Santo Domingo () is a
province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...
of the
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares wit ...
. It was split from the
Distrito Nacional
The Distrito Nacional (; D.N.) is a subdivision of the Dominican Republic enclosing the capital Santo Domingo. It is not in any of the provinces, but in practice, it acts as a province on its own. Before October 16, 2001, the Distrito Nacional was ...
on October 16, 2001.
Municipalities and municipal districts
As of June 20, 2006, the province is divided into the following
municipalities
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
(''
municipio
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s'') and municipal districts (''distrito municipal'' – D. M.) within them:
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Boca Chica
Boca Chica is a municipality (''municipio'') of the Santo Domingo province in the Dominican Republic. Within the municipality there is one municipal district (''distritos municipal''): La Caleta. As of the 2012 census it had 123,510 inhabitant ...
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La Caleta (D.M.)
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Los Alcarrizos Los Alcarrizos is a municipality (''municipio'') of the Santo Domingo province in the Dominican Republic. Within the municipality there are the following municipal districts (''distritos municipales''): Palmarejo-Villa Linda and Pantoja.
For co ...
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Palmarejo-Villa Linda (D.M.)
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Pantoja (D.M.)
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Pedro Brand
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La Cuaba (D.M.)
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La Guáyiga (D.M.)
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San Antonio de Guerra
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Hato Viejo (D.M.)
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Santo Domingo Este
Santo Domingo Este is a municipality and the provincial capital of the Santo Domingo province in the Dominican Republic. It has one municipal district (''distrito municipal''), San Luis.
Santo Domingo Este is across the Ozama River which divides ...
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San Luis (D.M.)
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Santo Domingo Norte
Santo Domingo Norte is a municipality of the Santo Domingo Province in the Dominican Republic. There is one municipal district (''distrito municipal'') within the municipality: La Victoria.
Overview
Santo Domingo Norte was created as a municipal ...
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La Victoria (D.M.)
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Santo Domingo Oeste
Santo Domingo Oeste is a municipality of the Santo Domingo province in the Dominican Republic. It is part of the greater Santo Domingo metropolitan area, which is the de facto co-capital of the Dominican Republic as seat of the Constitutional Co ...
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Instituto (D.M.)
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'' literally sections) and neighborhoods (''Parajes'' literally places) outside of them.
For comparison with the municipalities and municipal districts of other provinces see the
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References
External links
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Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Statistics Portal of the Dominican Republic*
Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Maps with administrative division of the provinces of the Dominican Republic downloadable in
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Provinces of the Dominican Republic
States and territories established in 2001
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