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'La Altagracia' (aka Higüey) is the easternmost province of the Dominican Republic. Punta Cana is located on the eastern shores of this province.
Until 1968 it included what is now La Romana Province.
The name commemorates a painting, ''Our Lady of La Altagracia'', which was brought here from Spain in the early 16th century. Miracles are attributed to it.

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Municipalities and municipal districts

References

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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]

★ Las Lagunas de Nisibon

★ Salvaleón de Higüey

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★ La Otra Banda (D.M.)

★ San Rafael del Yuma

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★ Bayahibe (D.M.)

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★ Boca del Yuma (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
Las Lagunas de Nisibon	8870	4563	4307
Salvaleón de Higüey	141751	103502	38249
La Otra Banda (D.M.)	13310	5307	8003
San Rafael del Yuma	16076	4621	11455
Boca del Yuma (D.M.)	2013	1740	273
'La Altagracia province'	182020	119733	62287

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