Provinces of the Dominican Republic

- _See also: Ranked list of Dominican Provinces_
The Dominican Republic has thirty-one (31) provinces (in Spanish, _provincias_). The President of the Republic appoints a Civil Governor (_Gobernador Civil_) in every province. The only function of the Governor is to represent the President of the Republic in the province.

The people who live in the province elect one Senator (_Senador_) and at least two (2) Representatives (_Diputados_) for the National Congress.

The National District (_Distrito Nacional_) is similar to a province but without a Civil Governor and with only one municipality, Santo Domingo de Guzmán, the national capital.

There are two (2) or more municipalities (in Spanish and in singular, _municipio_) in every province. The municipalities are governed by municipal councils and mayors elected by popular vote. The municipal districts (in Spanish and in singular, _distrito municipal_) are subdivisions of some municipalities ruled by a municipal council and a mayor.

The Dominican Republic has 154 municipalities and 202 municipal districts.

The following is a table of the provinces and their capital cities. Population figures in the following table are from the 2010 census.

|Province|Capital|width="65px"|Area <small>(km²)</small> !! Population  !! Density  !! Map|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="left"|Azua|align="left"|Azua de Compostela||||1|
|align="left"|Baoruco|align="left"|Neiba||||2|
|align="left"|Barahona|align="left"|Santa Cruz de Barahona||||3|
|align="left"|Dajabón|align="left"|Dajabón||||4|
|align="left"|Distrito Nacional|align="left"|Santo Domingo de Guzmán||||D.N.|
|align="left"|Duarte|align="left"|San Francisco de Macorís||||5|
|align="left"|Elías Piña|align="left"|Comendador||||6|
|align="left"|El Seibo|align="left"|Santa Cruz del Seibo||||7|
|align="left"|Espaillat|align="left"|Moca||||8|
|align="left"|Hato Mayor|align="left"|Hato Mayor del Rey||||9|
|align="left"|Hermanas Mirabal|align="left"|Salcedo||||21|
|align="left"|Independencia|align="left"|Jimaní||||10|
|align="left"|La Altagracia|align="left"|Salvaleón de Higüey||||11|
|align="left"|La Romana|align="left"|La Romana||||12|
|align="left"|La Vega|align="left"|Concepción de la Vega||||13|
|align="left"|María Trinidad Sánchez|align="left"|Nagua||||14|
|align="left"|Monseñor Nouel|align="left"|Bonao||||15|
|align="left"|Monte Cristi|align="left"|San Fernando de Monte Cristi||||16|
|align="left"|Monte Plata|align="left"|Monte Plata||||17|
|align="left"|Pedernales|align="left"|Pedernales||||18|
|align="left"|Peravia|align="left"|Baní||||19|
|align="left"|Puerto Plata|align="left"|San Felipe de Puerto Plata||||20|
|align="left"|Samaná|align="left"|Santa Bárbara de Samaná||||22|
|align="left"|Sánchez Ramírez|align="left"|Cotuí||||23|
|align="left"|San Cristóbal|align="left"|San Cristóbal||||24|
|align="left"|San José de Ocoa|align="left"|San José de Ocoa||||25|
|align="left"|San Juan|align="left"|San Juan de la Maguana||||26|
|align="left"|San Pedro de Macorís|align="left"|San Pedro de Macorís||||27|
|align="left"|Santiago|align="left"|Santiago de los Caballeros||||28|
|align="left"|Santiago Rodríguez|align="left"|San Ignacio de Sabaneta||||29|
|align="left"|Santo Domingo|align="left"|Santo Domingo Este||||30|
|align="left"|Valverde|align="left"|Mao||||31|
|align="left"|**Total**|align="left"|||||-|

## Other websites

- Political Database of the Americas - Dominican 2002 Constitution
- Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Statistics Portal of the Dominican Republic