Back مونتي بلاتا Arabic Monte Plata Catalan Monte Plata (munisipyo) CEB Monte Plata German Μόντε Πλάτα Greek Monte Plata English Monte Plata Spanish مونته پلاتا Persian Monte Plata French Monte Plata Italian
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 |
Monte Plata is a Dominican city and head municipality of the Monte Plata province.
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".
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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]
- ↑ De la Fuente, Santiago (1976). Geografía Dominicana (in Spanish). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Editora Colegial Quisqueyana.