Valverde Province

	Valverde
	Province
Flag	Symbol
Country	Dominican Republic
Capital	Santa Cruz de Mao
- elevation	78 m (256 ft)
- coordinates	19°34′00″N 71°05′00″W / 19.56667°N 71.08333°WCoordinates: 19°34′00″N 71°05′00″W / 19.56667°N 71.08333°W
Area	823.38 km2 (318 sq mi)
Population	217,026 (2014) [1]
Density	264/km2 (684/sq mi)
Province since	1959
Subdivisions	3 municipalities; 10 municipal districts
Congresspersons	1 Senator ; 3 Deputies
Timezone	AST (UTC-4)
Area code	1-809 1-829 1-849
ISO 3166-2	DO-27
Postal Code	61000
	Location of the Valverde Province

Valverde (Spanish pronunciation: [balˈβeɾðe]) is a province of the Dominican Republic. It was split from Santiago Province in 1959.

Municipalities and municipal districts

The province as of June 20, 2006 was divided into the following municipalities (municipios) and municipal districts (distrito municipal - D.M.) and the municipal Seat (distrito cabecera - D.C.) within them:^[2]

Santa Cruz de Mao, head municipality of the province
- Ámina (D.M.)
- Guatapanal (D.M.)
- Jaibón de Pueblo Nuevo (D.M.)
Esperanza
- Boca de Mao (D.M.)
- Jicomé (M.D.)
- Maizal (M.D.)
- Paradero (M.D.)
Laguna Salada
- Cruce de Guayacanes (D.M.)
- Jaibón (D.M.)
- La Caya (D.M.)

The following is a sortable table of the municipalities with population figures as of the 2012 census; the population figures for the municipal districts are included within their municipalities. 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
Esperanza	7004705880000000000♠70,588	7004527320000000000♠52,732	7004178560000000000♠17,856
Laguna Salada	7004300410000000000♠30,041	7004204700000000000♠20,470	7003957100000000000♠9,571
Santa Cruz de Mao	7005106818000000000♠106,818	7004809250000000000♠80,925	7004258930000000000♠25,893
Valverde Province	7005207447000000000♠207,447	7005154127000000000♠154,127	7004533200000000000♠53,320

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

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 2007-03-14. 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 2012-01-11.

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 2007-03-14. 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 2012-01-11.