San José de las Matas

San José de las Matas is a municipality ("municipio") of the Santiago province in the Dominican Republic. Within the municipality there are three municipal districts ("distritos municipal"): El Rubio, La Cuesta and Las Placetas. [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]

As of the 2002 census the municipality had a total population of 44,475 inhabitants, 9,901 living in its urban settlements and 34,574 in its rural districts ("Secciones"). 35,428 did live in its seat ("cabecera" literally head), 9,194 in the town of San José de las Matas itself and 26,234 in its rural districts. The municipal district El Rubio had 9,047 inhabitants, 707 living in the village itself and 8,340 in its rural districts. The municipal districts La Cuesta and Las Placetas were created after the 2002 census. [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 other municipalities and municipal districts see the list of municipalities and municipal districts of the Dominican Republic.

References

[http://www.utopianmag.com/sajoma/sajoma.html Sobre la Bandera de San José de las Matas]