Development regions of the Dominican Republic

The development regions of the Dominican Republic are groups of provinces made only for planning purposes and without any administrative function. They were created on 30 June 2004.^[1]

There are 10 development regions in three groups:

Cibao Region I: Cibao Norte ("Northern Cibao") Region II: Cibao Sur ("Southern Cibao") Region III: Cibao Nordeste ("Northeastern Cibao") Region IV: Cibao Noroeste ("Nothwestern Cibao")

Suroeste Region V: Valdesia Region VI: Enriquillo Region VII: El Valle ("The Valley")

Sureste Region VIII: Yuma Region IX: Higuamo Region X: Ozama

The population data in the following tables are from the last national census (2014).^[2]

Cibao

The Cibao is one of the tradicional division of the country; it corresponds with the northern half of the country.

Region I: Cibao Norte

Region I: Cibao Norte

Code	Province	Population (2014)	Area (km²)	Density
090000	Espaillat	333,401	843.0	395.5
180000	Puerto Plata	470,839	1,805.6	260.8
250000	Santiago	1,503,362	2,806.3	535.7
Total of the Region		1,516,957	5,454.9	278.1

Region II: Cibao Sur

Region II: Cibao Sur

Code	Province	Population (2014)	Area (km²)	Density
130000	La Vega	447,905	2,292.5	195.4
240000	Sánchez Ramírez	248,807	1,185.8	209.8
280000	Monseñor Nouel	203,183	992.0	204.8
Total of the Region		710,821	4,470.3	159.0

Region III: Cibao Nordeste

Region III: Cibao Nordeste

Code	Province	Population (2014)	Area (km²)	Density
060000	Duarte	338,649	1,649.5	205.3
140000	María Trinidad Sánchez	195,886	1,206.5	162.4
190000	Hermanas Mirabal	121,887	427.4	285.2
200000	Samaná	139,707	862.8	161.9
Total of the Region		624,186	4,125.5	151.3

Region IV: Cibao Noroeste

Region IV: Cibao Noroeste

Code	Province	Population (2014)	Area (km²)	Density
050000	Dajabón	87,274	1,021.3	85.5
150000	Monte Cristi	150,833	1,885.8	80.0
260000	Santiago Rodríguez	99,044	1,147.5	86.3
270000	Valverde	217,026	823.0	263.7
Total of the Region		394,068	4,877.6	80.8

Suroeste

Region V: Valdesia

Region V: Valdesia

Code	Province	Population (2014)	Area (km²)	Density
020000	Azua	298,246	2,682.5	111.2
170000	Peravia	217,241	785.2	276.7
210000	San Cristóbal	640,066	1,240.6	515.9
310000	San José de Ocoa	97,640	853.4	114.4
Total of the Region		1,028,129	5,561.7	184.9

Region VI: Enriquillo

Region VI: Enriquillo

Code	Province	Population (2014)	Area (km²)	Density
030000	Baoruco	111,269	1,284.9	86.6
040000	Barahona	232,818	1,660.2	140.2
100000	Independencia	74,583	2,007.4	37.2
160000	Pedernales	52,165	2,080.5	25.1
Total of the Region		368,594	7,033.0	52.4

Region VII: El Valle

Region VII: El Valle

Code	Province	Population (2014)	Area (km²)	Density
070000	Elías Piña	84,632	1,395.5	60.6
220000	San Juan	317,293	3,363.8	94.3
Total of the Region		295,362	4,759.3	77.4

Sureste

Region VIII: Yuma

Region VIII: Yuma

Code	Province	Population (2014)	Area (km²)	Density
080000	El Seibo	110,212	1,788.4	61.6
110000	La Altagracia	372,289	2,998.4	124.2
120000	La Romana	344,580	652.1	528.4
Total of the Region		606,323	5,438.9	111.5

Region IX: Higuamo

Region IX: Higuamo

Code	Province	Population (2014)	Area (km²)	Density
230000	San Pedro de Macorís	392,911	1,254.3	313.3
290000	Monte Plata	222,641	2,601.6	85.6
300000	Hato Mayor	103,032	1,319.3	78.1
Total of the Region		561,431	5,175.2	108.5

Region X: Ozama

Region X: Ozama

Code	Province	Population (2014)	Area (km²)	Density
010000	Distrito Nacional	1,402,749	91.6	15,313.9
320000	Santo Domingo	3,263,053	1,302.2	2,505.8
Total of the Region		3,339,410	1,393.8	2,395.9

Map

References

1. "División Territorial 2012" (in Spanish). Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE). May 2012. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
2. Consejo Nacional de Población y Familia. "Estamaciones y Proyecciones de la Población Dominicana por Regiones, Provincias, Municipios y Distritos Municipales, 2014" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2014-02-02.