San Juan Province (Dominican Republic)

San Juan
Province
Country	Dominican Republic
Capital	San Juan de la Maguana
- elevation	415 m (1,362 ft)
- coordinates
Area	3,569.39 km2 (1,378 sq mi)
Population	317,293 (2014)
Density	89 / km2 (231 / sq mi)
Province since	1938
Subdivisions	6 municipalities 17 municipal districts
Congresspersons	1 Senator 5 Deputies
Timezone	AST (UTC-4)
Area code	1-809 1-829 1-849
ISO 3166-2	DO-22
Postal Code	72000
Location of the San Juan Province Location of the San Juan Province

San Juan (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsaŋ ˈxwan]) is a province of the Dominican Republic. Before 1961 it was known as Benefactor. San Juan is the Republic's largest province, bearing a size of 3,569 square kilometers (1,378 miles), and it is landlocked.

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:

• Bohechío
  • Arroyo Cano (D.M.)
  • Yaque (D.M.)
• El Cercado
  • Batista (D.M.)
  • Derrumbadero (D.M.)
• Juan de Herrera
  • Jinova (D.M.)
  • La Rubia (D.M)
• San Juan de la Maguana
  • El Rosario (D.M.)
  • Guanito (D.M.)
  • Hato del Padre (D.M.)
  • La Jagua (D.M.)
  • Las Maguanas (D.M.)
  • Las Charcas de Maria Nova (D.M.)
  • Pedro Corto (D.M.)
  • Sabana Alta (D.M.)
  • Sabaneta (D.M.)
• Las Matas de Farfán
  • Carrera de Yegua (D.M.)
  • Matayaya (D.M.)
• Vallejuelo
  • Jorjillo (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.

Name	Total population	Urban population	Rural population
Bohechío	9,652	4,208	5,444
El Cercado	25,688	2,585	23,103
Juan de Herrera	12,963	6,952	6,011
Las Matas de Farfán	70,586	35,054	35,532
San Juan de la Maguana	169,032	119,581	49,451
Vallejuelo	12,555	1,006	11,549
San Juan province	300,476	154,386	146,090

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

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