La Vega Province

	La Vega
	Province
Flag	Symbol
Country	Dominican Republic
City	Concepción La Vega
Capital	Concepción de La Vega
- elevation	100 m (328 ft)
- coordinates	19°13′12″N 70°31′48″W / 19.22000°N 70.53000°WCoordinates: 19°13′12″N 70°31′48″W / 19.22000°N 70.53000°W
Area	2,287.24 km2 (883 sq mi)
Population	447,905 (2014) [1]
Density	196/km2 (508/sq mi)
Province since	1844
Governor	Bolivar Marte
Subdivisions	4 municipalities; 7 municipal districts
Congresspersons	1 Senator ; 8 Deputies
Timezone	EST (UTC-4)
Area code	1–809 1–829 1–849
ISO 3166-2	DO-13
Postal Code	41000
	Location of the La Vega Province

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Jimenoa waterfall, Jarabacoa

La Vega (Spanish pronunciation: [la ˈβeɣa]) is a province of the Dominican Republic. Until 1992 it included what is now Monseñor Nouel province.

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:^[2]

Concepción de La Vega
- El Ranchito (D.M.)
- Río Verde Arriba (D.M.)
- Cutupú
Constanza
- La Sabina (D.M.)
- Tireo (D.M.)
Jarabacoa
- Buena Vista (D.M.)
- Manabao (D.M.)
Jima Abajo
- Rincón (D.M.)

For comparison with the municipalities and municipal districts of other provinces see the list of municipalities and municipal districts of the Dominican Republic.

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.^[3]

Name	Total population	Urban population	Rural population
Concepción de la Vega	7005235698000000000♠235,698	7005101585000000000♠101,585	7005134113000000000♠134,113
Constanza	7004852400000000000♠85,240	7004400190000000000♠40,019	7004452210000000000♠45,221
Jarabacoa	7004698550000000000♠69,855	7004325850000000000♠32,585	7004372700000000000♠37,270
Jima Abajo	7004296850000000000♠29,685	7004277960000000000♠27,796	7003188900000000000♠1,889
La Vega province	7005420478000000000♠420,478	7005201985000000000♠201,985	7005218493000000000♠218,493

References

↑ Consejo Nacional de Población y Familia. "Estamaciones y Proyecciones de la Población Dominicana por Regiones, Provincias, Municipios y Distritos Municipales, 2014" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2014-02-02.
↑ 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 March 14, 2007. Retrieved 2007-01-24.
↑ 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 January 11, 2012.

External links

(in Spanish) Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Statistics Portal of the Dominican Republic
(in Spanish) Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Maps with administrative division of the provinces of the Dominican Republic, downloadable in PDF format

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[r-pop-1] Consejo Nacional de Población y Familia. "Estamaciones y Proyecciones de la Población Dominicana por Regiones, Provincias, Municipios y Distritos Municipales, 2014" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2014-02-02.

[2] 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 March 14, 2007. Retrieved 2007-01-24.

[censusvol1-3] 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 January 11, 2012.