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San José de Ocoa Province

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- elevation
  
475 m (1,558 ft)

Capital
  
San José de Ocoa

Area
  
855.4 km²

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San José de Ocoa ([ˈsaŋ xoˈse ðe oˈko.a]) is a province of the Dominican Republic, and also the name of the province's capital city. It was split from Peravia on January 1, 2000. Published statistics and maps generally include this province in the old, larger, Peravia.

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Map of San Jos%C3%A9 de Ocoa Province, Dominican Republic

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Municipalities and municipal districts

The province as of June 20, 2006 is divided into the following municipalities (municipios) and municipal districts (distrito municipal - D.M.) within them:

  • Rancho Arriba
  • Sabana Larga
  • San José de Ocoa
  • El Pinar (D.M.)
  • La Ciénaga (D.M.)
  • Nizao-Las Auyamas (D.M.)

    • The following is a sortable table of the municipalities and municipal districts with population figures as of the 2012 census. Urban population are those living in the seats (cabeceras literally heads) of municipalities or of municipal districts. Rural population are those living in the districts (Secciones literally sections) and neighborhoods (Parajes literally places) outside of them.

    For comparison with the municipalities and municipal districts of other provinces see the list of municipalities and municipal districts of the Dominican Republic.

    Natives

  • Haile Rivera, is a community activist, youth mentor and political operative of the Democratic Party in the United States; Rivera is Founder & Executive Director of Hands On New York, Inc. & Dominicanos Unidos de New York (DUNY); In 2007 Haile was special guest to then-Presidential candidate Barack Obama at a dinner where they discussed important topics from poverty, education, war and more. Rivera was then selected to serve on Obama's Presidential campaign's field staff, assigned to Philadelphia (PA), Raleigh (North Carolina), San Juan (Puerto Rico) and Hialeah (Florida) followed by serving on the Obama-Biden Transition team in Washington, DC.
  • José Luis Paniagua Sánchez was a relief pitcher who appeared in Major League Baseball from 1996 through 2003 with the Montreal Expos, Seattle Mariners, Detroit Tigers, and Chicago White Sox. He was born in Rancho Arriba, San Jose de Ocoa.
  • Rafael Sanchez, better known by the alias of Jack Veneno, former professional wrestler and current sub-secretary of sports, was born in San José de Ocoa.
  • Ramón Landestoy Troncoso was a relief pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2008-2013 for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago White Sox. He was born in Barrio de San Antonio in San Jose de Ocoa.

    • References

    San José de Ocoa Province Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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