040	91.6	10.535.37
2. a	Santo Domingo	2.955.339	1.302.2	2.269.50
3. a	San Cristobal	569.930	1,240.6	459,40
4. a	La Romana	245.433	652,1	376.37
5. a	Santiago	963.422	2.806,3	343,31
6. a	Espaillat	231.938	843.0	275.13
7. a	Peravia	184.344	785.2	234,77
8. a	San Pedro de Macorís	290.458	1,254.3	231,57
9. a	Mirabal Sisters	92.193	427.4	215,71
10. a	Valverde

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