Provinces of the Dominican Republic provinces and their capital cities. The population figures are from the 2014 population estimate. Provinces of the Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic is divided into thirty–one "provincias" (provinces; singular "provincia"), while the national capital, Santo Domingo, is contained within its own Distrito Nacional ("National District"; "D.N." on the map below). The division of the country into provinces is laid down in the constitution (Title I, Section II, Article 5) and enacted by law. The latter is currently Law 5220 on the Territorial Division of the Dominican Republic ("Ley No. 5220 sobre División Territorial de la República Dominicana"), issued 1959 and
Ministries of the Dominican Republic first executive branch having been established in the first Constitution of the Dominican Republic in November, 1844. Ministries are analogous to Departments and Secretaries of State in others nations. Different from what happens in other countries, by constitutional specification, not minister formed part of line of succession, reserves for the Vice President and the President of the Supreme Court of Justice. The heads of the ministries, known as Ministers of their respective department, form the traditional Cabinet of the Dominican Republic, an executive organ that serves at the disposal of the president for the coordination of the government affairs and