Santiago Rodríguez was an officer of the Dominican army when the Dominican-Haitian War. He is one of the founder of the city of Sabaneta. He was an important military leader during the initial stages of the Restoration War (1863-1865).
Monción was a municipality of Montecristi since 1907. In 1996, Villa Los Almácigos became a municipality.[1]
Location
Santiago Rodríguez is in the region known as Línea Noroeste ("Northwestern Line"). The province has the Monte Cristi and Valverde provinces to the north, the Santiago province to the east, the San Juan and Elías Piña provinces to the south and the Dajabón province to the west.
In 2014 (last national census), there were 99,044 people living in the Santiago Rodríguez province, and 27,559 (27.8%) living in towns and cities. The population density was 86.3 persons/km².[2]
Its population represents 1.05% of the total population of the country and the province is ranked as the 30th (out of 31 plus the National District) more populated province.
As of 2016[update], the total estimated propulation of the province is 1,015,397 inhabitants.[3]
The largest city of the province is San Ignacio de Sabaneta, its head municipality or capital, with an urban population (in 2014) of 15,648 inhabitants.[2]
Geography
The Santiago province has a total area of 1,147.5 km2 (443.1 sq mi).[2] It has 2.4% of the area of the Dominican Republic and it is ranked as the 22nd (out of 31 plus the National District) largest province.
The Cordillera Central ("Central mountain chain") is in the southern part of the province, and the Sierra Samba (or Sierra Zamba), a chain of low hills, runs across the northern half.