Cambita Garabitos is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
(''
municipio
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'') of the
San Cristóbal province
San Cristóbal () is a province in the southern region of Dominican Republic, located west of the capital Santo Domingo. With approximately 642,000 inhabitants, it is the fourth most populated province in the country, only behind Santo Domingo, S ...
in the
Dominican Republic
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.
As of the 2012 census the municipality had 42,589 inhabitants, 23,930 living in the
city
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
itself and 18,659 in its rural
district
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s (''Secciones'').
For comparison with other municipalities and municipal districts see the
.
References
Populated places in San Cristóbal Province
Municipalities of the Dominican Republic
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