San Pedro de Macorís Province

Infobox Province Dominican Republic
Name = San Pedro de Macorís


coat-of-arms = COA Of San Pedro de Macorís.jpg
demonym = Petromacorisanos


established_date = 1882
Capital = San Pedro de Macorís
capital_population = 306,970
capital_coor = 18_28_N_69_18_W_ 18° 28′ S 69° 18′ O
largest city = San Pedro de Macorís
largest city population = 306,970
Area = 1,255.46
area_rank = 20
area_percentage = 2.6
Population = 413,753
governor = Mariano Morla Lluberes
population_rank = 11
population_date = 2008
population_percentage = 3.5
Density = 240.3
ISO = 23
deputies = 6
municipalities = 5
districts = 2
website =

San Pedro de Macorís is a province of the Dominican Republic, also the name of its capital city. [cite web |url=http://www.statoids.com/udo.html|title=Provinces of the Dominican Republic|author=Gwillim Law - Statoids|accessdate=2007-05-26] The city is fairly active due to its proximity to the Capital of Santo Domingo and also its role in the sugar industry. The province is infomally known as San Pedro, SPM or Serie 23 for the first 2 numbers of their Dominican identification or Cedula.

Citizens from San Pedro De Macorís are called "petromacorisanos". The culture of the province shares many similarities with those of the other eastern provinces. For example, during carnival season, the "diablos" (devils) tend to wield "fuetes" (whips), which relates to the traditional cattle farming of the whole region.

Serie 23 is a mecca for all Dominican culture and was the home to the DR's most famous Writer Pedro Mir. In the past years the beautiful architecure of Serie 23 has been used as a backdrop for several Hollywood Feature Films such as "Miami Vice", "The Good Shepherd" and "Sugar". It is often portrayed as Havana, Cuba.

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]
*Consuelo
*Guayacanes
*Quisqueya
*Ramon Santana
*San Jose de los Llanos
**Gautier (D.M.)
**El Puerto (D.M.)
*San Pedro de Macorís

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.

Economy

There are several "Ingenios azucareros" (sugar mills or, literally, sugar engines) distributed in the province which handle the load of its large sugar cane plantations. This industry in turn allowed for San Pedro De Macorís to serve as the base of operations for two of the DR's three biggest rummeries. Bovine cattle is another important economic asset, as it is in all of the other eastern provinces thanks to the vast "Llanura Oriental" (Eastern Plain). San Pedro also hosts many hotel and tourism ventures, ranging from low-tier resorts to top tier exclusive Golf and Country Clubs.

ports

The province enjoys a rarely disputed reputation as the capital of Dominican baseball, providing a relatively high number of professional baseball players. Many of these players are drafted to play in the USA's Major Leagues of Baseball, with Sammy Sosa being the most notable player from SPM in recent years (see a full list of Dominican players). Baseball players from this city often come from poor homes and use baseball as a way to earn money for their families. Many ball players from this city are major philanthropists as well.

ee also

* Cocolo
* Serie23

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