El Seibo Province

Infobox Province Dominican Republic
Name = El Seibo


coat-of-arms = COA Of El Seibo.jpg

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demonym = Seibense
established_date = 1844
Capital = Santa Cruz de El Seibo
capital_population = 102,143
capital_coor = 18_50_N_69_10_W_ 18° 50′ S 69° 10′ O
largest city = Santa Cruz de El Seibo
largest city population = 102,143
Area = 1,786.80
area_rank = 11
area_percentage = 3.7
Population = 199,107
population_rank = 24
population_date = 2008
population_percentage = 1.0
Density = 50.0
governor = Marcelino Fulgencio
ISO = 08
deputies = 2
municipalities = 2
districts = 2
website =

El Seibo, alternatively spelt El Seybo, is a province of the Dominican Republic. Before 1992 it included what is now Hato Mayor province.

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]
*Miches
**El Cedro (D.M.)
**La Gina (D.M.)
*Santa Cruz de El Seibo
**Pedro Sánchez (D.M.)
**San Francisco-Vicentillo (D.M.)

The following is a sortable table of the municipalities and municipal districts with population figures as of the 2002 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.

Politics

In the 2006 elections, one senator and three deputies were elected for the province. The senator is Juan Roberto Rodríguez Hernández from the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD). The deputies are Kenia Milagros Mejía Mercedes of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), Juan Maldonado Castro (PRD), and Juan Roberto Rodríguez Hernández (PRD).

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