SAN PEDRO DE MACORíS PROVINCE

'San Pedro de Macorís' is a province of the Dominican Republic, also the name of its capital city.^[3] The city is fairly active due to its proximity to the Capital of Santo Domingo and also its role in the sugar industry. The province is infomally known as San Pedro and SPM.
Citizens from San Pedro De Macorís are called ''petromacorisanos''. The culture of the province shares many similarities with those of the other eastern provinces. For example, during carnival season, the ''diablos'' (devils) tend to wield ''fuetes'' (whips), which relates to the traditional cattle farming of the whole region.

Contents

Municipalities and municipal districts

Economy

Sports

See also

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:^[4]

★ Consuelo

★ Guayacanes

★ Quisqueya

★ Ramon Santana

★ San Jose de los Llanos

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★ Gautier (D.M.)

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★ El Puerto (D.M.)

★ San Pedro de Macorís
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.^[5]

Name	Total population	Urban population	Rural population
Consuelo	31405	25034	6371
Quisqueya	18528	15912	2616
Ramon Santana	9266	1963	7303
San Jose de los Llanos	20937	4990	15947
El Puerto (D.M.)	4467	2959	1508
San Pedro de Macorís	217141	193713	23428
'San Pedro de Macorís province'	301744	244571	57173

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

Economy

There are several ''Ingenios azucareros'' (sugar mills or, literally, sugar engines) distributed in the province which handle the load of its large sugar cane plantations. This industry in turn allowed for San Pedro De Macorís to serve as the base of operations for two of the DR's three biggest rummeries. Bovine cattle is another important economic asset, as it is in all of the other eastern provinces thanks to the vast ''Llanura Oriental'' (Eastern Plain). San Pedro also hosts many hotel and tourism ventures, ranging from low-tier resorts to top tier exclusive Golf and Country Clubs.

Sports

The province enjoys a rarely disputed reputation as the capital of Dominican baseball, providing a relatively high number of professional baseball players. Many of these players are drafted to play in the USA's Major Leagues of Baseball, with Sammy Sosa being the most notable player from SPM in recent years (see a full list of Dominican players). Baseball players from this city often come from poor homes and use baseball as a way to earn money for their families. Many ball players from this city are major philanthropists as well.

See also

★ Cocolo

References

1. República Dominicana en Cifras 2006 Oficina Nacional de Estadística
2. República Dominicana en Cifras 2006 Oficina Nacional de Estadística
3. Provinces of the Dominican Republic Gwillim Law - Statoids
4. 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
5. 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