San Fernando de Monte Cristi

Monte Cristi
Municipality
San Fernando de Monte Cristi
El Zapato ("Small shoe"), El Morro, Monte Cristi
El Zapato ("Small shoe"), El Morro, Monte Cristi
Coat of arms of Monte Cristi
Monte Cristi is located in the Dominican Republic
Monte Cristi
Monte Cristi
Coordinates: 19°51′0″N 71°39′0″W / 19.85000°N 71.65000°W / 19.85000; -71.65000
CountryDominican Republic
ProvinceMonte Cristi
Founded1533
Municipality since
1822
Area
 • Total517.4 km2 (199.8 sq mi)
 • Urban11.40 km2 (4.40 sq mi)
Elevation16 m (52 ft)
Population
 (2014)[1]
 • Total24,644
 • Density48/km2 (120/sq mi)
 • Urban
15,141
Demonym(s)Montecristeño
(female, montecristeña)
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (AST)
Distance115 km (71 mi) to Santiago
270 km (170 mi) to Santo Domingo

San Fernando de Monte Cristi, usually just Monte Cristi, is a city in the Dominican Republic and the head municipality of the Monte Cristi province, in the northwest of the nation.

  1. 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.
  2. "Expansión Urbana de las ciudades capitales de R.D. 1988-2010. Informe Básico" (PDF) (in Spanish). Oficina Nacional de Estadística. April 2015. p. 52. Retrieved 10 December 2016.[permanent dead link]
  3. De la Fuente, Santiago (1976). Geografía Dominicana (in Spanish). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Editora Colegial Quisqueyana.

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