List of municipalities of the Dominican Republic
The municipalities of the Dominican Republic are, after the provinces, the second level of the political and administrative division of the Dominican Republic.
The division of provinces into municipalities (municipios) is established in the Constitution and further regulated by Law 5220 on the Territorial Division of the Dominican Republic.
It was enacted in 1959 and has been frequently amended to create new provinces, municipalities and lower-level administrative units.
Municipalities may be further divided into secciones (literally: sections) and parajes (literally: places or neighborhoods). Municipal districts (distritos municipales) may be formed in the case of municipalities with several urban centres.
The provinces as the second level of political and administrative division contain at least two municipalities. The Distrito Nacional, which is neither a municipality nor a province, consists of only one municipality, Santo Domingo (Constitution: «the city of Santo Domingo de Guzmán is the Distrito Nacional»).
Administration
According to the Constitution and the law, the municipalities are administered by the municipality’s Municipal Office (ayuntamiento), which is a legal entity in its own right consisting of two bodies: the alcadía (Mayor’s Office), with the alcalde (Mayor), and the Municipal Council (concejo de regidores), with at least five members (regidores). The Municipal Council is an exclusively normative, regulatory and supervisory body, the Mayor’s Office the executive one.
The mayor is a voting member of the Municipal Council.
He and his deputy, as well as the regidores and their deputies, are elected by the electorate on the occasion of elections held nationally every four years.
If a municipality consists of more than one urban center, the additional centres may be elevated to the status of municipal district (distrito municipal), with the remaining district of the municipality called cabecera (main municipality).
The administration of the municipal district is the responsibility of a municipal district office (junta municipal), which includes the director (director) and a municipal district council (junta de vocales) with at least three members (vocales).
The director and his deputy, as well as the vocales and their deputies, are elected by the electorate on the occasion of elections held nationally every four years.
They represent the municipal district to the municipality and are subordinate to it.
If a municipality is further divided into secciones, the municipal council appoints an alcalde pedáneo for each of them.
He reports to the mayor or, if his sección is in a municipal district, to its director. If the municipality is further divided into parajes, the municipal council appoints an ayudante del alcalde pedáneo for each of them.
Municipalities are often given special designations because of their number of inhabitants: ciudad (city) in the case of urban centers with over 10,000 inhabitants or the capital of a province, villas (town) in the case of towns with over 1,000 inhabitants or seats of a local government, poblados (village) in the case of villages.
Municipalities
The following is a list of the 158 municipalities (municipios) of the Dominican Republic as of June 1, 2021.
Name
Province
Created
Population
Area (km2)
Density
Old names /
Full names
January 27, 1895
22,323
179.32
124/km2
January 1, 1994
19,299
142.20
136/km2
March 5, 1845
143,934
416.30
346/km2
Azua de Compostela
February 27, 2016
23,233
45.22
514/km2
October 27, 1980
142,323
38.49
