San José de Ocoa Province

Infobox Province Dominican Republic
Name = San José de Ocoa


coat-of-arms = COA Of San José de Ocoa.jpg
demonym = Ocoeño


established_date = 2000
Capital = San José de Ocoa
capital_population = 62,758
capital_coor = 18_33_N_70_30_W_ 18° 33′ S 70° 30′ O
largest city = San José de Ocoa
largest city population = 62,758
Area = 855.40
area_rank = 25
area_percentage = 1.8
Population = 97,456
population_rank = 29
population_date = 2008
population_percentage = 0.7
governor = Roberto Mejía
Density = 72.9
ISO = 31
deputies = 2
municipalities = 3
districts = 3
website =

San José de Ocoa is a province of the Dominican Republic, and also the name of the province's capital city. [cite web |url=http://www.statoids.com/udo.html|title=Provinces of the Dominican Republic|author=Gwillim Law - Statoids|accessdate=2007-05-26] It was split from Peravia on January 1, 2000. Published statistics and maps generally include this province in the old, larger, Peravia.

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]
*Rancho Arriba
*Sabana Larga
*San José de Ocoa
**El Pinar (D.M.)
**La Ciénaga (D.M.)
**Nizao-Las Auyamas (D.M.)

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]

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

Notable Ocoeños

*Rafael Sanchez (Jack Veneno), Professional wrestler
*Roberto Santana, Politician, educator, former Rector of the University of Santo Domingo
*Jorge Subero Isa Chief Justice of the Dominican Republic Supreme Court

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