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San Juan (Spanish pronunciation: [saŋ ˈxwan]) is a province of the Dominican Republic. [1] Before 1961 it was known as Benefactor . San Juan is the Republic's largest province, bearing a size of 3,569 square kilometers (1,378 miles), and it is landlocked.
The division of provinces into municipalities is established in the Constitution [1] and further regulated by Law 5220 on the Territorial Division of the Dominican Republic. [2] It was enacted in 1959 and has been frequently amended to create new provinces, municipalities and lower-level administrative units.
Map of the Dominican Republic. Cities in the Dominican Republic, in accordance with the definition of urban population for purposes of the 2002 census, [1] are the urban centers and seats (cabeceras literally heads) of municipalities (municipios singular municipio), the sec level political and administrative subdivisions of the country, or of municipal districts (distritos municipales) within ...
The provinces are the first-level administrative subdivisions of the country. The headquarters of the central government's regional offices are normally found in the capital cities of provinces. The president appoints an administrative governor (Gobernador Civil) for each province but not for the Distrito Nacional (Title IX of the constitution ...
San Juan de la Maguana is a city and municipality in the western region of the Dominican Republic and capital of the San Juan province. It was one of the first cities established on the island; founded in 1503, and was given the name of San Juan de la Maguana by San Juan Bautista and the Taino name of the valley: Maguana. The term Maguana means ...
Pages in category "Populated places in San Juan Province (Dominican Republic)" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
It is divided into 10 municipalities and its capital city is Santiago de los Caballeros. Located in north-central Dominican Republic, in the Cibao region, it is bordered by the provinces of Valverde to the north-west, Puerto Plata to the north, Espaillat and La Vega to the east, San Juan to the south and Santiago Rodríguez to the west.
People from San Juan Province (Dominican Republic) (2 C, 12 P) Pages in category "San Juan Province (Dominican Republic)" This category contains only the following page.