Espaillat () is one of the 32
province
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s of the
Dominican Republic
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. It is divided into 5 municipalities and its capital city is
Moca. Located in north-central Dominican Republic (Cibao), it is bordered by the provinces of
La Vega to the south,
Santiago
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and
Puerto Plata to the west, and
María Trinidad Sánchez to the north-east. The province has a coastline to the north with the
Atlantic Ocean
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. It is named for
Ulises Francisco Espaillat
Ulises Francisco Espaillat Quiñones (February 9, 1823 – April 25, 1878) was a 19th-century Dominican Republic liberal statesman and author. He served as president of the Dominican Republic from April 29, 1876, to October 5, 1876. Espaillat ...
(1823–1878), the 19th-century author who was briefly
President of the Republic in 1876.
Municipalities and municipal districts
The province as of June 20, 2006 is divided into the following
municipalities
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The term ''municipality' ...
(''
municipio
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s'') and municipal districts (''distrito municipal'' - D.M.) within them:
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Cayetano Germosén
*
Gaspar Hernández
**
Joba Arriba (D.M.)
**
Veragua
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The term comes from the name given to the region by Central Am ...
(D.M.)
**
Villa Magante (D.M.)
*
Jamao al Norte
*
Moca
**
Canca La Reina (D.M.)
**
El Higüerito (D.M.)
**
José Contreras
José Ariel Contreras Camejo (born December 6, 1971) is a Cubans, Cuban former professional baseball pitcher, who played in the Cuban National Series (CNS), Major League Baseball (MLB), and internationally for the Cuban national baseball team. ...
(D.M.)
**
Juan López (D.M.)
**
La Ortega (D.M.)
**
Las Lagunas (D.M.)
**
Monte de La Jagua (D.M.)
*
San Víctor
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.
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 them. The population figures are from the 2014 population estimate.
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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format
{{Authority control
Provinces of the Dominican Republic
States and territories established in 1885