San José de Ocoa Province explained

San José de Ocoa
Settlement Type:Province
Subdivision Type:Country
Coordinates:18.5439°N -70.5078°W
Leader Title1:Congresspersons
Leader Name1:1 Senator
2 Deputies
Government Type:Subdivisions
Governing Body:3 municipalities
3 municipal districts
Seat:San José de Ocoa
Seat Type:Capital
Established Title:Province since
Established Date:2000
Area Total Km2:855.40
Timezone1:AST
Utc Offset1:-4
Blank Name:Area code
Blank Info:1-809 1-829 1-849
Blank1 Name:ISO 3166-2
Blank1 Info:DO-31
Blank2 Name:Postal Code
Blank2 Info:93000

San José de Ocoa (pronounced as /es/) is a province in the southern region of the Dominican Republic, and also the name of the province's capital city.[1] 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:[2]

The following is a sortable table of the municipalities and municipal districts with population figures as of the 2012 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.[3]

NameTotal population Urban population Rural population
San José de Ocoa
San José de Ocoa province

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Provinces of the Dominican Republic. Gwillim Law - Statoids. 2007-05-26.
  2. Web site: Listado de Codigos de Provincias, Municipio y Distritos Municipales, Actualizada a Junio 20 del 2006. Oficina Nacional de Estadistica, Departamento de Cartografia, Division de Limites y Linderos. es. 2007-01-24. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070314215735/http://www.one.gob.do/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=113. 2007-03-14.
  3. Web site: Censos y Proyecciones de la Población Dominicana por Regiones, Provincias, Municipios y Distritos Municipales, 2012. PDF. Consejo Nacional de Población y Familia. es. 2012-01-11.