La Romana Province

Infobox Province Dominican Republic
Name = La Romana


demonym = Romanense
coat-of-arms = COA Of La Romana.jpg

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established_date = 1944
Capital = La Romana
capital_population = 311,982
capital_coor = 18_25_N_68_58_W_ 18° 25′ S 68° 58′ O
largest city = La Romana
largest city population = 311,982
Area = 653.95
area_rank = 30
area_percentage = 1.3
Population = 397,475
population_rank = 13
population_date = 2008
population_percentage = 2.6
Density = 336.13
governor = Plutarco Pérez
ISO = 12
deputies = 4
municipalities = 3
districts = 1
website =

La Romana is a province of the Dominican Republic. The capital is also named La Romana, and is the third-largest town in the country. The province was split from La Altagracia in 1968, and includes both Isla Saona and Isla Catalina.

La Romana is also home to "Casa de Campo", one of the world's largest resorts and top golfing destinations. The "Teeth of the Dog" golf course is world-renowned, and many international and local artists perform at "Altos de Chavón", an artistic community and university.

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: [cite web |url=http://www.one.gob.do/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=113|title=Listado de Codigos de Provincias, Municipio y Distritos Municipales, Actualizada a Junio 20 del 2006|author=Oficina Nacional de Estadistica, Departamento de Cartografia, Division de Limites y Linderos|language=Spanish|accessdate=2007-01-24]
*Guaymate
*La Romana
**La Caleta (D.M.)
*Villa Hermosa
**Cumayasa (D.M.)

The following is a sortable table of the municipalities 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. [cite web |url=http://one.gob.do/censo/volumen_I_pdf.zip
format = PDF|title=VIII Censo 2002 Poplación y Vivienda|author=Oficina Nacional de Estadística|language=Spanish|accessdate=2007-01-24]

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

References

External links

* [http://www.one.gob.do/ Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Statistics Portal of the Dominican Republic]
* [http://www.one.gob.do/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=114 Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Maps with administrative division of the provinces of the Dominican Republic] , downloadable in PDF format