# Duarte Province
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{{short description|Province of the Dominican Republic}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Duarte
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| settlement_type = [Province](/source/Provinces_of_the_Dominican_Republic)
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| image_caption = Town Hall in San Francisco city, Duarte province, Dominican Republic
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| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type2 = Region
| subdivision_name2 = [Cibao](/source/Cibao)
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| image_map = File:Duarte in Dominican Republic.svg
| map_caption = Location of the Duarte Province
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| leader_title1 = [Congresspersons](/source/Congress_of_the_Dominican_Republic)
| leader_name1 = 1 Senator
6 Deputies
| government_type = Subdivisions
| governing_body = 7 [municipalities](/source/Municipality)
11 [municipal districts](/source/List_of_municipalities_of_the_Dominican_Republic)
| seat = [San Francisco de Macorís](/source/San_Francisco_de_Macor%C3%ADs)
| seat_type = Capital
| established_title = Province since
| established_date = 1896
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| area_total_km2 = 1605.35
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| timezone1 = [EST](/source/Eastern_Time_Zone_(North_America))
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| blank_info = 1-809 1-829 1-849
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| blank1_info = DO-06
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'''Duarte''' ({{IPA|es|ˈdwaɾte}}) is a northeastern province which comprises one of the 32 [province](/source/Provinces_of_the_Dominican_Republic)s of the [Dominican Republic](/source/Dominican_Republic). It is divided into 7 municipalities and its capital city is [San Francisco de Macorís](/source/San_Francisco_de_Macor%C3%ADs). It is bordered by the provinces of [María Trinidad Sánchez](/source/Mar%C3%ADa_Trinidad_S%C3%A1nchez_Province) and [Samaná](/source/Saman%C3%A1_Province) to the east, [Monte Plata](/source/Monte_Plata_Province) and [Sánchez Ramírez](/source/S%C3%A1nchez_Ram%C3%ADrez_Province) to the south, [La Vega](/source/La_Vega_Province) and [Hermanas Mirabal](/source/Hermanas_Mirabal_Province) to the west and [Espaillat](/source/Espaillat_Province) to the north. It is named after [Juan Pablo Duarte](/source/Juan_Pablo_Duarte), the [Father of the Nation](/source/Father_of_the_Nation) of the Dominican Republic.
It was created in 1896 as a district (an old country subdivision) with the name ''Distrito Pacificador'' but the [Constitution](/source/Constitution) of 1907 changed the category to province. In 1925 its name was changed to ''Duarte''.
== Geography ==
The province has a total area of 1,605.35 km2.[Listado de Códigos de Provincias, Municipio y Distritos Municipales, [http://www.one.gob.do/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=113/ Oficina Nacional de Estadistica] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090313060446/http://www.one.gob.do/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=113%2F |date=March 13, 2009 }}] It has 3.3% of the area of the Dominican Republic and it is ranked as the 13th (out of 31 plus the National District) largest province.
==History==
The province is named in honor of the country's founding father [Juan Pablo Duarte](/source/Juan_Pablo_Duarte). In the 18th century, a chapel for the Lady of Santa Ana was founded, built in what is now the Rincón San Francisco de Macorís. For the nineteenth century, it was admitted to the category of Parish to later become the District of La Vega. When the independence of the Dominican Republic was proclaimed, Duarte was the first town in the Cibao to rise up in favor of the Puerta del Conde. After the republic had been established, Duarte became a part of La Vega.
In 1896 San Francisco became the head of the Peacekeeping District —this name was given in honor of President [Ulises Heureaux](/source/Ulises_Heureaux), who was given the title of Peacemaker of the Homeland. In 1907 it became a province with the same as Peacemaker. In 1925 the name of the Pacifying Province was changed to the Duarte Province, in honor of the Father of the nation.
