Monte Cristi Province
Name Total population Urban population Rural population
Castañuela 14,878 4,005 10,873
Guayubín 32,586 5,899 26,687
Las Matas de Santa Cruz 18,756 9,515 9,241
Pepillo Salcedo 11,588 4,983 6,605
San Fernando de Monte Cristi 42,657 26,868 15,789
Villa Vásquez 15,245 12,191 3,054
Monte Cristi province 135,710 63,461 72,249
Municipalities and municipal districts
The province as of June 20 , 2006 is divided into the following municipalities ( municipios ) and municipal districts ( distrito municipal , D.M . ) in them : [ 1 ] Castañuela Palo Verde ( D.M . ) Guayubín Cana Chapetón ( D.M . ) Hatillo Palma ( D.M . ) Villa Elisa ( D.M . ) Las Matas de Santa Cruz Pepillo Salcedo San Fernando de Monte Cristi Villa Vásquez The following is a sortable table of the municipalities and municipal districts with population figures as of the 2012 census . Urban population are those living in the seats ( cabeceras literally heads ) of municipalities or of municipal districts . Rural population are those living in the districts ( secciones : sections ) and neighborhoods ( parajes : stops ) outside of them . [ 2 ]
Monte Cristi (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmonte ˈkɾisti]) is a province in the northwest of the Dominican Republic. The capital city is San Fernando de Monte Cristi (usually simply Monte Cristi). The spelling Montecristi is also seen.