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 Monument to the Heroes of the Restoration War
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| Country |  Dominican Republic |
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| Capital | Santiago de los Caballeros |
| - elevation | 175 m (574 ft) |
| - coordinates | 19°28′48″N 70°41′24″W / 19.48°N 70.69°W |
| Area | 2,836.51 km2 (1,095 sq mi) |
| Population | 908,250 (2002) |
| Density | 320.2 /km2 (829 /sq mi) |
| Province since | 1844 |
| Subdivisions | 9 municipalities 16 municipal districts |
| Congresspersons | 1 Senator 18 Deputies |
| Timezone | AST (UTC-4) |
| Area code | 1-809 1-829 1-849 |
| ISO 3166-2 | DO-25 |
| Postal Code | 51000 |
 Location of the Santiago Province
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| Website: www.provinciasantiago.gov.do/ | |
Santiago is a province of the Dominican Republic. Santiago is an intellectual, educational, and cultural center. It is also a major industrial center with the rum, textile, cigarette and cigar industry, which are based there. Shoe manufacturing and leather goods furniture making are an important part of the city's economic life. It is also a major Free Zone center with four important industrial free zones, and an important cement factory. Santiago is home to one of the largest medical centers in the country, Hospital Metropolitano de Santiago (HMS), which serves all 13 provinces of the El Cibao. Also within striking distance there are a good number of pleasant towns, many of which are quite prosperous. Santiago is in the center of the Cibao Valley, the wealthiest region in the DR per capita. It is surrounded by tall mountains which have for years protected it from hurricanes and allows for dense tropical forests to develop on the slopes of such mountains, which are among the highest in the region.
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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:[1]
- Jánico
- El Caimito (D.M.)
- Juncalito (D.M.)
- Licey al Medio
- Las Palomas (D.M.)
- Puñal
- Canabacoa (D.M.)
- Guayabal (D.M.)
- Sabana Iglesia
- Santiago de los Caballeros (Head municipality)
- Baitoa (D.M.)
- Hato del Yaque (D.M.)
- La Canela (D.M.)
- Pedro García (D.M.)
- San Francisco de Jacagua (D.M.)
- San José de las Matas
- El Rubio (D.M.)
- La Cuesta (D.M.)
- Las Placetas (D.M.)
- Tamboril
- Canca la Reina (D.M.)
- Villa Bisonó
- Villa González
- El Limón (D.M.)
- Palmar Arriba (D.M.)
The following is a sortable table of the municipalities and municipal districts with population figures as of the 2009 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.[2]
| Name | Total population | Urban population | Rural population |
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| Jánico | 21,463 | 14,365 | 7,098 |
| Licey al Medio | 32,518 | 18,211 | 14,307 |
| Puñal | 23,883 | 12,232 | 11,651 |
| Sabana Iglesia | 28,416 | 14,556 | 13,860 |
| San José de las Matas | 56,214 | 21,521 | 34,693 |
| Santiago de los Treinta Caballeros | 1,329,091 | 1,000,624 | 328,467 |
| Tamboril | 64,256 | 33,551 | 30,705 |
| Villa Bisonó | 59,663 | 45,212 | 14,451 |
| Villa González | 66,239 | 40,547 | 25,692 |
| Santiago de los Caballeros province | 1,681,743 | 1,200,819 | 480,924 |
For comparison with the municipalities and municipal districts of other provinces see the list of municipalities and municipal districts of the Dominican Republic.
Notable natives
- Johnny Pacheco - Band Leader
- Amelia Vega - Miss Universe 2003
- Antonio Guzmán Fernández - Dominican President
- Hipólito Mejía - Dominican President.
- Joaquín Balaguer - Dominican President.
- Rafael Filiberto Bonnelly - Dominican President.
- Salvador Jorge Blanco - Dominican President.
- Donald Reid Cabral- President of the Dominican Republic (Triunvirato)
- Julian Taverez, MLBpitcher, currently playing for the Washington Nationals.
- Pedro Francisco Bonó -Politician
- Eduardo Estrella - Politician
- Francisco Dominguez Brito-Lawyer y Politician
- Franklin Franco Pichardo Sociologist-Polititician-Writer
- José Desiderio Valverde Politician
- Miguel Cocco Guerrero Politician
- Orlando Jorge Mera President of PRD
- Rafael Estrella Ureña - Vicepresident of the Dominican Republic
- Manuel Arsenio Ureña -Businessman
- José Miguel Soto Jimenez - General Dominican Army-Writer-Historian
- Eduardo Leon Jimenes Founder of E Leon Jimenes -Prospeours Businessman
- Félix Garcia - Businessman
- José Clase -Businessman- President Wind Telecom- Zona Franca Santiago
- Jose Armando Bermúdez Notable Bisinessman
- José Armando Bermúdez (Poppi) -Businessman
- Pedro manuel Hungría Founder Archivo Historico Santiago
- Román Franco Foundeur Founder-Archivo Historico Santiago
- Fernando Capellan - Businessman Leader of Free Zone of Santiago
- José Acosta Writer
- Manuel de Jesús Cabral - Writer-Poet
- Federico García Godoy - Writer
- Virgilio Grullón Díaz – Writer
- Antonio Del Monte Tejada - Historian Writer
- Mu Kien San Beng - Historian-Writer
- Miss Dominican Republic 1987 Carmen Rita Pérez Pellerano
- Oscar de la Renta Designer
- Clara Ledesma - Painter
- Yoryi Morel - Painter
References
- ^ Oficina Nacional de Estadistica, Departamento de Cartografia, Division de Limites y Linderos. "Listado de Codigos de Provincias, Municipio y Distritos Municipales, Actualizada a Junio 20 del 2006" (in Spanish). http://www.one.gob.do/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=113. Retrieved 2007-01-24.
- ^ Oficina Nacional de Estadística. "VIII Censo 2009 Población y Vivienda" (in Spanish) (PDF). http://one.gob.do/censo/volumen_I_pdf.zip. Retrieved 2007-01-24.
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
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