Development regions of the Dominican Republic

The development regions of the Dominican Republic are groups of provinces made only for planning purposes and without any administrative function. They were created on 30 June 2004.^[1]

There are 10 development regions in three groups:

Cibao

Region I: Cibao Norte ("Northern Cibao")
Region II: Cibao Sur ("Southern Cibao")
Region III: Cibao Nordeste ("Northeastern Cibao")
Region IV: Cibao Noroeste ("Nothwestern Cibao")

Suroeste

Region V: Valdesia
Region VI: Enriquillo
Region VII: El Valle ("The Valley")

Sureste

Region VIII: Yuma
Region IX: Higuamo
Region X: Ozama

The population data in the following tables are from the last national census (2014).^[2]

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Code	Province	Population (2014)	Area (km²)	Density
090000	Espaillat	333,401	843.0	395.5
180000	Puerto Plata	470,839	1,805.6	260.8
250000	Santiago	1,503,362	2,806.3	535.7
Total of the Region		1,516,957	5,454.9	278.1

Code	Province	Population (2014)	Area (km²)	Density
130000	La Vega	447,905	2,292.5	195.4
240000	Sánchez Ramírez	248,807	1,185.8	209.8
280000	Monseñor Nouel	203,183	992.0	204.8
Total of the Region		710,821	4,470.3	159.0

Code	Province	Population (2014)	Area (km²)	Density
060000	Duarte	338,649	1,649.5	205.3
140000	María Trinidad Sánchez	195,886	1,206.5	162.4
190000	Hermanas Mirabal	121,887	427.4	285.2
200000	Samaná	139,707	862.8	161.9
Total of the Region		624,186	4,125.5	151.3

Code	Province	Population (2014)	Area (km²)	Density
050000	Dajabón	87,274	1,021.3	85.5
150000	Monte Cristi	150,833	1,885.8	80.0
260000	Santiago Rodríguez	99,044	1,147.5	86.3
270000	Valverde	217,026	823.0	263.7
Total of the Region		394,068	4,877.6	80.8

Code	Province	Population (2014)	Area (km²)	Density
020000	Azua	298,246	2,682.5	111.2
170000	Peravia	217,241	785.2	276.7
210000	San Cristóbal	640,066	1,240.6	515.9
310000	San José de Ocoa	97,640	853.4	114.4
Total of the Region		1,028,129	5,561.7	184.9

Development regions of the Dominican Republic

Cibao

Region I: Cibao Norte

Region II: Cibao Sur

Region III: Cibao Nordeste

Region IV: Cibao Noroeste

Suroeste

Region V: Valdesia

Region VI: Enriquillo

Region VII: El Valle

Sureste

Region VIII: Yuma

Region IX: Higuamo

Region X: Ozama

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Region VI: Enriquillo
Code	Province	Population (2014)	Area (km²)	Density
030000	Baoruco	111,269	1,284.9	86.6
040000	Barahona	232,818	1,660.2	140.2
100000	Independencia	74,583	2,007.4	37.2
160000	Pedernales	52,165	2,080.5	25.1
Total of the Region		368,594	7,033.0	52.4

Region VII: El Valle
Code	Province	Population (2014)	Area (km²)	Density
070000	Elías Piña	84,632	1,395.5	60.6
220000	San Juan	317,293	3,363.8	94.3
Total of the Region		295,362	4,759.3	77.4

Region VIII: Yuma
Code	Province	Population (2014)	Area (km²)	Density
080000	El Seibo	110,212	1,788.4	61.6
110000	La Altagracia	372,289	2,998.4	124.2
120000	La Romana	344,580	652.1	528.4
Total of the Region		606,323	5,438.9	111.5

Region IX: Higuamo
Code	Province	Population (2014)	Area (km²)	Density
230000	San Pedro de Macorís	392,911	1,254.3	313.3
290000	Monte Plata	222,641	2,601.6	85.6
300000	Hato Mayor	103,032	1,319.3	78.1
Total of the Region		561,431	5,175.2	108.5