== Municipalities ==
thumb|right|Municipalities of Duarte Province
thumb|right|Center of San Francisco de Macoris
The province as of June 20, 2006 is divided into the following [municipalities](/source/Municipalities_of_the_Dominican_Republic) (''[municipio](/source/municipio)s'') and municipal districts (''distrito municipal'' - D.M.) within them:[{{cite web|url=http://www.one.gob.do/index.php?module=uploads&func=download&fileId=1098|format=PDF|title=División Territorial 2008|author=Oficina Nacional de Estadística|language=es|access-date=2009-10-01|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414191548/http://www.one.gob.do/index.php?module=uploads&func=download&fileId=1098|archive-date=2010-04-14}}]
*[San Francisco de Macorís](/source/San_Francisco_de_Macor%C3%ADs), head municipality of the province
**[Cenoví](/source/Cenov%C3%AD) (D.M.)
**[Jaya](/source/Jaya_(Duarte)) (D.M.)
**[La Peña](/source/La_Pe%C3%B1a_(Duarte)) (D.M.)
**[Presidente Don Antonio Guzmán Fernández](/source/Presidente_Don_Antonio_Guzm%C3%A1n_Fern%C3%A1ndez) (D.M.)
*[Arenoso](/source/Arenoso)
**[El Aguacate](/source/El_Aguacate_(Duarte)) (D.M.)
**[Las Coles](/source/Las_Coles_(Duarte)) (D.M.)
*[Castillo](/source/Castillo_(Duarte))
*[Eugenio María de Hostos](/source/Eugenio_Mar%C3%ADa_de_Hostos_(Duarte))
**[Sabana Grande](/source/Sabana_Grande_(Duarte)) (D.M.)
*[Las Guáranas](/source/Las_Gu%C3%A1ranas)
*[Pimentel](/source/Pimentel%2C_Dominican_Republic)
*[Villa Riva](/source/Villa_Riva)
**[Agua Santa del Yuna](/source/Agua_Santa_del_Yuna) (D.M.)
**[Barraquito](/source/Barraquito_(Duarte)) (D.M.)
**[Cristo Rey de Guaraguao](/source/Cristo_Rey_de_Guaraguao) (D.M.)
**[Guáranas Arriba](/source/Gu%C3%A1ranas_Arriba) (D.M.)
== Population ==
The following is a sortable table of the municipalities and municipal districts with population figures as of the 2014 estimate. [Urban](/source/Urban_area) population are those living in the seats (''cabeceras'' literally heads) of municipalities or of municipal districts. [Rural](/source/Rural) population are those living in the [district](/source/district)s (''Secciones'' literally sections) and [neighborhood](/source/neighborhood)s (''Parajes'' literally places) outside them. The population figures are from the 2014 population estimate.[{{cite web
|url=http://www.conapofa.gov.do/estimado2014.asp
|format=PDF
|title=Estamaciones y Proyecciones de la Población Dominicana por Regiones, Provincias, Municipios y Distritos Municipales, 2014
|author=Consejo Nacional de Población y Familia
|language=es
|access-date=2014-02-02
}}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}]
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right; font-size:95%;"
!width="190px"| Name
! Total population !! Urban population !! Rural population
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|align="left"| [Arenoso](/source/Arenoso)
| {{nts|15122}} || {{nts|2895}} || {{nts|12227}}
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|align="left"| [Castillo](/source/Castillo_(Duarte))
| {{nts|18962}} || {{nts|12541}} || {{nts|6421}}
|-
|align="left"| [Eugenio Maria de Hostos](/source/Eugenio_Mar%C3%ADa_de_Hostos_(Duarte))
| {{nts|16232}} || {{nts|5411}} || {{nts|10821}}
|-
|align="left"| [Las Guáranas](/source/Las_Gu%C3%A1ranas)
| {{nts|16022}} || {{nts|6524}} || {{nts|9498}}
|-
|align="left"| [Pimentel](/source/Pimentel%2C_Dominican_Republic)
| {{nts|23202}} || {{nts|14677}} || {{nts|8525}}
|-
|align="left"| [San Francisco de Macorís](/source/San_Francisco_de_Macor%C3%ADs)
| {{nts|213906}} || {{nts|155132}} || {{nts|58774}}
|-
|align="left"| [Villa Riva](/source/Villa_Riva)
| {{nts| 35203}} || {{nts|4412}} || {{nts|30791}}
|- style="background:white"
|align="left" | '''Duarte province'''
| {{nts|338649}} || {{nts|201592}} || {{nts|137057}}
|}
For comparison with the municipalities and municipal districts of other provinces see the [list of municipalities and municipal districts of the Dominican Republic](/source/list_of_municipalities_and_municipal_districts_of_the_Dominican_Republic).
==References==
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==External links==
{{portal|Dominican Republic}}
* {{in lang|es}} [http://www.one.gob.do/ Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Statistics Portal of the Dominican Republic]
* {{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20070314215745/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](/source/Portable_Document_Format) format
{{Provinces of the Dominican Republic}}
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