San José de Ocoa
The Dominican city of San José de Ocoa is the head municipality of the San José de Ocoa province, on the southern part of the country and close to the Ocoa river.
San José de Ocoa | |
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Municipality | |
 Coat of arms | |
  San José de Ocoa | |
| Coordinates: 18°33′00″N 70°30′00″W / 18.55000°N 70.50000°W | |
| Country |  Dominican Republic |
| Province | San José de Ocoa |
| Founded | 1805 |
| Municipality since | 1858 |
| Municipal Districts | La Ciénaga, Nizao - Las Auyamas, El Pinar, El Naranjal |
| Area | |
| • Total | 82.4 km2 (31.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 475 m (1,558 ft) |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
| • Total | 25,710 |
| • Density | 310/km2 (810/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 22,383 |
| Demonym(s) | Ocoeño (female, ocoeña) |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (AST) |
| Distance | 47 km (29 mi) to Baní 115 km (71 mi) to Santo Domingo |
Name
changeOcoa is the name of the river that crosses the province; it is a Taíno word that means "a place with many mountains".[3]
The old name of the town was El Maniel.
Population
changeThe city had, in 2014, a total population of 25,710: 12,819 men and 12,891 women. The urban population was 87.1% of the total population.[1]
Geography
changeSan José de Ocoa has a total area of 82.4 km2 (32 sq mi), about 9.7% of the total area of the province of San José de Ocoa.[1] The city is an elevation of 475 m (1,558 ft),[2] and at 115 km (71 mi) to the northwest of Santo Domingo.
San José de Ocoa is on the southern side of the Cordillera Central ("Central mountain range"). The city is along the Ocoa river.
The municipality of San José de Ocoa has the Azua province to the west, the Peravia province to the south, the municipality of Sabana Larga to the north, the municipality of Rancho Arriba to the northwest and the San Cristóbal province to the west.
Climate
changeSan José de Ocoa has a tropical wet and dry/savanna climate (Köppen-Geiger classification: Aw) with a pronounced dry season in winter.[4]
The average amount of rainfall for the year in the city is 894.6 mm (35.2 in). The month with the most precipitation on average is May with 151.4 mm (6.0 in) of rainfall, followed by September with 135.6 mm (5.3 in).
The driest season is winter. The month with the least rainfall on average is January with an average of 15.9 mm (0.6 in) and the second is February with 24.8 mm (1.0 in).
San José de Ocoa is in a warm region; the average temperature for the year is 24.5 °C (76.1 °F). The warmest month, on average, is August with an average temperature of 25.95 °C (78.7 °F). The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of 23.15 °C (73.7 °F).
| Climate data for San José de Ocoa (1961–1990) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 28.8 (83.8) |
29.3 (84.7) |
29.7 (85.5) |
30.1 (86.2) |
30.4 (86.7) |
31.1 (88.0) |
31.8 (89.2) |
32 (90) |
31.8 (89.2) |
31 (88) |
30 (86) |
28.6 (83.5) |
30.4 (86.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 23.2 (73.8) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.7 (74.7) |
24.1 (75.4) |
24.5 (76.1) |
25.1 (77.2) |
25.8 (78.4) |
26 (79) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.2 (77.4) |
24.4 (75.9) |
23.3 (73.9) |
24.5 (76.2) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 17.5 (63.5) |
17.3 (63.1) |
17.7 (63.9) |
18 (64) |
18.6 (65.5) |
19.1 (66.4) |
19.7 (67.5) |
19.9 (67.8) |
19.6 (67.3) |
19.4 (66.9) |
18.7 (65.7) |
17.9 (64.2) |
18.6 (65.5) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 15.9 (0.63) |
24.8 (0.98) |
34.6 (1.36) |
70.3 (2.77) |
151.4 (5.96) |
106.1 (4.18) |
63.4 (2.50) |
97 (3.8) |
135.6 (5.34) |
115.1 (4.53) |
55 (2.2) |
25.4 (1.00) |
894.6 (35.25) |
| Source 1: NOAA[5] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Climatemps.com[4] | |||||||||||||
Administrative division
changeThe municipality of San José de Ocoa has four municipal districts:[6]
| Code | Municipal district | Population (2010) |
|---|---|---|
| 310102 | La Ciénaga | 4,128 |
| 310103 | Nizao-Las Auyamas | 2,791 |
| 310104 | El Pinar | 3,736 |
| 310105 | El Naranjal | 3,086 |
Economy
changeThe main economic activity of the municipality is farming; the main products are coffee, beans and potato. Other vegetable, as cabbage and carrot are also grown as well as some tropical fruits (avocado and mango).
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 De la Fuente, Santiago (1976). Geografía Dominicana (in Spanish). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Editora Colegial Quisqueyana.
- ↑ Rodríguez, Cayetano Armando (1976). Geografía de la Isla de Santo Domingo y Reseña de las Demás Antillas, Second Edition (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Sociedad Dominicana de Geografía, Vol. XI. p. 399.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "San J. Ocoa Climate & Temperature". Climatemps.com. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
- ↑ "San J. Ocoa Climate Normals 1961-1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
- ↑ "División Territorial 2015" (in Spanish). Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE). October 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2015. Retrieved 27 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 | |