Valverde (province)

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Valverde
Haiti Pedernales Barahona Baoruco Independencia Azua Peravia San Cristóbal Distrito Nacional Santo Domingo San Pedro de Macoris La Romana La Altagracia El Seibo Hato Mayor Samaná María Trinidad Sánchez Espaillat Monte Plata (Provinz) Sanchez Ramirez Duarte Hermanas Mirabal San José de Ocoa Monseñor Nouel La Vega Puerto Plata Monte Cristi Valverde Dajabón Elías Piña Santiago Rodríguez Santiago San Juanlocation
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Basic data
Country Dominican Republic
region Cibao Noroeste
Seat Santa Cruz de Mao
surface 823 km²
Residents 163,030 (2010)
density 198 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 DO-27

Coordinates: 19 ° 35 ′  N , 71 ° 2 ′  W

Valverde is a province in the north of the Dominican Republic . The province was split off from the Santiago province in 1958 . The name of the province was chosen in honor of the former President of the Republic José Desiderio Valverde .

Administrative division

The province is made up of three municipalities :

  • Esperanza
  • Mao
  • Laguna Salada

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