La Vega Province

Infobox Province Dominican Republic
Name = La Vega


coat-of-arms = COA Of La Vega.jpg
demonym = Vegano


established_date = 1844
Capital = Concepción de La Vega
capital_population = 339,145
capital_coor = 19_14_N_70_31_W_ 19° 14′ S 70° 31′ O
largest city = Concepción de La Vega
largest city population = 339,145
Area = 2,287.24
area_rank = 6
area_percentage = 4.7
Population = 511,712
population_rank = 7
population_date = 2008
population_percentage = 4.5
Density = 168.4
governor = Mario José Hidalgo
ISO = 13
deputies = 8
municipalities = 4
districts = 6
website =

La Vega is a province of the Dominican Republic. Until 1992 it included what is now Monseñor Nouel province.

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]
*Concepción de La Vega
**El Ranchito (D.M.)
**Río Verde Arriba (D.M.)
*Constanza
**La Sabina (D.M.)
**Tireo (D.M.)
*Jarabacoa
**Buena Vista (D.M.)
*Jima Abajo
**Rincon (D.M.)

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

The following is a sortable table of the municipalities and municipal districts with population figures as of the 2008 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]

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