Espaillat Province
| Espaillat | |
| Province | |
| Country |  Dominican Republic |
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| Capital | Moca |
| - elevation | 183 m (600 ft) |
| - coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Area | 838.62 km2 (324 sq mi) |
| Population | 333,401 (2014) [1] |
| Density | 398 / km2 (1,031 / sq mi) |
| Province since | 1885 |
| Subdivisions | 5 municipalities 10 municipal districts |
| Congresspersons | 1 Senator 5 Deputies |
| Timezone | EST (UTC-4) |
| Area code | 1-809 1-829 1-849 |
| ISO 3166-2 | DO-09 |
| Postal Code | 56000 |
 Location of the Espaillat Province
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Espaillat (Spanish pronunciation: [espaiˈʎat]) is a province of the Dominican Republic. It is named for Ulises Francisco Espaillat (1823–1878), the 19th-century author who was briefly President of the Republic in 1876.
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]
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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 (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 them.The population figures are from the 2014 population estimate.[3]
| Name | Total population | Urban population | Rural population |
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| Cayetano Germosen | 10,002 | 1,582 | 8,420 |
| Gaspar Hernández | 45,202 | 15,089 | 30,113 |
| Jamao al Norte | 19,652 | 7,111 | 12,541 |
| Moca | 186,225 | 162,093 | 24,132 |
| San Víctor | 72,320 | 4,896 | 67,424 |
| Espaillat province | 333,401 | 190,771 | 142,630 |
For comparison with the municipalities and municipal districts of other provinces see the list of municipalities and municipal districts of the Dominican Republic.
References
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
