María Trinidad Sánchez () is a
province
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of the
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean. It shares a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Puerto Rico to the east and ...
. It was split from
Samaná Province in September 1959 as Julia Molina Province; in November 1961, it got its current name. The name commemorates a distinguished female soldier in the wars of independence.
María Trinidad Sánchez was the first woman incarcerated and executed by
Pedro Santana, a Dominican annexionist president.
History
Before the creation of the province, its territory was part of the Samaná province; It was created in 1959 with the name of the mother of Dictator Rafael Trujillo, Julia Molina. When the government was changed to that of President Bosch, the name was changed to the current one, María Trinidad Sánchez.
Economy
This province is a great producer of rice, coconut, cocoa, fishing among other agricultural products. Cattle cattle production. It is of a great tourist vocation due to the large number of beaches it has on its coasts and the beautiful natural landscapes it has. It has of interest such as: Cabo Francés Viejo National Park, La Gran Laguna, Laguna Gri Gri, Via Panoramica de Nagua-Cabrera or Nagua-Sánchez and the beaches Grande, El Caletón, El Bretón, La Preciosa, El Diamante, Arroyo Salado, Matancita and Poza de Bojolo.
Traditionally, the economic production of area was based on livestock, fishing and agriculture and was carried out by sea with Puerto Plata. Then in the decade of the 80s, the increase in tourist activity produced a great displacement of the rural population towards the city, so that agricultural production decreased considerably, projecting the economy of the municipality towards consumerism and not towards production, which allowed wealth to be concentrated in tourism and commercial enterprises.
Communications
There is a transportation system made up of private companies that provide public transportation services to and from: Santo Domingo, Santiago de los Caballeros, Puerto Plata, Sosúa, Gaspar Hernández and Nagua. There is also a tourist taxi company with modern and comfortable transport units. Another widely used transport system is the Motoconcho, used mainly in the urban area.
Río San Juan is also popularly known for its Laguna Gri Gri, a large mangrove lagoon where you can embark and navigate between its mysterious caves and caves that have appeared by the erosion of the years. It is called Gri Gri due to the trees that are part of its abundant vegetation on the shore.
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Municipalities and municipal districts
The province as of June 20, 2006 is divided into the following
municipalities
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(''
municipio
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s'') and municipal districts (''distrito municipal'' - D.M.) within them:
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Cabrera
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Arroyo Salado (D.M.)
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La Entrada
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Honduras, officially the ...
(D.M.)
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El Factor
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El Pozo (D.M.)
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Nagua
Nagua is the capital of María Trinidad Sánchez province, in the northeastern Dominican Republic.
A medium-sized city, Nagua's economy relies on the production of agricultural products, principally rice, coconuts, and cocoa bean. Located on t ...
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Arroyo al Medio (D.M.)
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Las Gordas (D.M.)
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San José de Matanzas (D.M.)
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Río San Juan
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
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population are those living in the
district
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s (''Secciones'' literally sections) and
neighborhood
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s (''Parajes'' literally places) outside of them.
For comparison with the municipalities and municipal districts of other provinces see the
.
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 downloadable in
PDF
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Provinces of the Dominican Republic
States and territories established in 1959