Monte Plata
Monte Plata is a Dominican city and head municipality of the Monte Plata province.
Monte Plata | |
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Municipality | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Monte Plata | |
| Coordinates: 18°48′36″N 69°47′24″W / 18.81000°N 69.79000°W | |
| Country | Dominican Republic |
| Province | Monte Plata |
| Founded | 1606 |
| Municipality since | 1844 |
| Municipal Districts | Boyá, Chirino, Don Juan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 264.4 km2 (102.1 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 3.34 km2 (1.29 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 56 m (184 ft) |
| Population (2014)[1] | |
| • Total | 24,192 |
| • Density | 91/km2 (240/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 16,115 |
| Demonym(s) | Monteplateño (female, monteplateña) |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (AST) |
| Distance | 53 km (33 mi) to Santo Domingo |
The town was founded with people from Monte Cristi and Puerto Plata; they took the words "Monte" from the first town and "Plata" from the second town to form the name of the new town: "Monte Plata".
History
changeThe city was founded in 1606 when the Spanish Governor Antonio Osorio destroyed, by orders of King Phillip III of Spain, the towns of Monte Cristi and Puerto Plata. The people and the cattle were moved to a new town that was given the name of Monte Plata to remember those two towns that were destroyed.
When the province of Monte Plata was created in 1982, the city was made the head municipality of this province.
Population
changeThe municipality had, in 2014, a total population of 26,192: 13,288 men and 12,904 women. The urban population was 61.5% of the total population.[1]
Geography
changeMonte Plata is in the northwestern part of the Llano Costero del Caribe (in English, "Caribbean Coastal Plain"), a large prairie with many important savannas.
The Sierra de Yamasá is found to the northeast of the municipality. Los Haitises is a karst region with many small hills; it is to the northwest of Monte Plata.
It has a total area of 264.4 km2 (102.1 sq mi) and has three municipal districts (a municipal district is a subdivision of a municipality); these are Boyá, Chirino and Don Juan.[4]
The altitude of the city of Monte Plata is 56 m (184 ft) above sea level.[3]
The municipality of Monte Plata has the municipality of Sabana Grande de Boyá to the north, the municipality of Bayaguana to the east, the Santo Domingo province to the south and the municipality of Yamasá to the west.
Climate
changeMonte Plata has a tropical wet climate (Köppen-Geiger classification: Af) with no dry or cold season as it is constantly moist (rainfalls during the whole year).[5]
The average amount of rainfall for the year in the city is 2,058.8 mm (81.1 in). The month with the most precipitation on average is August with 327.6 mm (12.9 in) of rainfall, followed by May with 256.1 mm (10.1 in).
The driest season is winter. The month with the least rainfall on average is January with an average of 60.9 mm (2.4 in) followed by December with an average of 67.2 mm (2.6 in).
Monte Plata is in a warm region; the average temperature for the year is 26.3 °C (79 °F). The warmest month, on average, is July with an average temperature of 27.75 °C (81.9 °F). The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of 24.15 °C (75.47 °F).
| Climate data for Monte Plata (1961–1990) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 29.5 (85.1) |
30.1 (86.2) |
31.3 (88.3) |
32.3 (90.1) |
32.6 (90.7) |
33.0 (91.4) |
33.1 (91.6) |
33.0 (91.4) |
32.9 (91.2) |
32.2 (90.0) |
31.0 (87.8) |
29.5 (85.1) |
31.7 (89.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 24.2 (75.6) |
24.6 (76.3) |
25.7 (78.3) |
26.5 (79.7) |
27.2 (81.0) |
27.7 (81.9) |
27.8 (82.0) |
27.7 (81.9) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.0 (80.6) |
25.8 (78.4) |
24.5 (76.1) |
26.4 (79.4) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 18.8 (65.8) |
19.1 (66.4) |
20 (68) |
20.7 (69.3) |
21.8 (71.2) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.1 (71.8) |
21.8 (71.2) |
20.6 (69.1) |
19.4 (66.9) |
20.9 (69.7) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 60.9 (2.40) |
78.1 (3.07) |
102.3 (4.03) |
120.1 (4.73) |
256.1 (10.08) |
232.3 (9.15) |
232.0 (9.13) |
327.6 (12.90) |
252.4 (9.94) |
211.7 (8.33) |
118.1 (4.65) |
67.2 (2.65) |
2,058.8 (81.06) |
| Source 1: NOAA[6] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Climatemps.com[5] | |||||||||||||
Administrative division
changeThe municipality of Monte Plata has three municipal districts:[4]
| Code | Municipal district | Population (2010) |
|---|---|---|
| 290102 | Don Juan | 7,313 |
| 290103 | Chirino | 7,951 |
| 290104 | Boyá | 5,267 |
Economy
changeBecause there are many savannas, and by its history, the most important economic activity in the municipality is cattle raising is also important, mainly for milk.
Farming is also an important activity. Some crops are sugar cane and fruits like orange.
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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.
- ↑ "Expansión Urbana de las ciudades capitales de R.D. 1988-2010. Informe Básico" (PDF) (in Spanish). Oficina Nacional de Estadística. April 2015. p. 80. Retrieved 10 December 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 De la Fuente, Santiago (1976). Geografía Dominicana (in Spanish). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Editora Colegial Quisqueyana.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "División Territorial 2015" (in Spanish). Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE). October 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Monte Plata Climate & Temperature". Climatemps.com. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ↑ "Monte Plata Climate Normals 1961-1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
| Provincial capitals of the Dominican Republic | 
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| Azua • Baní • Barahona • Bonao • Comendador • Cotuí • Dajabón • El Seibo • Hato Mayor • Higüey • Jimaní • La Romana • La Vega • Mao • Moca • Monte Cristi • Monte Plata • Nagua • Neiba • Pedernales • Puerto Plata • Sabaneta • Salcedo • Samaná • San Cristóbal • San Francisco de Macorís • San José de Ocoa • San Juan de la Maguana • San Pedro de Macorís • Santiago de los Caballeros • Santo Domingo • Santo Domingo Este | |