San Cristóbal Province

Infobox Province Dominican Republic
Name = San Cristóbal


demonym = Sancristobalense
coat-of-arms = COA Of San Cristóbal.jpg


established_date = 1932
Capital = Benemérita de San Cristóbal
capital_population = 397,410
capital_coor = 18_24_N_70_07_W_ 18° 24′ S 70° 07′ O
largest city = Benemérita de San Cristóbal
largest city population = 397,410
Area = 1,265.77
area_rank = 19
area_percentage = 2.6
governor = Orlando Espinosa
Population = 784,898
population_rank = 5
population_date = 2008
population_percentage = 6.2
Density = 421.0
ISO = 21
deputies = 11
municipalities = 8
districts = 4
website =

San Cristóbal is a province in the southern Dominican Republic, west of the capital Santo Domingo. It was originally named 'Trujillo' after its founder, dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, taking its present name after his assassination in 1961. It included what is now Monte Plata Province until 1992. The provincial capital is San Cristóbal. In 2007, a documentary was filmed near Hato Damas, about a group of coffee and cacao producers who work together, called Convite. It is available on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDOt7Mjr3uI YouTube] .

Municipalities and municipal districts

The province as of June 20 2006 is divided into the following municipalities ("municipios") and municipal districts ("distrito municipal" - D.M.) within them: [cite web |url=http://www.one.gob.do/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=113|title=Listado de Codigos de Provincias, Municipio y Distritos Municipales, Actualizada a Junio 20 del 2006|author=Oficina Nacional de Estadistica, Departamento de Cartografia, Division de Limites y Linderos|language=Spanish|accessdate=2007-01-24]
*Bajos de Haina
**El Carril (D.M.)
*Benemérita de San Cristóbal
*Cambita Garabitos
**Cambita El Pueblecito (D.M.)
*Los Cacaos
*Sabana Grande de Palenque
**Hato Damas (D.M.)
*San Gregorio de Nigua
*San Gregorio de Yaguate
*Villa Altagracia
**La Cuchilla (D.M.)
**Medina (D.M.)
**San José del Puerto (D.M.)

The following is a sortable table of the municipalities and municipal districts with population figures as of the 2008 census. Urban population are those living in the seats ("cabeceras" literally heads) of municipalities or of municipal districts. Rural population are those living in the districts ("Secciones" literally sections) and neighborhoods ("Parajes" literally places) outside of them. [cite web |url=http://one.gob.do/censo/volumen_I_pdf.zip
format = PDF|title=VIII Censo 2002 Poplación y Vivienda|author=Oficina Nacional de Estadística|language=Spanish|accessdate=2007-01-24]

For comparison with the municipalities and municipal districts of other provinces see the list of municipalities and municipal districts of the Dominican Republic.

ee also

* Governor of San Cristóbal

References

External links

* [http://www.one.gob.do/ Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Statistics Portal of the Dominican Republic]
* [http://www.one.gob.do/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=114 Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Maps with administrative division of the provinces of the Dominican Republic] , downloadable in PDF format