Development regions of the Dominican Republic

The **development regions of the Dominican Republic** are groups of provinces made only for planning purposes and without any administrative function. They were created on 30 June 2004.

There are 10 development regions in three groups:

**Cibao**
- Region I: Cibao Norte ("Northern Cibao")
- Region II: Cibao Sur ("Southern Cibao")
- Region III: Cibao Nordeste ("Northeastern Cibao")
- Region IV: Cibao Noroeste ("Nothwestern Cibao")

**Suroeste**
- Region V: Valdesia
- Region VI: Enriquillo
- Region VII: El Valle ("The Valley")

**Sureste**
- Region VIII: Yuma
- Region IX: Higuamo
- Region X: Ozama

The population data in the following tables are from the last national census ().

## Cibao

The Cibao is one of the tradicional division of the country; it corresponds with the northern half of the country.

### Region I: Cibao Norte

|Code|Province|Population <small>()</small> !! width=60px | Area <small>(km²)</small> !! Density|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|090000|Espaillat||843.0||
|180000|Puerto Plata||1,805.6||
|250000|Santiago||2,806.3||
|**Total of the Region**|****|****|****||

### Region II: Cibao Sur

|Code|Province|Population <small>()</small> !! width=60px | Area <small>(km²)</small> !! Density|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|130000|La Vega||2,292.5||
|240000|Sánchez Ramírez||1,185.8||
|280000|Monseñor Nouel||992.0||
|**Total of the Region**|****|****|****||

### Region III: Cibao Nordeste

|Code|Province|Population <small>()</small> !! width=60px | Area <small>(km²)</small> !! Density|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|060000|Duarte||1,649.5||
|140000|María Trinidad Sánchez||1,206.5||
|190000|Hermanas Mirabal||427.4||
|200000|Samaná||862.8||
|**Total of the Region**|****|****|****||

### Region IV: Cibao Noroeste

|Code|Province|Population <small>()</small> !! width=60px | Area <small>(km²)</small> !! Density|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|050000|Dajabón||1,021.3||
|150000|Monte Cristi||1,885.8||
|260000|Santiago Rodríguez||1,147.5||
|270000|Valverde||823.0||
|**Total of the Region**|****|****|****||

### Region V: Valdesia

|Code|Province|Population <small>()</small> !! width=60px | Area <small>(km²)</small> !! Density|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|020000|Azua||2,682.5||
|170000|Peravia||785.2||
|210000|San Cristóbal||1,240.6||
|310000|San José de Ocoa||853.4||
|**Total of the Region**|****|****|****||

### Region VI: Enriquillo

|Code|Province|Population <small>()</small> !! width=60px | Area <small>(km²)</small> !! Density|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|030000|Baoruco||1,284.9||
|040000|Barahona||1,660.2||
|100000|Independencia||2,007.4||
|160000|Pedernales||2,080.5||
|**Total of the Region**|****|****|****||

### Region VII: El Valle

|Code|Province|Population <small>()</small> !! width=60px | Area <small>(km²)</small> !! Density|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|070000|Elías Piña||1,395.5||
|220000|San Juan||3,363.8||
|**Total of the Region**|****|****|****||

### Region VIII: Yuma

|Code|Province|Population <small>()</small> !! width=60px | Area <small>(km²)</small> !! Density|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|080000|El Seibo||1,788.4||
|110000|La Altagracia||2,998.4||
|120000|La Romana||652.1||
|**Total of the Region**|****|****|****||

### Region IX: Higuamo

|Code|Province|Population <small>()</small> !! width=60px | Area <small>(km²)</small> !! Density|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|230000|San Pedro de Macorís||1,254.3||
|290000|Monte Plata||2,601.6||
|300000|Hato Mayor||1,319.3||
|**Total of the Region**|****|****|****||

### Region X: Ozama

|Code|Province|Population <small>()</small> !! width=60px | Area <small>(km²)</small> !! Density|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|010000|Distrito Nacional||91.6||
|320000|Santo Domingo||1,302.2||
|**Total of the Region**|****|****|****||

## Map

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## Related pages

- Provinces of the Dominican Republic