Duarte () is a northeastern province which comprises one of the 32

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s of the

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. It is divided into 7 municipalities and its capital city is

San Francisco de Macorís San Francisco de Macorís is a city in the Dominican Republic located in the northeast portion of the island, in the Cibao region. It is the capital of the Duarte Province, and the sixth most populated city in the country. The name ''San Fran ...

. It is bordered by the provinces of

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and Samaná to the east, Monte Plata and

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to the south, La Vega and Hermanas Mirabal to the west and Espaillat to the north. It is named after

Juan Pablo Duarte Juan Pablo Duarte y Díez (January 26, 1813 – July 15, 1876) was a Dominican military leader, writer, activist, and nationalist politician who was the foremost of the founding fathers of the Dominican Republic and bears the title of Father of ...

, the founder of the Dominican Republic. It was created in 1896 as a district (an old country subdivision) with the name ''Distrito Pacificador'' but the

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of 1907 changed the category to province. In 1925 its name was changed to ''Duarte''.

Geography

The province has a total area of 1,605.35 km².Listado de Códigos de Provincias, Municipio y Distritos Municipales
Oficina Nacional de Estadistica
It has 3.3% of the area of the Dominican Republic and it is ranked as the 13th (out of 31 plus the National District) largest province.

History

The province is named in honor of the country's founding father

. In the 18th century, a chapel for the Lady of Santa Ana was founded, built in what is now the Rincón San Francisco de Macorís. For the nineteenth century, it was admitted to the category of Parish to later become the District of La Vega. When the independence of the Dominican Republic was proclaimed, Duarte was the first town in the Cibao to rise up in favor of the Puerta del Conde. After the republic had been established, Duarte became a part of La Vega. In 1896 San Francisco became the head of the Peacekeeping District —this name was given in honor of President

Ulises Heureaux Ulises Hilarión Heureaux Leibert (; October 21, 1845 – July 26, 1899) nicknamed Lilís, was president of the Dominican Republic from September 1, 1882 to September 1, 1884, from January 6, 1887 to February 27, 1889 and again from April 30, 18 ...

, who was given the title of Peacemaker of the Homeland. In 1907 it became a province with the same as Peacemaker. In 1925 the name of the Pacifying Province was changed to the Duarte Province, in honor of the Father of the nation.

Municipalities

The province as of June 20, 2006 is divided into the following

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(''

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

, head municipality of the province ** Cenoví (D.M.) ** Jaya (D.M.) ** La Peña (D.M.) ** Presidente Don Antonio Guzmán Fernández (D.M.) *

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** El Aguacate (D.M.) ** Las Coles (D.M.) * Castillo *

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** Sabana Grande (D.M.) * Las Guáranas * Pimentel *

Villa Riva Villa Riva is a municipality (''municipio'') of the Duarte Province in the Dominican Republic. History The community of El Cercado was founded in 1845 by President Pedro Santana Pedro Santana y Familias, 1st Marquess of Las Carreras (Ju ...

** Agua Santa del Yuna (D.M.) **

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(D.M.) ** Cristo Rey de Guaraguao (D.M.) ** Guáranas Arriba (D.M.)

Population

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