- Independencia Province
Infobox Province Dominican Republic
Name = Independencia
coat-of-arms = COA Of Independencia.jpg
established_date = 1950
demonym = Jimanense
Capital =Jimaní
capital_population = 42,574
capital_coor = 18_28_N_71_51_W_ 18° 28′ S 71° 51′ O
largest city =Duvergé
largest city population = 68,547
Area = 2,006.44
area_rank = 8
area_percentage = 4.1
Population = 167,995
population_rank = 27
population_date = 2008
population_percentage = 0.6
Density = 25.3
ISO = 10
deputies = 2
municipalities = 6
governor = Malcolm Manuel Santana Pérez
districts = 3
website =Independencia is a province of the
Dominican Republic on the border withHaiti . It was split from Baoruco in1950 .Municipalities and municipal districts
The province as of June 20 2006 is divided into the following municipalities ("
municipio s") and municipal districts ("distrito municipal" - D.M.) within them: [cite web |url=http://www.one.gob.do/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=113|title=Listado de Codigos de Provincias, Municipio y Distritos Municipales, Actualizada a Junio 20 del 2006|author=Oficina Nacional de Estadistica, Departamento de Cartografia, Division de Limites y Linderos|language=Spanish|accessdate=2007-01-24]
*Cristóbal
*Duvergé
**Vengan a Ver (D.M.)
*Jimaní
**Boca de Cachón (D.M.)
**El Limón (D.M.)
*La Descubierta
*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 2008 census. Urban population are those living in the seats ("cabeceras" literally heads) of municipalities or of municipal districts.
Rural population are those living in thedistrict s ("Secciones" literally sections) andneighborhood s ("Parajes" literally places) outside of them. [cite web |url=http://one.gob.do/censo/volumen_I_pdf.zip
format = PDF|title=VIII Censo 2002 Poplación y Vivienda|author=Oficina Nacional de Estadística|language=Spanish|accessdate=2007-01-24]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
* [http://www.one.gob.do/ Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Statistics Portal of the Dominican Republic]
* [http://www.one.gob.do/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=114 Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Maps with administrative division of the provinces of the Dominican Republic] , downloadable in PDF format
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