San José de Ocoa

The Dominican city of San José de Ocoa is the head municipality of the San José de Ocoa province, on the southern part of the country and close to the Ocoa river.

Name
Ocoa is the name of the river that crosses the province; it is a Taíno word that means "a place with many mountains".

The old name of the town was El Maniel.

Population
The city had, in , a total population of 25,710: 12,819 men and 12,891 women. The urban population was  of the total population.

Geography
San José de Ocoa has a total area of , about  of the total area of the province of San José de Ocoa. The city is an elevation of , and at  to the northwest of Santo Domingo.

San José de Ocoa is on the southern side of the Cordillera Central ("Central mountain range"). The city is along the Ocoa river.

The municipality of San José de Ocoa has the Azua province to the west, the Peravia province to the south, the municipality of Sabana Larga to the north, the municipality of Rancho Arriba to the northwest and the San Cristóbal province to the west.

Climate
San José de Ocoa has a tropical wet and dry/savanna climate (Köppen-Geiger classification: Aw) with a pronounced dry season in winter.

The average amount of rainfall for the year in the city is . The month with the most precipitation on average is May with  of rainfall, followed by September with .

The driest season is winter. The month with the least rainfall on average is January with an average of  and the second is February with .

San José de Ocoa is in a warm region; the average temperature for the year is . The warmest month, on average, is August with an average temperature of . The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of .

Administrative division
The municipality of San José de Ocoa has four municipal districts:

+ Municipal districts of San José de Ocoa Code  Municipal district  Population(2010) 310102  La Ciénaga  4,128 310103  Nizao-Las Auyamas  2,791 310104  El Pinar  3,736 310105  El Naranjal  3,086

Economy
The main economic activity of the municipality is farming; the main products are coffee, beans and potato. Other vegetable, as cabbage and carrot are also grown as well as some tropical fruits (avocado and mango).

References

Category:Settlements in the Dominican Republic
Category:1805 establishments
Category:19th-century establishments in the Spanish West Indies
Category:1800s establishments in North America