Provinces of the Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is divided into thirty-one provincias (provinces; singular provincia), while the national capital, Santo Domingo, is contained within its own Distrito Nacional («National District»; «D.N.» on the map below).
Provinces of the Dominican Republic map.
The division of the country into provinces is laid down in the constitution (Title I, Section II, Article 5) and enacted by law. The latter is currently Law 5220 on the Territorial Division of the Dominican Republic (Ley No. 5220 sobre División Territorial de la República Dominicana), issued 1959 and frequently amended to create new provinces and lower-level administrative units.
The provinces as administrative divisions
The provinces are the first-level administrative subdivisions of the country. The headquarters of the central government’s regional offices are normally found in the capital cities of provinces. The president appoints an administrative governor (Gobernador Civil) for each province but not for the Distrito Nacional (Title IX of the constitution).
The provinces are divided into municipalities (municipios), which are the second–level political and administrative subdivisions of the country.
The Distrito Nacional was created in 1936. Prior to this, the Distrito Nacional was the old Santo Domingo Province, in existence since the country’s independence in 1844. It is not to be confused with the new Santo Domingo Province, which split off from it in 2001. While it is similar to a province in many ways, the Distrito Nacional differs in its lack of an administrative governor and consisting only of one municipality, Santo Domingo, the city council (ayuntamiento) and mayor (síndico) which are in charge of its administration.
The provinces as constituencies
The provinces are also constituencies for the elections to the bicameral National Congress (Congreso de la República). Each province elects one member of the Senate (Senado) and a guaranteed minimum of two members of the Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados).
Statistics
The following is a table of the provinces and their capital cities. The population figures are from the 2021 population estimate.
Coat Of Arms
Province
National District
Capital
Region
Department
Area
(km2)[5]
Population
2021[6]
Density
Map
Establishment year
South
Valdesia
2,531.77
222,610
86.59
1844
South
Enriquillo
1,282.23
101,306
77.40
1943
South
Enriquillo
1,739.38
189,100
108.49
1881
Cibao Noroeste
1,020.73
66,675
63.95
1938
Cibao Nordeste
1,605.35
299,583
183.70
1896
East
Yuma
1,786.80
94,049
63.58
1844
South
El Valle
1,426.20
63,303
35.51
1942
Cibao Norte
838.62
240,428
281.97
1885
East
Higuamo
1,329.29
85,747
64.37
1984
Cibao Nordeste
440.43
92,045
209.78
1952
South
Enriquillo
2,006.44
58,951
27.73
1948
East
Yuma
3,010.34
360,874
104.61
1944
East
Yuma
653.95
274,894
397.59
1944
Cibao Sur
2,287.24
412,469
176.64
1844
Cibao Nordeste
1,271.71
140,954
111.17
1959
Cibao Sur
992.39
174,959
171.51
1991
Cibao Noroeste
1,924.35
117,736
59.22
1879
East
Higuamo
2,632.14
191,447
71.68
1991
South
Enriquillo
2,074.53
35,280
16.12
1957
South
Valdesia
792.33
198,499
241.62
1944
Cibao Norte
1,852.90
333,940
177.29
1850
Cibao Nordeste
853.74
113,036
125.62
1867
South
Valdesia
1,265.77
643,595
505.93
1932
South
Valdesia
855.4
53,833
45.11
2000
South
El Valle
3,569.39
220,264
266.12
1938
East
Higuamo
1,255.46
306,002
83.66
1907
Cibao Sur
1,196.13
151,888
121.09
1952
Cibao Norte
2,836.51
1,052,088
355.30
1844
Cibao Noroeste
1,111.14
57,209
51.71
1948
South
Ozama
1,301.84
2,955,339
2036.08
2001
Cibao Noroeste
823.38
177,865
207.06
1959
East
Ozama
104.44
1,049,567
9,651.45
1932
Map
Atlantic Ocean
Caribbean
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