List of municipalities of the Dominican Republic

The provinces of the Dominican Republic are divided into two or more municipalities with the exception of the Distrito Nacional which consists of only one municipality – Santo Domingo. They are the second-level political and administrative subdivisions of the country.
The division of the provinces into municipalities is laid down in the constitution. and enacted by law—currently by law 5220 about the territorial division of the Dominican Republic, issued in 1959 and frequently amended to create new provinces, municipalities and lower-level administrative units.

Administration

The municipalities are governed by municipal councils and a mayor elected by their inhabitants as determined by the constitution and law 3455 about the administration of municipalities.
When a municipality consists of more than one urban center those beside the municipality's seat can be elevated to the status of a municipal district. A municipal council for such a municipal district is nominated by the municipal council of the municipality to which it belongs.
The rural parts of a municipality are divided into districts which are further divided into neighborhoods. The municipal councils appoint district mayors which represent the municipal administration at district level.
As the municipalities differ largely by population, they or the urban centers of them may be cities, the capital of a province or with more than 10,000 inhabitants, towns, the seat of a municipality or with more than 1,000 inhabitants or villages with less than 1,000 inhabitants.

Municipalities

The following is a list of the 160 municipalities of the Dominican Republic as of June 7, 2014.

Name	Province	Created	Population	Area	Density	Old names
Altamira	Puerto Plata		22323		124/km²
Arenoso	Duarte		19299		136/km²
Azua de Compostela	Azua		143934		346/km²
Baitoa	Santiago		23233		514/km²
Bajos de Haina	San Cristóbal		142323		3698/km²
Baní	Peravia		201292		372/km²
Bánica	Elías Piña		12123		46/km²
Bayaguana	Monte Plata		40912		47/km²
Boca Chica	Santo Domingo		201292		1382/km²
Bohechío	San Juan		12332		30/km²
Bonao	Monseñor Nouel		200102		301/km²
Cabral	Barahona		19293		129/km²
Cabrera	María Trinidad Sánchez		39929		134/km²	Tres Amarras
Cambita Garabitos	San Cristóbal		42123		208/km²
Castañuela	Monte Cristi		21223		262/km²
Castillo	Duarte		26455		198/km²
Cayetano Germosen	Espaillat		9120		514/km²
Cevicos	Sánchez Ramírez		21232		69/km²
Comendador	Elías Piña		50349		199/km²
Concepción de La Vega	La Vega		310203		485/km²
Constanza	La Vega		75344		89/km²
Consuelo	San Pedro de Macorís		54324		413/km²
Cotuí	Sánchez Ramírez		154234		249/km²
Cristóbal	Independencia		9912		65/km²
Dajabón	Dajabón		69953		276/km²
Duvergé	Independencia		63874		122/km²
El Cercado	San Juan		30132		106/km²
El Factor	María Trinidad Sánchez		32323		217/km²
El Llano	Elías Piña		10202		98/km²
El Peñón	Barahona		5023		173/km²
El Pino	Dajabón		14203		161/km²
El Valle	Hato Mayor		12343		77/km²
Enriquillo	Barahona		19988		56/km²
Esperanza	Valverde		121233		563/km²
Estebanía	Azua		9887		62/km²
Eugenio María de Hostos	Duarte		14533		186/km²
Fantino	Sánchez Ramírez		29888		311/km²
Fundación	Barahona		12123		231/km²
Galván	Bahoruco		21019		98/km²
Gaspar Hernández	Espaillat		60394		165/km²
Guananico	Puerto Plata		9033		158/km²
Guayabal	Azua		10003		38/km²
Guayacanes	San Pedro de Macorís		35034		270/km²
Guaymate	La Romana		23323		75/km²
Guayubín	Monte Cristi		60934		68/km²
Hato Mayor del Rey	Hato Mayor		102039		155/km²
Hondo Valle	Elías Piña		15445		128/km²
Imbert	Puerto Plata		34245		201/km²	Blanco
Jamao al Norte	Espaillat		12213		106/km²
Jánico	Santiago		33233		82/km²
Jaquimeyes	Barahona		8374		47/km²
Jarabacoa	La Vega		72019		108/km²
Jima Abajo	La Vega		50394		380/km²
Jimaní	Independencia		20192		44/km²
Juan de Herrera	San Juan		16543		113/km²
Juan Santiago	Elías Piña		7472		70/km²
La Ciénaga	Barahona		12334		110/km²
La Descubierta	Independencia		13233		64/km²
La Mata	Sánchez Ramírez		50394		289/km²
La Romana	La Romana		239987		1294/km²
Laguna Salada	Valverde		45546		247/km²
Las Charcas	Azua		19877		79/km²
Las Guáranas	Duarte		29193		338/km²
Las Matas de Farfán	San Juan		72303		114/km²
Las Matas de Santa Cruz	Monte Cristi		14234		130/km²
Las Terrenas	Samaná		45944		406/km²
Licey al Medio	Santiago		49432		1828/km²
