Moca, Dominican Republic

Moca
Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Church
Seal
Moca
Coordinates: 19°23′N 70°31′W / 19.383°N 70.517°W / 19.383; -70.517
Country	Dominican Republic
Province	Espaillat
Municipality since	1822
Area [1]
• Total	239.36 km2 (92.42 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	183 m (600 ft)
Population  (2012)[3]
• Total	173,442
• Density	720/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
• Demonym	Mocano(a)
Distance to  – Santo Domingo	145 km
Municipalities	8
Climate	Af
Website	http://am.gob.do/

The Dominican city of Moca is the head municipality of the Espaillat province.

It is in the Cibao Valley, south of the Cordillera Septentrional (English: Northern mountain range), in the southern part of the province.

1. ↑ Superficies a nivel de municipios, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica Archived 2009-04-17 at the Wayback Machine
2. ↑ De la Fuente, Santiago (1976). Geografía Dominicana (in Spanish). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Editora Colegial Quisqueyana.
3. ↑ Censo 2012 de Población y Vivienda, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica Archived 2009-04-01 at the Wayback Machine