Espaillat () is one of the 32

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s of the

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. It is divided into 5 municipalities and its capital city is Moca. Located in north-central Dominican Republic (Cibao), it is bordered by the provinces of La Vega to the south,

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and Puerto Plata to the west, and

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to the north-east. The province has a coastline to the north with the

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. It is named for

Ulises Francisco Espaillat Ulises Francisco Espaillat Quiñones (February 9, 1823 – April 25, 1878) was a Dominican author and politician. He served as president of the Dominican Republic from April 29, 1876 to October 5, 1876. Espaillat Province is named after him. ...

(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

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('' municipios'') and municipal districts (''distrito municipal'' - D.M.) within them: *

Cayetano Germosén Cayetano Germosén is a town in the Espaillat province of the Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbea ...

Gaspar Hernández Gaspar Hernández is a small city in Espaillat province on the North Coast Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago o ...

** Joba Arriba (D.M.) **

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(D.M.) ** Villa Magante (D.M.) *

Jamao al Norte Jamao al Norte is a town in the Espaillat province of the Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean ...

* Moca ** Canca La Reina (D.M.) ** El Higüerito (D.M.) **

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(D.M.) ** Juan López (D.M.) ** La Ortega (D.M.) ** Las Lagunas (D.M.) **

Monte de La Jagua Moca is the capital of Espaillat province in the Cibao region of the Dominican Republic, and is the tenth-largest city of the country with a population of 173,442 inhabitants. Moca is located 11 miles/18 kilometers east from the country’s seco ...

(D.M.) *

San Víctor San Víctor is a municipality (''municipio'') of the Espaillat Province in the Dominican Republic. The District Municipality became a municipality on May 23, 2013.http://www.diarioacontecer.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=158:sa ...

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.

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population are those living in the

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s (''Secciones'' literally sections) and

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s (''Parajes'' literally places) outside them. The population figures are from the 2014 population estimate. 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

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Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Statistics Portal of the Dominican Republic
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Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Maps with administrative division of the provinces of the Dominican Republic
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