San_José_de_Ocoa_Province References

San José de Ocoa
San José de Ocoa
Province
	View of San Jose de Ocoa capital town with Sierra de Ocoa mountain range in the background
	Coat of arms
	Location of the San José de Ocoa Province
	Coordinates: 18°32′38″N 70°30′28″W / 18.54389°N 70.50778°W
Country	Dominican Republic
Province since	2000
Capital	San José de Ocoa
Government
• Type	Subdivisions
• Body	3 municipalities; 3 municipal districts
• Congresspersons	1 Senator ; 2 Deputies
Area
• Total	855.40 km2 (330.27 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-4 ( AST)
Area code	1-809 1-829 1-849
ISO 3166-2	DO-31
Postal Code	93000

San José de Ocoa (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsaŋ xoˈse ðe oˈko.a]) is a province in the southern region of the Dominican Republic, and also the name of the province's capital city.^[1] It was split from Peravia on January 1, 2000. Published statistics and maps generally include this province in the old, larger, Peravia.

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:^[2]

Rancho Arriba
Sabana Larga
San José de Ocoa
- El Pinar (D.M.)
- La Ciénaga (D.M.)
- Nizao-Las Auyamas (D.M.)

The following is a sortable table of the municipalities and municipal districts with population figures as of the 2012 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.^[3]

Name	Total population	Urban population	Rural population
Rancho Arriba	12,586	3,985	8,601
Sabana Larga	12,698	7,693	5,005
San José de Ocoa	57,174	42,281	14,893
San José de Ocoa province	82,458	53,959	28,499

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

References

^ Gwillim Law - Statoids. "Provinces of the Dominican Republic". Retrieved 2007-05-26.
^ 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). Archived from the original on 2007-03-14. Retrieved 2007-01-24.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)
^ Consejo Nacional de Población y Familia. "Censos y Proyecciones de la Población Dominicana por Regiones, Provincias, Municipios y Distritos Municipales, 2012" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2012-01-11.^{[
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External links

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

[1] Gwillim Law - Statoids. "Provinces of the Dominican Republic". Retrieved 2007-05-26.

[2] 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). Archived from the original on 2007-03-14. Retrieved 2007-01-24.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)

[censusvol1-3] Consejo Nacional de Población y Familia. "Censos y Proyecciones de la Población Dominicana por Regiones, Provincias, Municipios y Distritos Municipales, 2012" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2012-01-11.^{[
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