SANTIAGO PROVINCE (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

'Santiago' is a province of the Dominican Republic. Santiago is the heart of the country. It is an intellectual, educational, and cultural center. It is also a major industrial center with the rum, textile, cigarette and cigar industry, which are based there. Shoe manufacturing and leather goods furniture making are an important part of the city's economic life. It is also a major Free Zone center with four important industrial free zones, and an important cement factory. Santiago happens to have the most important medical center in the north of the country, HOMS. This hospital serves the entire 13 provinces of the Cibao.
Also within striking distance there are a good number of pleasant towns, many of which are quite prosperous. Santiago is in the center of the Cibao Valley, the wealthiest region in the DR per capita. Santiago has a sizable wealthy community composed mainly of "old money." It is surrounded by tall mountains which have for years protected it from hurricanes and allows for dense tropical forests to develop on the slopes of such mountains, which are among the highest in the region.

★ See detailed information of Santiago at Santiago de los Caballeros

Contents

Municipalities and municipal districts

Notable natives

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]

★ Bisono

★ Jánico

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★ El Caimito (D.M.)

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★ Juncalito (D.M.)

★ Licey al Medio

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★ Las Palomas (D.M.)

★ Santiago de los Caballeros

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★ Baitoa (D.M.)

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★ Hato del Yaque (D.M.)

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★ La Canela (D.M.)

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★ Pedro García (D.M.)

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★ Sabana Iglesia (D.M.)

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★ San Francisco de Jacagua (D.M.)

★ San José de las Matas

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★ El Rubio (D.M.)

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★ La Cuesta (D.M.)

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★ Las Placetas (D.M.)

★ Tamboril

★ Villa Gonzalez

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★ El Limón (D.M.)

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★ Palmar Arriba (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
Bisono	42210	29723	12487
Jánico	14919	1852	13067
Juncalito (D.M.)	5994	1147	4847
Licey al Medio	26735	6005	20730
San José de las Matas	35428	9194	26234
El Rubio (D.M.)	9047	707	8340
Santiago de los Caballeros	622101	507418	114683
Baitoa (D.M.)	8929	1878	7051
La Canela (D.M.)	42664	3757	38907
Pedro García (D.M.)	4608	1360	3248
Sabana Iglesia (D.M.)	12232	4792	7440
Tamboril	49810	21939	27871
Villa Gonzalez	29126	9497	19629
Palmar Arriba (D.M.)	4447	3452	995
'Santiago province'	908250	602721	305529

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

Notable natives

★ Jose Reyes - shortstop for the New York Mets

★ Jose Lima - former Major League Baseball pitcher

★ Luis Polonia - former Major League Baseball player

★ El Jeffrey - Singer

★ Julian Tavarez - relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox

★ Hipolito Mejia- former Dominican President

★ Johnny Pacheco- Latin music star

★ Joaquin Balaguer- former Dominican President

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