The most important river is Yaque del Norte which crosses the province from south to north, first, and then it turns to the northwest. One popular attraction is the Salinas beach, which recently has grown to be a popular tourist destination with a developed town that has shops and hotels. The province has been an important administrative territory since colonial times. This page was last changed on 24 May 2020, at 14:33. Azua • Baoruco • Barahona • Dajabón • Duarte • Elías Piña • El Seibo • Espaillat • Hato Mayor • Hermanas Mirabal • Independencia • La Altagracia • La Romana • La Vega • María Trinidad Sánchez • Monseñor Nouel • Monte Cristi • Monte Plata • Pedernales • Peravia • Puerto Plata • Samaná • Sánchez Ramírez • San Cristóbal • San José de Ocoa • San Juan • San Pedro de Macorís • Santiago • Santiago Rodríguez • Santo Domingo • Valverde • Distrito Nacional, Places next to Santiago Province (Dominican Republic), "IX Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2010", "REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA: Población por año calendario, según sexo y grupos quinquenales de edad, 2015-2020", "The Highest Mountain in the Caribbean: Controversy and Resolution via GPS", https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santiago_Province_(Dominican_Republic)&oldid=6956246, 1844 establishments in the Dominican Republic, Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2016, All articles containing potentially dated statements, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License, 2001 : San Francisco de Jacagua and Palmar Arriba, 2003 : Hato del Yaque, Las Placetas and La Cuesta, 2006 : Canca la Piedra, Guayabal and Canabacoa. As of 2016[update], the total estimated propulation of the province is 1,015,397 inhabitants.

This page was last changed on 24 May 2020, at 14:27. Urban population are those living in the seats (cabeceras literally heads) of municipalities or of municipal districts. The Dominican Republic has thirty-one (31) provinces (in Spanish, provincias). There are two (2) or more municipalities (in Spanish and in singular, municipio) in every province. Before January 1, 2002 it was included in what is the new San José de Ocoa province, and published statistics and maps generally relate it to the old, larger, Peravia. Before January 1, 2002 it was included in what is the new San José de Ocoa province, and published statistics and maps generally relate it to the old, larger, Peravia. South of the Cordillera Septentrional is the Yaque del Norte Valley; from the city of Santiago de los Caballeros to the west, this is a very dry valley because the trade winds cannot go over the Cordillera Septentrional and so it does not rain enough over the valley. The Cordillera Central is in the southern half of the province. The range is covered with rainforests because it rains a lot there; the trade winds (winds that come from the northeast, from the Atlantic Ocean) bring a lot of water that falls on the mountains. Cattle are raised in the south central and western parts of the province. Because it was an important centre, its capital city was occupied by French and Haitian armies that came from the northwest border. The province is in the eastern part of the Yaque del Norte Valley and the River Yaque del Norte runs through the province.