Independencia Province

Independencia
Province
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Country  Dominican Republic
Capital Jimaní
 - elevation 31 m (102 ft)
 - coordinates 18°29′24″N 71°51′0″W / 18.49000°N 71.85000°W / 18.49000; -71.85000
Area 2,006.44 km2 (775 sq mi)
Population 54,785 (2012)
Density 25.3 / km2 (66 / sq mi)
Province since 1948
Subdivisions 6 municipalities
6 municipal districts
Congresspersons 1 Senator
2 Deputies
Timezone EST (UTC-4)
Area code 1-809 1-829 1-849
ISO 3166-2 DO-10
Postal Code 83000
Location of Independencia Province

Independencia (Spanish pronunciation: [indepenˈdenθja]) is a province of the Dominican Republic, located in the west, on the border with Haiti. It was split from Baoruco Province in 1950.

Municipalities and municipal districts

The province as of June 20, 2006 is divided into the following municipalities (municipios) and municipal districts (distritos municipales - D.M.) within the latter:[1]

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.

South shore of Lake Enriquillo, looking northward to the Sierra de Neiba mountains, Independencia Province, Dominican Republic (2007)
Name Total population Urban population Rural population
Cristóbal 70035908000000000005,908 70032560000000000002,560 70033348000000000003,348
Duvergé 700419598000000000019,598 700413668000000000013,668 70035930000000000005,930
Jimaní 700413992000000000013,992 70037096000000000007,096 70036896000000000006,896
La Descubierta 70036990000000000006,990 70034127000000000004,127 70032863000000000002,863
Mella 70033008000000000003,008 70032220000000000002,220 7002788000000000000788
Postrer Río 70035289000000000005,289 70032255000000000002,255 70033034000000000003,034
Independencia province 700454785000000000054,785 700431926000000000031,926 700422859000000000022,859
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See also

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References

  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). Retrieved 2007-01-24. 
  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. 
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