San José de Ocoa

The Dominican city of **San José de Ocoa** is the head municipality of the San José de Ocoa province, on the southern part of the country and close to the Ocoa river.

## Name

_Ocoa_ is the name of the river that crosses the province; it is a Taíno word that means "a place with many mountains".

The old name of the town was _El Maniel_.

## Population

The city had, in , a total population of 25,710: 12,819 men and 12,891 women. The urban population was  of the total population.

## Geography

San José de Ocoa has a total area of , about  of the total area of the province of San José de Ocoa. The city is an elevation of , and at  to the northwest of Santo Domingo.

San José de Ocoa is on the southern side of the _Cordillera Central_ ("Central mountain range"). The city is along the Ocoa river.

The municipality of San José de Ocoa has the Azua province to the west, the Peravia province to the south, the municipality of Sabana Larga to the north, the municipality of Rancho Arriba to the northwest and the San Cristóbal province to the west.

### Climate

San José de Ocoa has a tropical wet and dry/savanna climate (Köppen-Geiger classification: **Aw**) with a pronounced dry season in winter.

The average amount of rainfall for the year in the city is . The month with the most precipitation on average is May with  of rainfall, followed by September with .

The driest season is winter. The month with the least rainfall on average is January with an average of  and the second is February with .

San José de Ocoa is in a warm region; the average temperature for the year is . The warmest month, on average, is August with an average temperature of . The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of .

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## Administrative division

The municipality of San José de Ocoa has four municipal districts:

|Code|Municipal district|Population <small>(2010)</small>|
| --- | --- | --- |
|310102|La Ciénaga|4,128|
|310103|Nizao-Las Auyamas|2,791|
|310104|El Pinar|3,736|
|310105|El Naranjal|3,086|

## Economy

The main economic activity of the municipality is farming; the main products are coffee, beans and potato. Other vegetable, as cabbage and carrot are also grown as well as some tropical fruits (avocado and mango).

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: San José de Ocoa
- **settlement type**: Municipality
- **image shield**: Escudo del Municipio San José de Ocoa.svg
- **pushpin map**: Dominican Republic
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: Provinces of the Dominican Republic, Province
- **subdivision name1**: San José de Ocoa Province, San José de Ocoa
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1805
- **established title2**: Municipality since
- **established date2**: 1858
- **parts type**: Provinces of the Dominican Republic, Municipal Districts
- **parts style**: para
- **p1**: La Ciénaga
- **p2**: Nizao - Las Auyamas
- **p3**: El Pinar
- **p4**: El Naranjal
- **area total km2**: 82.4
- **elevation m**: 475
- **population total**: 25,710
- **population as of**: 2010
- **total type**: Total
- **population urban**: 22383
- **population density km2**: auto
- **population demonym**: Ocoeño (female, ocoeña)
- **timezone**: Atlantic Standard Time Zone, AST
- **utc offset**: -4
- **timezone dst**: Atlantic Standard Time Zone, AST
- **utc offset dst**: -4
- **blank name sec1**: Distance
- **blank info sec1**: to Baní
 to Santo Domingo