La Vega Province





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Province in Dominican Republic





























































La Vega
Province



Flag of La Vega
Flag


Coat of arms of La Vega
Coat of arms



Location of the La Vega Province
Location of the La Vega Province

Country
 Dominican Republic
Province since 1844
Capital Concepción de La Vega
Government

 • Type Subdivisions
 • Body 4 municipalities
7 municipal districts
 • Congresspersons
1 Senator
8 Deputies
Area

 • Total 2,287.24 km2 (883.11 sq mi)
Population
(2014)

 • Total 447,905
 • Density 200/km2 (510/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC-4 (EST)
Area code 1–809 1–829 1–849
ISO 3166-2 DO-13
Postal Code 41000



Jimenoa waterfall, Jarabacoa


La Vega (Spanish pronunciation: [la ˈβeɣa]) is a province of the Dominican Republic. Until 1992 it included what is now Monseñor Nouel province.



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:[1]




  • Concepción de La Vega


    • El Ranchito (D.M.)


    • Río Verde Arriba (D.M.)

    • Cutupú




  • Constanza


    • La Sabina (D.M.)


    • Tireo (D.M.)




  • Jarabacoa


    • Buena Vista (D.M.)


    • Manabao (D.M.)




  • Jima Abajo

    • Rincón (D.M.)



For comparison with the municipalities and municipal districts of other provinces see the list of municipalities and municipal districts of the Dominican Republic.


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 population are those living in the districts (Secciones literally sections) and neighborhoods (Parajes literally places) outside of them.[2]







































Name
Total population Urban population Rural population

Concepción de la Vega
235,698 101,585
134,113

Constanza
85,240 40,019
45,221

Jarabacoa
69,855 32,585
37,270

Jima Abajo
29,685 27,796
1,889

La Vega province
420,478 201,985
218,493


References





  1. ^ Oficina Nacional de Estadistica, Departamento de Cartografia, Division de Limites y Linderos. "Listado de Codigos de Provincias, Municipio y Distritos Municipales, Actualizada a Junio 20 del 2006" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 14, 2007. Retrieved 2007-01-24.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link).mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Consejo Nacional de Población y Familia. "Censos y Proyecciones de la Población Dominicana por Regiones, Provincias, Municipios y Distritos Municipales, 2012" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved January 11, 2012.
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External links




  • (in Spanish) Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Statistics Portal of the Dominican Republic


  • (in Spanish) Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Maps with administrative division of the provinces of the Dominican Republic, downloadable in PDF format








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