3,698/km2
March 5, 1845
201,292
540.40
372/km2
March 5, 1845
12,123
265.98
46/km2
March 5, 1845
183,232
163.02
1,124/km2
Santa Cruz de Barahona
March 5, 1845
40,912
877.99
47/km2
October 20, 1961
75,673
92.60
817/km2
Villa Bisonó
January 1, 2003
201,292
145.67
1,382/km2
March 2, 1976
12,332
407.82
30/km2
March 5, 1845
200,102
664.37
301/km2
September 9, 1907
19,293
149.30
129/km2
February 27, 1870
39,929
297.58
134/km2
Tres Amarras
May 2, 1987
42,123
202.52
208/km2
February 27, 1976
21,223
80.90
262/km2
September 9, 1907
26,455
133.68
198/km2
January 1, 1994
9,120
17.75
514/km2
July 6, 1889
21,232
305.64
69/km2
April 25, 1880
50,349
252.93
199/km2
March 9, 1858
75,344
848.79
89/km2
September 19, 1996
54,324
131.52
413/km2
March 5, 1845
154,234
619.88
249/km2
August 3, 2003
9,912
151.72
65/km2
March 5, 1845
69,953
253.41
276/km2
July 27, 1893
63,874
521.64
122/km2
September 9, 1907
30,132
283.05
106/km2
April 25, 1988
32,323
149.23
217/km2
March 1, 1976
10,202
104.49
98/km2
December 16, 2002
5,023
29.02
173/km2
January 18, 2002
14,203
88.35
161/km2
March 5, 1845
119,283
1,344.33
89/km2
Santa Cruz del Seibo
March 9, 1976
12,343
161.12
77/km2
September 9, 1907
19,988
354.10
56/km2
September 9, 1907
121,233
215.24
563/km2
November 20, 2001
9,887
159.20
62/km2
December 15, 1961
29,888
95.97
311/km2
July 16, 2003
12,123
52.59
231/km2
July 1, 1998
21,019
214.66
98/km2
September 9, 1907
60,394
366.18
165/km2
November 30, 1992
9,033
57.32
158/km2
August 3, 2004
10,003
262.87
38/km2
May 3, 2006
35,034
129.78
270/km2
October 1, 1959
23,323
309.80
75/km2
May 9, 1855
60,934
899.26
68/km2
March 5, 1845
102,039
659.65
155/km2
March 5, 1845
422,934
2,029.14
208/km2
Salvaleón de Higüey
August 12, 1955
15,445
120.63
128/km2
March 5, 2004
14,533
78.23
186/km2
Eugenio María de Hostos
September 9, 1907
34,245
170.70
201/km2
Blanco
May 25, 2001
12,213
115.48
106/km2
September 9, 1907
33,233
403.20
82/km2
July 7, 2004
8,374
178.63
47/km2
March 9, 1858
72,019
665.88
108/km2
September 19, 1996
50,394
132.72
380/km2
June 4, 1945
20,192
458.49
44/km2
June 10, 1992
16,543
146.85
113/km2
May 9, 2005
7,472
107.15
70/km2
July 30, 2004
12,334
112.30
110/km2
June 27, 1938
13,233
206.85
64/km2
August 7, 2002
50,394
174.64
289/km2
February 27, 1897
239,987
185.52
1,294/km2
March 5, 1845
310,203
639.85
485/km2
March 6, 1976
45,546
184.54
247/km2
September 15, 2001
19,877
251.23
79/km2
July 22, 1998
29,193
86.49
338/km2
March 5, 1845
72,303
636.64
114/km2
March 18, 1985
14,234
109.51
130/km2
September 19, 1996
45,944
113.10
406/km2
May 1, 2001
24,573
472.54
52/km2
July 13, 1984
49,432
27.04
1,828/km2
June 27, 1938
23,234
238.51
97/km2
January 31, 2005
345,329
52.14
6,623/km2
February 2, 2004
15,334
145.62
105/km2
March 10, 1976
17,384
101.10
172/km2
November 27, 2001
13,234
149.87
88/km2
June 18, 1945
25,443
272.07
94/km2
Bajabónico
September 22, 1982
23,133
90.07
257/km2
May 4, 1878
145,309
423.60
343/km2
Santa Cruz de Mao
August 19, 2014
54,234
203.39
267/km2
March 22, 2004
5,233
508.81
10/km2
August 8, 1883
25,423
442.47
57/km2
El Jovero
March 5, 1845
213,244
239.36
891/km2
September 9, 1907
39,993
101.61
394/km2
March 5, 1845
41,933
842.95
50/km2
San Fernando de Monte Cristi
March 5, 1845
67,473
623.55
108/km2
July 10, 1882
132,394
552.71
240/km2
San José de Matanzas
March 5, 1845
100,987
423.46
238/km2
April 14, 1988
34,345
48.54
708/km2
March 3, 1950
12,345
799.86
15/km2
June 27, 1938
45,394
496.98
91/km2
February 29, 1976
23,124
138.63
167/km2
September 19, 1996
17,029
157.29
108/km2
June 27, 1938
94,397
1,274.67
74/km2
January 31, 2005
100,192
212.29
