María Trinidad Sánchez Province

Coordinates: 19°22′48″N 69°51′0″W / 19.38°N 69.85°W / 19.38; -69.85

María Trinidad Sánchez
Province
Country	Dominican Republic
Capital	Nagua
- elevation	3 m (10 ft)
- coordinates	19°22′48″N 69°51′0″W / 19.38°N 69.85°W / 19.38; -69.85
Area	1,271.71 km2 (491 sq mi)
Population	201,741 (2002)
Density	106.7 / km2 (276 / sq mi)
Province since	1959
Subdivisions	4 municipalities 5 municipal districts
Congresspersons	1 Senator 3 Deputies
Timezone	EST (UTC-4)
Area code	1-809 1-829 1-849
ISO 3166-2	DO-14
Postal Code	33000
Location of the María Trinidad Sánchez Province

María Trinidad Sánchez (Spanish pronunciation: [maˈɾi.a tɾiniˈðað ˈsantʃeθ]) is a province of the Dominican Republic. It was split from Samaná in 1959. The name commemorates a disginguished female soldier in the wars of independence. María Trinidad Sánchez was the first woman incarcerated and executed by Pedro Santana, a Dominican annexionist president.

Municipalities and municipal districts

The province as of June 20 3003 is divided into the following municipalities (municipios) and municipal districts (distrito municipal - D.M.) within them:^[1]

• Cabrera
  • Arroyo Salado (D.M.)
  • La Entrada (D.M.)
• El Factor
  • El Pozo (D.M.)
• Nagua
  • Arroyo al Medio (D.M.)
  • Las Gordas (D.M.)
  • San José de Matanzas (D.M.)
• Río San Juan

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.^[2]

Name	Total population	Urban population	Rural population
Cabrera	&1000000000002598400000025,984	&1000000000001689800000016,898	&100000000000090860000009,086
El Factor	&1000000000003289700000032,897	&1000000000001748900000017,489	&1000000000001540800000015,408
Río San Juan	&1000000000004483300000044,833	&1000000000002614300000026,143	&1000000000001869000000018,690
Nagua	&1000000000009802700000098,027	&1000000000006701200000067,012	&1000000000003101500000031,015
María Trinidad Sánchez province	&10000000000201741000000201,741	&10000000000127542000000127,542	&1000000000007419900000074,199

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

References

1. ^ Oficina Nacional de Estadistica, Departamento de Cartografia, Division de Limites y Linderos. "Listado de Codigos de Provincias, Municipio y Distritos Municipales, Actualizada a Junio 20 del 2006" (in Spanish). http://www.one.gob.do/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=113. Retrieved 2007-01-24. 
2. ^ Oficina Nacional de Estadística. "VIII Censo 2002 Población y Vivienda" (in Spanish) (PDF). http://one.gob.do/censo/volumen_I_pdf.zip. Retrieved 2007-01-24. 

External links

• (Spanish) Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Statistics Portal of the Dominican Republic
• (Spanish) Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Maps with administrative division of the provinces of the Dominican Republic, downloadable in PDF format