Monte Cristi ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmonte ˈkɾisti] ) is a province in the northwest of the Dominican Republic . The capital city is San Fernando de Monte Cristi (usually simply Monte Cristi). The spelling Montecristi is also seen. The Montecristi province is located in the Cibao frontier region, on the north coast of the country and borders the nation of Haiti. The land area of the Montecristi province is 1,924.35 km2. It is divided into six municipalities and four municipal districts.
20-476: The name Monte Cristi or Montecristi may refer to the following places: Dominican Republic [ edit ] Monte Cristi Province Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic , the capital of Monte Cristi Province Monte Cristi National Park Ecuador [ edit ] Montecristi Canton , a canton in Manabí Province Montecristi, Ecuador ,
40-638: A prosperous trading center, until the early 20th century. Monte Cristi had a boom period in the last quarter of the 1800s. The town was at the forefront in many of the advances including the first aqueduct, first railroad and telephone. The great task of diverting the course of the Yaque del Norte River was undertaken, which had lost its initial course when the cataclysm of 1802. The town attracted people not only from Santo Domingo, Santiago, Puerto Plata and other communities, but also foreigners (English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Americans, South Americans and islanders from
60-460: 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 : sections) and neighborhoods ( parajes : stops) outside of them. For comparison with the municipalities and municipal districts of other provinces see
80-508: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Monte Cristi Province Montecristi is where the Duarte Highway ends, which runs through the country from South to North from the city of Santo Domingo. Additionally, the province has a network of secondary roads that interconnect the city of San Fernando de Montecristi with the other municipalities and surrounding provinces. Monte Cristi
100-634: Is established in the Constitution and further regulated by Law 5220 on the Territorial Division of the Dominican Republic. It was enacted in 1959 and has been frequently amended to create new provinces, municipalities and lower-level administrative units. Municipalities may be further divided into secciones (literally: sections) and parajes (literally: places or neighborhoods ). Municipal districts ( distritos municipales ) may be formed in
120-526: Is fundamentally an immense plain with many hills. El Morro, with an approximate height of 237 meters, is one of the characteristic symbols of Montecristeno relief. It is a solitary elevation, in the form of a plateau. The Yaque del Norte River, the largest in the country, empties into the Montecristi Bay after making a long journey of 296 kilometers from the rugged Central Mountain Range. Three important rivers in
140-443: Is further divided into parajes , the municipal council appoints an ayudante del alcalde pedáneo for each of them. Municipalities are often given special designations because of their number of inhabitants: ciudad ( city ) in the case of urban centers with over 10,000 inhabitants or the capital of a province, villas ( town ) in the case of towns with over 1,000 inhabitants or seats of a local government, poblados ( village ) in
160-596: Is important. On the coast, fishing and salt production are important. Tourism development is currently concentrated in the city of Montecristi although there is potential along the entire coast, both western (Pepillo Salcedo) and north. Notable points are the Morro plateau and the Cayos Siete Hermanos. The province as of June 20, 2006 is divided into the following municipalities ( municipios ) and municipal districts ( distrito municipal , D.M.) in them: The following
180-487: The list of municipalities and municipal districts of the Dominican Republic . Municipalities of the Dominican Republic [REDACTED] [REDACTED] The municipalities of the Dominican Republic are, after the regions and the provinces , the third level of the political and administrative division of the Dominican Republic . The division of provinces into municipalities ( municipios )
200-531: The Mayor's Office the executive one. The mayor is a voting member of the Municipal Council. He and his deputy, as well as the regidores and their deputies, are elected by the electorate on the occasion of elections held nationally every four years. If a municipality consists of more than one urban center , the additional centres may be elevated to the status of municipal district ( distrito municipal ), with
220-572: The capital of Montecristi Canton See also [ edit ] Monte Cristo (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Monte_Cristi&oldid=1106316290 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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#1732847562122240-471: The case of municipalities with several urban centres. The provinces as the second level of political and administrative division contain at least two municipalities. The Distrito Nacional , which is neither a municipality nor a province, consists of only one municipality, Santo Domingo (Constitution: "the city of Santo Domingo de Guzmán is the Distrito Nacional" ). According to the Constitution and
260-827: The dictator Ulises Hereaux forced to escape from the hands of his political rival, Juan Isidro Jiménez , and then the problems derived from World War I. The Montecristi province limits to the North with the Atlantic Ocean: to the South with the provinces Dajabón and Santiago Rodríguez; to the East with the Valverde province and to the West with the Atlantic Ocean and the Republic of Haiti. The Montecristi province
280-404: The electorate on the occasion of elections held nationally every four years. They represent the municipal district to the municipality and are subordinate to it. If a municipality is further divided into secciones , the municipal council appoints an alcalde pedáneo for each of them. He reports to the mayor or, if his sección is in a municipal district, to its director . If the municipality
300-474: The law, the municipalities are administered by the municipality's Municipal Office ( ayuntamiento ), which is a legal entity in its own right consisting of two bodies: the alcadía (Mayor's Office), with the alcalde ( Mayor ), and the Municipal Council ( concejo de regidores ), with at least five members ( regidores ). The Municipal Council is an exclusively normative, regulatory and supervisory body,
320-664: The other Antilles). In 1895, it was the site of the signing of the Manifesto of Montecristi by Máximo Gómez and José Martí , at the Gómez home on Mella St. They sailed from "La Granja" beach, also in Montecristi, to Cuba to fight for its independence. The economic decline of Monte Cristi began with the decrease in the demand for raw materials in Europe, difficulties of the Casa Jiménez, which
340-748: The province join the Yaque del Norte: the Maguaca, the Guayubín, and the Indio. The Chacuey River and its tributary, the Macabón, are also part of the provincial basins, which complete numerous streams. The Montecristi province belongs to the Irrigation District called Bajo Yaque del Norte, with two different irrigation zones in it: Villa Vásquez and Las Matas de Santa Cruz. The first covers an area of approximately 179,733 tasks, and
360-427: The remaining district of the municipality called cabecera (main municipality). The administration of the municipal district is the responsibility of a municipal district office ( junta municipal ), which includes the director ( director ) and a municipal district council ( junta de vocales ) with at least three members ( vocales ). The director and his deputy, as well as the vocales and their deputies, are elected by
380-415: The second covers 320,672 tasks. The Montecristi province has one of the most diverse and numerous systems of protected areas in the country, six in total, which include national parks, underwater national parks, wildlife refuges and scientific reserves. The main activity of the province is agriculture, with important production of fruits and vegetables; in addition, the production of goats, sheep and cattle
400-519: Was founded by Nicolás de Ovando in 1506 and populated in 1533 by Juan de Bolaños and 63 families from the Canary Islands . These migrated to various parts of the country afterwards leaving the town behind. It was later repopulated and became a wealthy port in the mid-to-late 16th century. During the 1600s the coast of Montecristi was a hotbed of pirate activity in the Caribbean. In 1756 the city became
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