Duarte Province


Duarte is a northeasternmost province which constituting one of the 32 provinces of the Dominican Republic. It is divided into 7 municipalities and its capital city is San Francisco de Macorís. It is bordered by the provinces of María Trinidad Sánchez and Samaná to the east, Monte Plata and Sánchez Ramírez to the south, La Vega and Hermanas Mirabal to the west and Espaillat to the north. It is named after Juan Pablo Duarte, the founder of the Dominican Republic.
It was created in 1896 as a district with the name Distrito Pacificador but the Constitution of 1907 changed the category to province. In 1925 its name was changed to Duarte.

Geography

The province has a total area of 1,605.35 km2. It has 3.3% of the area of the Dominican Republic and it is ranked as the 13th largest province.

Municipalities

The province as of June 20, 2006 is divided into the following municipalities and municipal districts within them:
The following is a sortable table of the municipalities and municipal districts with population figures as of the 2014 estimate. Urban population are those living in the seats of municipalities or of municipal districts. Rural population are those living in the districts and neighborhoods outside them. The population figures are from the 2014 population estimate.
NameTotal populationUrban populationRural population
Arenoso15122289512227
Castillo18962125416421
Eugenio Maria de Hostos16232541110821
Las Guáranas1602265249498
Pimentel23202146778525
San Francisco de Macorís21390615513258774
Villa Riva441230791
Duarte province338649201592137057

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