Valverde Province

Infobox Province Dominican Republic
Name = Valverde


coat-of-arms = COA Of Valverde.jpg


demonym = Maeños
established_date = 1958
Capital = Santa Cruz de Mao
capital_population = 97,125
capital_coor = 19_34_N_71_05_W_ 19° 34′ S 71° 05′ O
largest city = Esperanza
largest city population = 98,126
Area = 823.38
area_rank = 28
area_percentage = 1.7
Population = 259,411
governor = Manuel Wichardo
population_rank = 18
population_date = 2008
population_percentage = 1.8
Density = 192.2
ISO = 27
deputies = 3
municipalities = 3
districts = 9
website =

Valverde is a province of the Dominican Republic. It was split from Santiago in 1958.

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]
*Esperanza
**Boca de Mao (D.M.)
**Jicomé (D.M.)
**Maizal (D.M.)
*Laguna Salada
**Cruce de Guayacanes (D.M.)
**Jaibón (D.M.)
**La Caya (D.M.)
*Mao
**Amina (D.M.)
**Guatapanal (D.M.)
**Jaibón de Pueblo Nuevo (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.

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