María Trinidad Sánchez Province
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| Country |  Dominican Republic |
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| Establishment date | 1959 | ||||
| Capital city • Population • Coordinates |
Nagua 56,268 19° 23′ S 69° 50′ O |
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| Area • Total • % of the country |
Ranked 18th 1,271.71 km² 2.6% |
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| Population • Total • % of the country • Density |
Ranked 20th 135,727 (2002) 1.6% 106.7 inhab./km² |
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| Time zone | UTC-4 | ||||
| ISO 3166-2 | DO-14 | ||||
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| Members in Congress |
1 Senator 3 Deputies |
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| Municipalities Municipal Districts |
4 5 |
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María Trinidad Sánchez is a province of the Dominican Republic. Originally known as Trinidad Sánchez Nagua, the name of its capital city, it was split from Samaná in 1963. The name commemorates a disginguished female soldier in the wars of independence. María Trinidad Sánchez was the first woman incarcerated and executed by Pedro Santana, a Dominican annexionist president.
[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]
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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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| Cabrera | 12,994 | 4,854 | 8,140 |
| Arroyo Salado (D.M.) | 7,253 | 1,953 | 5,300 |
| La Entrada (D.M.) | 6,408 | 1,091 | 5,317 |
| El Factor | 13,978 | 6,882 | 7,096 |
| El Pozo (D.M.) | 11,970 | 2,334 | 9,636 |
| Nagua | 56,268 | 32,035 | 24,233 |
| San José de Matanzas (D.M.) | 11,764 | 3,276 | 8,488 |
| Río San Juan | 15,092 | 8,813 | 6,279 |
| María Trinidad Sánchez province | 135,727 | 61,238 | 74,489 |
For comparison with the municipalities and municipal districts of other provinces see the list of municipalities and municipal districts of the Dominican Republic.
[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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