472/km2
March 3, 1952
12,442
575.02
22/km2
August 28, 1949
14,244
149.32
95/km2
Manzanillo
March 7, 1976
20,394
115.85
176/km2
June 16, 2004
29,493
153.35
192/km2
November 30, 1991
34,245
237.95
144/km2
September 9, 1907
30,492
124.67
245/km2
September 30, 2001
11,234
200.61
56/km2
May 4, 1982
9,394
158.93
59/km2
May 1, 2003
15,344
45.38
338/km2
April 7, 2006
74,244
60.80
1,221/km2
July 1, 1998
25,944
155.45
167/km2
April 25, 1894
13,493
249.92
54/km2
May 8, 1989
14,938
203.53
73/km2
June 23, 1892
13,293
283.58
47/km2
March 27, 1946
31,233
272.19
115/km2
March 5, 1845
28,912
508.52
57/km2
March 5, 1845
39,292
535.08
73/km2
September 19, 1996
22,123
30.13
734/km2
May 18, 2007
21,023
58.30
361/km2
April 7, 1991
12,394
167.00
74/km2
May 1, 2003
22,394
101.58
220/km2
March 5, 1845
59,833
804.47
74/km2
San Ignacio de Sabaneta
March 5, 1845
78,333
190.60
411/km2
Juana Núñez
March 8, 2001
7,383
123.47
60/km2
March 5, 1845
102,939
412.11
250/km2
Santa Bárbara de Samaná
March 24, 2004
97,889
288.25
340/km2
March 5, 1845
294,394
226.52
1,300/km2
San Felipe (Or Puerto Plata)
March 5, 1845
301,344
509.01
592/km2
San Felipe de Puerto Plata
March 5, 1845
279,443
727.15
384/km2
January 11, 2001
44,333
48.76
909/km2
March 5, 1845
69,887
1,549.06
45/km2
March 5, 1845
34,332
436.46
79/km2
March 5, 1845
95,633
484.87
197/km2
March 5, 1845
233,392
1,876.21
124/km2
March 5, 1845
272,873
152.33
1,791/km2
August 11, 1959
29,296
1,123.85
28/km2
August 29, 2014
78,383
99.85
785/km2
September 9, 1907
29,303
328.53
89/km2
March 5, 1845
1,000,009
428.88
2,332/km2
March 5, 1845
1,443,384
104.44
13,820/km2
October 8, 2001
773,628
106.29
7,278/km2
October 8, 2001
685,037
388.96
2,107/km2
October 8, 2001
468,284
54.10
8,656/km2
March 4, 1976
82,093
276.89
296/km2
January 20, 2004
23,123
209.84
110/km2
June 27, 1938
40,293
374.01
108/km2
September 9, 1907
91,384
70.63
1,294/km2
Peña
June 27, 1938
40,293
159.71
252/km2
March 8, 1976
15,898
218.82
73/km2
March 3, 1976
28,583
225.63
127/km2
September 9, 1907
129,394
482.05
268/km2
October 19, 1991
70,494
100.78
699/km2
July 28, 2004
159,544
158.63
1,006/km2
May 16, 1989
24,392
212.60
115/km2
February 28, 1976
14,843
120.23
123/km2
September 19, 1996
18,392
205.06
90/km2
January 21, 2006
26,345
73.89
357/km2
March 5, 1845
42,343
309.93
137/km2
San Antonio del Yuna
March 5, 1845
42,123
90.12
467/km2
La Jagua
June 27, 1938
24,293
229.86
106/km2
Santa Ana, Villa Isabel
March 5, 1976
54,663
121.81
449/km2
September 9, 1907
90,129
441.61
204/km2
Provincial maps with their municipalities
Municipalities of the Dominican Republic
- Azua Province
- Bahoruco Province
- Barahona Province
- Dajabón Province
-
Duarte Province -
El Seibo Province -
Elías Piña Province -
Espaillat Province -
Hato Mayor Province -
Hermanas Mirabal Province -
Independencia Province -
La Altagracia Province -
La Romana Province -
La Vega Province -
María Trinidad Sánchez Province -
Monseñor Nouel Province -
Monte Cristi Province -
Monte Plata Province -
Pedernales Province -
Peravia Province -
Puerto Plata Province -
Samaná Province -
San Cristóbal Province -
San José de Ocoa Province -
San Juan Province -
San Pedro de Macorís Province -
Sánchez Ramírez Province -
Santiago Province -
Santiago Rodríguez Province -
Santo Domingo Province -
Valverde Province -
Distrito Nacional
Dominican Bibliography
- Constitución de la República Dominicana. June 13, 2015. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
- Ley Nº 176-07 del Distrito Nacional y los Municipios. Congreso Nacional, July 20, 2007.
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