Espaillat Province


Espaillat is one of the 32 provinces of the Dominican Republic. It is divided into 5 municipalities and its capital city is Moca. Located in north-central Dominican Republic, it is bordered by the provinces of La Vega to the south, Santiago and Puerto Plata to the west, and María Trinidad Sánchez to the north-east. The province has a coastline to the north with the Atlantic Ocean. It is named for Ulises Francisco Espaillat, the 19th-century author who was briefly President of the Republic in 1876.

Municipalities and municipal districts

The province as of June 20, 2006 is divided into the following municipalities and municipal districts within them:
The following is a sortable table of the municipalities and municipal districts with population figures as of the 2014 estimate. Urban population are those living in the seats of municipalities or of municipal districts. Rural population are those living in the districts and neighborhoods outside them. The population figures are from the 2014 population estimate.
NameTotal populationUrban populationRural population
Cayetano Germosen1000215828420
Gaspar Hernández452021508930113
Jamao al Norte19652711112541
Moca18622516209324132
San Víctor72320489667424
Espaillat province333401190771142630

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