Geographic Regions of the Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic is divided into three macro-regions, which are in turn divided into ten regions.^[1][2]

In 1858 the country was divided in 3 departments: Cibao (North), Ozama (Southwest), and Seybo (Southeast).^[3]

Regional divisions and actual provinces of the Dominican Republic

Macro-regions	Regions	Provinces
Norte/Cibao	Cibao Nordeste[4]	Duarte
		Hermanas Mirabal
		María Trinidad Sánchez
		Samaná
	Cibao Noroeste[5]	Dajabón
		Monte Cristi
		Santiago Rodríguez
		Valverde
	Cibao Norte[6]	Espaillat
		Puerto Plata
		Santiago
	Cibao Sur[7]	La Vega
		Monseñor Nouel
		Sánchez Ramírez
Sur	Valdesia[8]	Azua
		Peravia
		San José de Ocoa
		San Cristóbal
	El Valle[9]	Elías Piña
		San Juan
	Enriquillo[10]	Barahona
		Bahoruco
		Independencia
		Pedernales
Este/Sureste	Ozama[11]	Distrito Nacional
		Santo Domingo
	Higüamo[12]	Hato Mayor
		Monte Plata
		San Pedro de Macorís
	Yuma[13]	El Seibo
		La Romana
		La Altagracia

References

1. "Los cambios territoriales a partir de la segunda mitad del siglo XX" (in Spanish). Educando. March 2007. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
2. Marcano, José E. "División regional de la República Dominicana". Jmarcano.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 January 2015.
3. Montero Sánchez, Juan A. "La división política del territorio dominicano, desde su constitución como Estado hasta 2013" (in Spanish). Observatorio Político Dominicano. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
4. "Region Cibao Nordeste". Retrieved 2009.
5. "Region Cibao Noroeste". Retrieved 2009.
6. "Region Cibao Norte". Retrieved 2009.
7. "Region Cibao Sur". Retrieved 2009.
8. "Region Valdesia". Retrieved 2009.
9. "Region El Valle". Retrieved 2009.
10. "Region Enriquillo". Retrieved 2009.
11. "Region Ozama". Retrieved 2009.
12. "Region Higüamo". Retrieved 2009.
13. "Region Del Yuma". Retrieved 2009.