Provinces

The Dominican Republic is divided into 31 provinces. Additionally, the national capital, Santo Domingo, is contained within its own Distrito Nacional. The provinces are divided into municipalities (municipios singular municipio).

The provinces of the Dominican Republic are listed below - the names of provincial capital cities are provided in brackets where they differ from the name of their respective provinces.

• Ázua
• Bahoruco (Neyba)
• Barahona
• Dajabón
• Distrito Nacional - D.N.*
• Duarte (San Francisco de Macorís)
• Elías Piña (Comendador)
• El Seibo (Santa Cruz del Seibo)
• Espaillat (Moca)
• Hato Mayor
• Independencia (Jimaní)
• La Altagracia (Higüey)
• La Romana
• La Vega
• María Trinidad Sánchez (Nagua)
• Monseñor Nouel (Bonao)
• Monte Cristi
• Monte Plata
• Pedernales
• Peravia (Baní)
• Puerto Plata
• Salcedo
• Samaná
• Sánchez Ramírez (Cotuí)
• San Cristóbal
• San José de Ocoa
• San Juan
• San Pedro de Macorís
• Santiago
• Santiago Rodríguez (Sabaneta)
• Santo Domingo
• Valverde (Mao)

* The national capital, also known as Distrito Nacional (D.N.), is the city of Santo Domingo de Guzmán.