Duarte (province)

Duarte
Symbols
coat of arms
Basic data
Country	Dominican Republic
region	Cibao Nordeste
Seat	San Francisco de Macorís
surface	1,649.5 km²
Residents	289,574 (2010)
density	176 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	THU-06

Coordinates: 19 ° 13 ′  N , 70 ° 5 ′  W

Duarte is a province in the northeast of the Dominican Republic . The province was founded in 1907 and was initially named Pacificador . In 1927 it was renamed after Juan Pablo Duarte , the founder and freedom fighter of the Dominican Republic.

geography

The surrounding provinces are María Trinidad Sánchez , Espaillat , Samaná in the north, Monte Plata , Sánchez Ramírez in the south, and Hermanas Mirabal and La Vega in the west.

Major cities and towns

• San Francisco de Macorís , provincial capital
• Arenoso
• Castillo
• Las Guáranas
• Allspice
• Villa Riva

credentials

• Statistics Portal of the Dominican Republic (Spanish)