Independencia () is a

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

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 region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares wit ...

, located in the west, on the border with

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...

. Its capital is Jimani. The province was created in 1948 but was made official in 1950. Before its creation, it was part of the

Baoruco Province Baoruco, alternatively spelt Bahoruco (), is a province of the Dominican Republic located in the southwest of the country, part of the Enriquillo Region, along with the provinces of Barahona, Independencia and Pedernales. Before 1952 it included w ...

. The name was given in remembrance of the National Independence of February 27, 1844.

History

The province Independencia was founded in the lands that in previous times belonged to a

Cacique A ''cacique'' (Latin American ; ; feminine form: ''cacica'') was a tribal chieftain of the Taíno people, the indigenous inhabitants at European contact of the Bahamas, the Greater Antilles, and the northern Lesser Antilles. The term is a Spa ...

called Ximani who was related to the cacicazgo of Xaragua. Little is known of Ximani as the ties with between the natives of Ximani and the Spanish were practically non-existent. The law that created this province, December 29, 1948, had originally assigned the name of "Provincia de Jimaní" to the province. The name was then changed January 28, 1949, to "Provincia Nueva Era". The name was then finally changed to the present one, "Independence", on May 13, 1949.

Municipalities and municipal districts

Municipalities of Independencia Province

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

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(''

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s'') and municipal districts (''distritos municipales'' - D.M.) within the latter: *

Cristóbal Cristóbal or Cristobal, the Spanish version of Christopher, is a masculine given name and a surname which may refer to: Given name *Cristóbal Balenciaga (1895–1972), Spanish fashion designer *Cristóbal Cobo (born 1976), Chilean academic *Cri ...

** Batey 8 (D.M.) *

Duvergé Duvergé, also known locally as ''Las Damas'' (Spanish: "the ladies", after the local Las Damas River) is the largest city in the province of Independencia in the Dominican Republic. The first settlers of this community were the gentlemen Christ ...

** Vengan a Ver (D.M.) ** Puerto Escondido (D.M.) *

Jimaní Jimaní is the capital and the second largest city of the Independencia Province of the Dominican Republic. It serves as one of the two main border crossings to Haiti (with Dajabón), with a duty-free open-air marketplace operating on the border ...

** Boca de Cachón (D.M.) ** El Limón (D.M.) *

La Descubierta La Descubierta is a town in the Independencia 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 Carib ...

* Mella ** La Colonia (D.M.) * Postrer Río ** Guayabal (D.M.) The following is a sortable table of the municipalities and municipal districts, with population figures as of the 2012 census.

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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 of them. For comparison with the municipalities and municipal districts of other provinces see the

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References

External links

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

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format {{Authority control Provinces of the Dominican Republic States and territories established in 1950

History

Municipalities and municipal districts

See also

References

External links