INDEPENDENCIA PROVINCE

'Independencia' is a province of the Dominican Republic on the border with Haiti. It was split from Baoruco in 1952.

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Municipalities and municipal districts

References

External links

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:^[3]

★ Cristóbal

★ Duvergé

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★ Vengan a Ver (D.M.)

★ Jimaní

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★ Boca de Cachón (D.M.)

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★ El Limón (D.M.)

★ La Descubierta

★ Mella

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★ La Colonia (D.M.)

★ Postrer Río

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★ Guayabal (D.M.)
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.^[4]

Name	Total population	Urban population	Rural population
Cristóbal	5898	2546	3352
Duvergé	17320	12053	5267
Jimaní	11414	5842	5572
La Descubierta	6939	5139	1800
Mella	2470	1884	586
Postrer Río	3740	2865	875
Guayabal (D.M.)	3052	1400	1652
'Independencia province'	50833	31729	19104

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

References

1. República Dominicana en Cifras 2006 Oficina Nacional de Estadística
2. República Dominicana en Cifras 2006 Oficina Nacional de Estadística
3. Listado de Codigos de Provincias, Municipio y Distritos Municipales, Actualizada a Junio 20 del 2006 Oficina Nacional de Estadistica, Departamento de Cartografia, Division de Limites y Linderos
4. VIII Censo 2002 Poplación y Vivienda Oficina Nacional de Estadística

External links

★ Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Statistics Portal of the Dominican Republic

★ Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Maps with administrative division of the provinces of the Dominican Republic, downloadable in PDF format