page_title: Outline of the Dominican Republic
section_title: Provinces of the Dominican Republic
hierarchical_section_title: Outline of the Dominican Republic / Geography of the Dominican Republic / Regions of the Dominican Republic / Administrative divisions of the Dominican Republic / Provinces of the Dominican Republic
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: vista aerea della baia di Boca Chica
context_page_description: The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Dominican Republic:
  Dominican Republic – sovereign state occupying the eastern five-eighths of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. Its capital, Santo Domingo, was Western Europe's first permanent settlement in, and the first seat of Spanish colonial rule in the New World. For most of its independent history, the nation experienced political turmoil and unrest, suffering through many non-representative and tyrannical governments. Since the death of military dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina in 1961, the Dominican Republic has moved toward representative democracy.
context_section_description: Provinces of the Dominican Republic – in alphabetical order:
  Azua Province
  Baoruco Province
  Barahona Province
  Dajabón Province
  Distrito Nacional
  Duarte Province
  Elías Piña Province
  El Seibo Province
  Espaillat Province
  Hato Mayor Province
  Hermanas Mirabal Province
  Independencia Province
  La Altagracia Province
  La Romana Province
  La Vega Province
  María Trinidad Sánchez Province
  Monseñor Nouel Province
  Monte Cristi Province
  Monte Plata Province
  Pedernales Province
  Peravia Province
  Puerto Plata Province
  Samaná Province
  San Cristóbal Province
  San José de Ocoa Province
  San Juan Province
  San Pedro de Macorís Province
  Sánchez Ramírez Province
  Santiago Province
  Santiago Rodríguez Province
  Santo Domingo Province
  Valverde Province
  List of Dominican Provinces by date of provincehood
  Ranked list of Dominican provinces
caption: Boca Chica (in Santo Domingo Province), about 30km east of Santo Domingo.
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