Hermanas Mirabal Province
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| Country |  Dominican Republic |
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| Establishment date | 1952 | ||||
| Capital city • Population • Coordinates |
Salcedo 40,510 19° 23′ S 70° 25′ O |
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| Area • Total • % of the country |
Ranked 31th 440.43 km² 0.9% |
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| Population • Total • % of the country • Density |
Ranked 22th 96,356 (2002) 1.1% 218.8 inhab./km² |
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| Time zone | UTC-4 | ||||
| ISO 3166-2 | DO-19 | ||||
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1 Senator 2 Deputies |
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| Municipalities Municipal Districts |
3 2 |
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Hermanas Mirabal (aka Salcedo) is a province of the Dominican Republic. It was split from Espaillat Province in 1952 and was originally called Salcedo (the name of its capital city). On the 21st of November 2007, President Leonel Fernandez changed the name Hermanas Mirabal to commemorate the Mirabal sisters who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country by giving up a privileged life to fight against the abuses of a powerful and corrupt Dominican dictator: Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina.
The province is very fertile and its main agriculture product is plantain.
The Mirabal sisters came from Salcedo and they are buried here too after their murder.
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[edit] 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]
- Salcedo
- Jamao Afuera (D.M.)
- Tenares
- Blanco (D.M.)
- Villa Tapia
The following is a sortable table of the municipalities and municipal districts with population figures as of the 2002 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]
| Name | Total population | Urban population | Rural population |
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| Salcedo | 40,510 | 11,994 | 28,516 |
| Tenares | 25,132 | 7,569 | 17,563 |
| Blanco (D.M.) | 5,254 | 374 | 4,880 |
| Villa Tapia | 25,460 | 3,189 | 22,271 |
| Hermanas Mirabal province | 96,356 | 23,126 | 73,230 |
For comparison with the municipalities and municipal districts of other provinces see the list of municipalities and municipal districts of the Dominican Republic.
[edit] Notable residents
The former vice president to Leonel Fernadez, Jaime David Fernandez Mirabal comes from a tiny town a few minutes away from Tenares,Salcedo by the name of Ojo de Agua or "Eye of Water." Also born in Ojo de Agua are the famed Mirabal sisters for whom the province is named.
Also Miss Dominican Republic 2008 Marianne Cruz is from the city of Salcedo
[edit] 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 (Spanish). Retrieved on 2007-01-24.
- ^ Oficina Nacional de Estadística. VIII Censo 2002 Poplación y Vivienda (PDF) (Spanish). Retrieved on 2007-01-24.
[edit] External links
- (Spanish) Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Statistics Portal of the Dominican Republic
- (Spanish) Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Maps with administrative division of the provinces of the Dominican Republic, downloadable in PDF format
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