Loma de Cabrera	Dajabón		23234		97/km²
Los Alcarrizos	Santo Domingo		345329		6623/km²
Los Cacaos	San Cristóbal		15334		105/km²
Los Hidalgos	Puerto Plata		17384		172/km²
Los Ríos	Bahoruco		13234		88/km²
Luperón	Puerto Plata		25443		94/km²	Bajabónico
Maimón	Monseñor Nouel		23133		257/km²
Matanzas	Peravia		54234		267/km²
Mella	Independencia		5233		10/km²
Miches	El Seibo		25423		57/km²	El Jovero
Moca	Espaillat		213244		891/km²
Monción	Santiago Rodríguez		39993		394/km²
Monte Plata	Monte Plata		67473		108/km²
Nagua	María Trinidad Sánchez		132394		240/km²	San José de Matanzas
Neiba	Bahoruco		100987		238/km²
Nizao	Peravia		34345		708/km²
Oviedo	Pedernales		12345		15/km²
Padre Las Casas	Azua		45394		91/km²
Paraíso	Barahona		23124		167/km²
Partido	Dajabón		17029		108/km²
Pedernales	Pedernales		94397		74/km²
Pedro Brand	Santo Domingo		100192		472/km²
Pedro Santana	Elías Piña		12442		22/km²
Pepillo Salcedo	Monte Cristi		14244		95/km²	Manzanillo
Peralta	Azua		20394		176/km²
Peralvillo	Monte Plata		29493		192/km²
Piedra Blanca	Monseñor Nouel		34245		144/km²
Pimentel	Duarte		30492		245/km²
Polo	Barahona		11234		56/km²
Postrer Río	Independencia		9394		59/km²
Pueblo Viejo	Azua		15344		338/km²
Puñal	Santiago		74244		1221/km²
Quisqueya	San Pedro de Macorís		25944		167/km²
Ramón Santana	San Pedro de Macorís		13493		54/km²
Rancho Arriba	San José de Ocoa		14938		73/km²
Restauración	Dajabón		13293		47/km²
Río San Juan	María Trinidad Sánchez		31233		115/km²
Sabana de la Mar	Hato Mayor		28912		57/km²
Sabana Grande de Boyá	Monte Plata		39292		73/km²
Sabana Grande de Palenque	San Cristóbal		22123		734/km²
Sabana Iglesia	Santiago		21023		361/km²
Sabana Larga	San José de Ocoa		12394		74/km²
Sabana Yegua	Azua		22394		220/km²
Salcedo	Hermanas Mirabal		78333		411/km²	Juana Núñez
Salinas	Barahona		7383		60/km²
Salvaleón de Higüey	La Altagracia		422934		208/km²
San Antonio de Guerra	Santo Domingo		97889		340/km²
San Cristóbal	San Cristóbal		294394		1300/km²
San Felipe de Puerto Plata	Puerto Plata		301344		592/km²
San Fernando de Monte Cristi	Monte Cristi		41933		50/km²
San Francisco de Macorís	Duarte		279443		384/km²
San Gregorio de Nigua	San Cristóbal		44333		909/km²
San Ignacio de Sabaneta	Santiago Rodríguez		59833		74/km²
San José de las Matas	Santiago		69887		45/km²
San José de los Llanos	San Pedro de Macorís		34332		79/km²
San José de Ocoa	San José de Ocoa		95633		197/km²
San Juan de la Maguana	San Juan		233392		124/km²
San Luis	Santo Domingo		338322		6954/km²
San Pedro de Macorís	San Pedro de Macorís		272873		1791/km²
San Rafael del Yuma	La Altagracia		29296		28/km²
San Víctor	Espaillat		78383		785/km²
Sánchez	Samaná		29303		89/km²
Santa Bárbara de Samaná	Samaná		102939		250/km²
Santa Cruz de Barahona	Barahona		183232		1124/km²
Santa Cruz de El Seibo	El Seibo		119283		89/km²
Santa Cruz de Mao	Valverde		145309		343/km²
Santiago de los Caballeros	Santiago		1000009		2332/km²
Santo Domingo	Distrito Nacional		1443384		13820/km²
Santo Domingo Este	Santo Domingo		773628		7278/km²
Santo Domingo Norte	Santo Domingo		685037		2107/km²
Santo Domingo Oeste	Santo Domingo		468284		8656/km²
Sosúa	Puerto Plata		82093		296/km²
Tábara Arriba	Azua		23123		110/km²
Tamayo	Bahoruco		40293		108/km²
Tamboril	Santiago		91384		1294/km²	Peña
Tenares	Hermanas Mirabal		40293		252/km²
Vallejuelo	San Juan		15898		73/km²
Vicente Noble	Barahona		28583		127/km²
Villa Altagracia	San Cristóbal		129394		268/km²
Villa Bisonó	Santiago		75673		817/km²
Villa González	Santiago		70494		699/km²
Villa Hermosa	La Romana		159544		1006/km²
Villa Isabela	Puerto Plata		24392		115/km²
Villa Jaragua	Bahoruco		14843		123/km²
Villa Los Almácigos	Santiago Rodríguez		18392		90/km²
Villa Montellano	Puerto Plata		26345		357/km²
Villa Riva	Duarte		42343		137/km²	San Antonio del Yuna
Villa Tapia	Hermanas Mirabal		42123		467/km²	La Jagua
Villa Vásquez	Monte Cristi		24293		106/km²	Santa Ana, Villa Isabel
Yaguate	San Cristóbal		54663		449/km²
Yamasá	Monte Plata		90129		204/km²
Yayas de Viajama	Azua		24573		52/km²

Map

Provincial maps with their municipalities

Statistics

For population figures as of the 2002 census for the urban centers and seats of municipalities and municipal districts with more than 10,000 inhabitants, see the list of cities in the Dominican Republic.

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