Hato Mayor Province

Hato Mayor del Rey
Province
Salto de Jalda waterfall in Hato Mayor, Dominican Republic
Flag Coat of arms
Location of the Hato Mayor Province
Country	Dominican Republic
Province since	1984
Capital	Hato Mayor del Rey
Government
• Type	Subdivisions
• Body	3 municipalities 4 municipal districts
• Congresspersons	1 Senator 2 Deputies
Area
• Total	1,329.29 km^2 (513.24 sq mi)
Population  (2014)
• Total	103,032
• Density	78/km^2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-4 (EST)
Area code	1-809 1-829 1-849
ISO 3166-2	DO-30
Postal Code	25000

Hato Mayor (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈato maˈʝoɾ], greater cattle-raising district^{[citation needed]}) is a province of the Dominican Republic. The province was split from El Seibo in 1984.

Municipalities and municipal districts

Sabana de la Mar, Hato Mayor, Dominican Republic.

Los Haitises national park.

The province as of June 20, 2006 is divided into the following municipalities (municipios) and municipal districts (distrito municipal - D.M.) within them:^[1]

• El Valle
• Hato Mayor del Rey
  • Guayabo Dulce (D.M.)
  • Mata Palacio (D.M.)
  • Yerba Buena (D.M.)
• Sabana de la Mar
  • Elupina Cordero de las Cañitas (D.M.)

The following is a sortable table of the municipalities and municipal districts with population figures as of the 2014 estimate. Urban population are those living in the seats (cabeceras literally heads) of municipalities or of municipal districts. Rural population are those living in the districts (Secciones literally sections) and neighborhoods (Parajes literally places) outside them. The population figures are from the 2014 population estimate.^[2]

Name	Total population	Urban population	Rural population
El Valle	11,222	1,847	9,375
Hato Mayor del Rey	73,558	62,475	11,083
Sabana de la Mar	18,252	11,664	6,588
Hato Mayor province	103,032	75,986	27,046

For comparison with the municipalities and municipal districts of other provinces see the list of municipalities and municipal districts of the Dominican Republic.

References

1. Oficina Nacional de Estadistica, Departamento de Cartografia, Division de Limites y Linderos. "Listado de Codigos de Provincias, Municipio y Distritos Municipales, Actualizada a Junio 20 del 2006" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2007-03-14. Retrieved 2007-01-24.
2. Consejo Nacional de Población y Familia. "Estamaciones y Proyecciones de la Población Dominicana por Regiones, Provincias, Municipios y Distritos Municipales, 2014" (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2014-02-02.

External links

• (in Spanish) Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Statistics Portal of the Dominican Republic
• (in Spanish) Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Maps with administrative division of the provinces of the Dominican Republic, downloadable in PDF format