Sánchez Ramírez Province

Infobox Province Dominican Republic
Name = Sánchez Ramírez


coat-of-arms = COA Of Sánchez Ramírez.jpg


established_date = 1952
Capital = Cotuí
demonym = Cotuisano
largest city = Cotuí
largest city population = 98,009
capital_population = 98,009
capital_coor = 19_03_N_70_09_W_ 19° 03′ S 70° 09′ O
Area = 1,196.13
area_rank = 21
area_percentage = 2.5
Population = 203,303
population_rank = 19
population_date = 2008
population_percentage = 1.8
Density = 126.4
governor = José Maria de la Cruz Pichardo
ISO = 24
deputies = 3
municipalities = 4
districts = 3
website =

Sánchez Ramírez is a province of the Dominican Republic. It was split from Duarte in 1952, and is named for Brigadier Juan Sánchez Ramírez, hero of the battle of Palo Hincado (1808) at which Spanish rebels defeated the occupying French forces.

Municipalities and municipal districts

The province as of June 20 2006 is divided into the following municipalities ("municipios") 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]
*Cevicos
**La Cueva (D.M.)
**Platanal (D.M.)
*Cotuí
**Quita Sueño (D.M.)
*Fantino
*La Mata
**Angelina (D.M.)
**La Bija (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 the districts ("Secciones" literally sections) and neighborhoods ("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