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San Juan
San Juan
Province
	Entrance to the town of San Juan.
	Coat of arms
	Nickname: El Granero del Sur (The Barn of The South)
	Location of the San Juan Province
	Coordinates: 18°53′25″N 71°16′00″W / 18.89028°N 71.26667°W
Country	Dominican Republic
Province since	1938
Capital	San Juan de la Maguana
Government
• Type	Subdivisions
• Body	6 municipalities; 17 municipal districts
• Congresspersons	1 Senator ; 5 Deputies
Area
• Total	3,569.39 km2 (1,378.15 sq mi)
Population (2014)
• Total	317,293
• Density	89/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
Area code	1-809 1-829 1-849
ISO 3166-2	DO-22
Postal Code	72000

San Juan is a Dominican province, in the western part of the country. Its capital city is San Juan de la Maguana.

Name

The province is named after its capital city, San Juan de la Maguana. San Juan is short for San Juan Bautista (Saint John the Baptist).

History

Since colonial times, the territory was part of Azua province until the dictator, Rafael Trujillo, made this province in 1938 with the name Benefactor with the municipalities of Las Matas de Farfán y El Cercado. Bohechío was made a municipality in 1974, Vallejuelo in 1978 and Juan de Herrera in 1992.^[1]

In 1998, Matayaya became a municipal district; Pedro Corto in 2000; Sabaneta, Arroyo Cano and Yaque in 2004; Carrera de Yeguas, Sabana Alta, El Rosario, Hato del Padre, Guanito, La Jagua, Derrumbadero and Batista in 2005; Las Maguanas-Hato Nuevo, Las Charcas de María Nova, Jinova and Jorjillo in 2006; and Las Zanjas in 2007.^[1]

Location

The San Juan province has Santiago Rodríguez and Santiago provinces to the north, Azua province (and a short part of La Vega) to the east, Baoruco province to the south and Elías Piña province to the west.

Population

In 2014 (last national census), there were 317,293 people living in the San Juan province, and 139,620 (44%) living in towns and cities. The population density was 94.3 persons/km².^[2]

Its population represents 3.36% of the total population of the country and the province is ranked as the 11th (out of 31 plus the National District) more populated province.

As of 2016^[update], the total estimated propulation of the province is 226,484 inhabitants.^[3]

The largest city of the province is San Juan de la Maguana, its head municipality or capital, with an urban population (in 2014) of 71,494 inhabitants.^[2]

Geography

The San Juan province has a total area of 3,363.8 km² (1,298.8 sq mi).^[2] It has 7% of the area of the Dominican Republic and it is ranked as the 1st (out of 31 plus the National District) largest province.

The altitude of the provincial capital, San Juan de la Maguana, is 418 m (1,371 ft) above sea level.^[4]

Mountains

The Cordillera Central ("Central mountain chain") is in the northern part of the province, and the Sierra de Neiba runs across the southern half. The area between those two mountain ranges is the San Juan valley, which the Taínos call Maguana, meaning "small valley".

The highest mountain in the province is Pico Duarte, with 3,087 m.^[5] It is the highest mountain in the West Indies and is on the border with Santiago province.

Rivers

The main rivers of the province are the San Juan and Yaque del Sur rivers.

Climate

The climate of the province is a tropical climate, hot most of the year, but it is cooler in the mountains.

Municipalities

There are 6 municipalities and 17 municipal districts (M.D.) in the province.^[1]

Municipalities of the San Juan province
Municipality (code)	Municipal Districts (code)	Population (2010)	Area (km²)	Density	Altitude (m)
San Juan de la Maguana (220101)		78,313	248.6	315.0	418
	Pedro Corto (220102)	6,891	146.3	47.1	506
	Sabaneta (220103)	5,621	480.4	11.7	706
	Sabana Alta (220104)	3,241	31.4	103.2	368
	El Rosario (220105)	7,426	204.9	36.2	381
	Hato del Padre (220106)	5,811	58.8	98.8	470
	Guanito (220107)	3,670	83.3	44.1	384
	La Jagua (220108)	3,855	69.2	55.7	592
	Las Maguanas-Hato Nuevo (220109)	5,192	72.1	72.0	523
	Las Charcas de María Nova (220110)	3,166	86.8	36.5	545
	Las Zanjas (220111)	8,991	246.0	36.5	79
San Juan de la Maguana (220100)		132,177	1,728.0	76.5
Bohechío (220201)		2,394	1.5	1,596.0	519
	Arroyo Cano (220202)	3,109	61.3	50.7	625
	Yaque (220203)	4,182	343.3	12.2	512
Bohechío (220200)		9,685	406.1	23.8
El Cercado (220301)		13,611	169.6	80.3	825
	Derrumbadero (220302)	4,918	62.8	78.3	915
	Batista (220303)	2,314	45.6	50.7	976
El Cercado (220300))		20,843	278.0	75.0
Juan de Herrera (220401)		8,235	46.5	177.1	514
	Jínova (220402)	4,827	46.4	104.0	478
Juan de Herrera (220400))		13,062	92.9	140.6
Las Matas de Farfán (220501)		34,481	350.3	98.4	445
	Matayaya (220502)	4,267	115.8	36.8	409
	Carrera de Yeguas (220503)	5,415	170.9	31.7	490
Las Matas de Farfán (220500))		44,163	637.1	69.3
Vallejuelo (220601)		9,725	151.5	64.2	643
	Jorjillo (220602)	2,678	70.2	38.1	829
Vallejuelo (220600))		12,403	221.7	55.9
San Juan (220000)		317,293	3,363.8	94.3

Economy

The main economic activity of the province is farming; the main products are rice, maize, peanut, sorghum and beans.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "División Territorial 2015" (in Spanish). Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE). October 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Consejo Nacional de Población y Familia. "Estamaciones y Proyecciones de la Población Dominicana por Regiones, Provincias, Municipios y Distritos Municipales, 2014" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2014-02-02.
↑ "REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA: Población por año calendario, según sexo y grupos quinquenales de edad, 2015-2020" (in Spanish). Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE). Archived from the original (XLS) on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
↑ "San Juan de la Maguana". Geonames.org. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
↑ De la Fuente, Santiago (1976). Geografía Dominicana (in Spanish). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Editora Colegial Quisqueyana. p. 38.