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


 References 

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