Monseñor Nouel Province

Monseñor Nouel
Monseñor Nouel
	Province
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location of the Monseñor Nouel Province
Country	Dominican Republic
Province since	1991
Capital	Bonao
Government
• Type	Subdivisions
• Body	3 municipalities; 7 municipal districts
• Congresspersons	1 Senator ; 3 Deputies
Area
• Total	992.39 km2 (383.16 sq mi)
Population (2014)
• Total	203,183
• Density	200/km2 (530/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-4 (EST)
Area code	1-809 1-829 1-849
ISO 3166-2	DO-28
Postal Code	42000

Monseñor Nouel (Spanish pronunciation: [monseˈɲoɾ noˈwel]) is a province of the Dominican Republic. It was split from La Vega in 1982.

It is named for Monseñor Dr. Adolfo Alejandro Nouel y Bobadilla (1862-1937), Archbishop of Santo Domingo and briefly President of the Republic in 1912-3.

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]

Bonao
- Arroyo Toro-Masipedro (D.M.)
- Jayaco (D.M.)
- Juma Bejucal (D.M.)
La Salvia-Los Quemados
- Sabana del Puerto (D.M.)
Maimón
Piedra Blanca
- Juan Adrián (D.M.)
- Villa Sonador (D.M.)

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.[2]

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

Name	Total population	Urban population	Rural population
Bonao	158,034	97,990	60,044
Maimón	18,655	14,069	4,586
Piedra Blanca	24,785	16,090	8,695
Monseñor Nouel province	201,474	120,754	80,720

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" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2007-03-14. Retrieved 2007-01-24.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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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[1] 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.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[censusvol1-2] 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.