Santiago Rodríguez Province

**Santiago Rodríguez** is a province of the Dominican Republic. It is in the northwestern part of the country. Its capital city is San Ignacio de Sabaneta.

The province was created in 1948.

## Name

_Santiago Rodríguez_ was an officer of the Dominican army when the Dominican-Haitian War. He is one of the founder of the city of Sabaneta. He was an important military leader during the initial stages of the _Restoration War_ (1863-1865).

## History

The town of San Ignacio de Sabaneta was founded in 1844 and it was made a municipality of the Santiago province in 1854 and then of the Monte Cristi Province province in 1879. In 1948, it became a province.

Monción was a municipality of Montecristi since 1907. In 1996, Villa Los Almácigos became a municipality.

## Location

Santiago Rodríguez is in the region known as _Línea Noroeste_ ("Northwestern Line"). The province has the Monte Cristi and Valverde provinces to the north, the Santiago province to the east, the San Juan and Elías Piña provinces to the south and the Dajabón province to the west.

## Population

In  (last national census), there were  people living in the Santiago Rodríguez province, and 27,559 () living in towns and cities. The population density was  persons/km².

Its population represents  of the total population of the country and the province is ranked as the 30th (out of 31 plus the National District) more populated province.

, the total estimated propulation of the province is 1,015,397 inhabitants.

The largest city of the province is San Ignacio de Sabaneta, its head municipality or capital, with an urban population (in ) of 15,648 inhabitants.

## Geography

The Santiago province has a total area of . It has  of the area of the Dominican Republic and it is ranked as the 22nd (out of 31 plus the National District) largest province.

The altitude of the provincial capital, San Ignacio de Sabaneta, is  above sea level.

The Cordillera Central ("Central mountain chain") is in the southern part of the province, and the Sierra Samba (or Sierra Zamba), a chain of low hills, runs across the northern half.

The main rivers are Guayubín and Mao, both tributaries of the Yaque del Norte river.

### Climate

The climate of the province is a tropical climate, hot most of the year, but it is cooler in the mountains.

## Municipalities

There are 3 municipalities and none municipal districts (M.D.) in the province.

|Municipality (code) !! Municipal Districts (code) !! Population <small>(2010)</small> !! Area <small>(km<sup>2</sup>)</small> !! Density !! Altitude <small>(m)</small>|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|San Ignacio de Sabaneta (260101)|34,540|801.4||127|
|**Sabaneta** (260100)|34,540|801.4|||
|Villa Los Almácigos (260201)|11,183|207.2||211|
|**Villa Los Almácigos** (260200)|11,183|207.2|||
|Monción (260301)|11,753|138.9||367|
|**Monción** (260300)|11,753|138.9|||
|**Santiago Rodríguez** (260000)||1,147.5|||

## Economy

The only economic activity of importance is farming.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Santiago Rodríguez
- **settlement type**: Provinces of the Dominican Republic, Province
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- **image skyline**: File:Presa de Monción.jpg
- **image size**: 300px
- **image caption**: Presa de Moncion, Santiago Rodriguez in Dominican Republic
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **image map**: File:Santiago Rodriguez in Dominican Republic.svg
- **map caption**: Location of the Santiago Rodríguez Province
- **leader title1**: Congress of the Dominican Republic, Congresspersons
- **leader name1**: 1 Senator (Antonio Cruz Torres)
2 Deputies
- **government type**: Subdivisions
- **governing body**: 3 Municipality, municipalities
0 List of municipalities of the Dominican Republic#Administration, municipal districts
- **seat**: San Ignacio de Sabaneta
- **seat type**: Capital
- **established title**: Province since
- **established date**: 1948
- **area total km2**: 1111.14
- **timezone1**: Atlantic Standard Time Zone, AST
- **utc offset1**: -4
- **blank name**: Area code
- **blank info**: 1-809 1-829 1-849
- **blank1 name**: ISO 3166-2
- **blank1 info**: DO-26
- **blank2 name**: Postal Code
- **blank2 info**: 64000