Santo Domingo Norte is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

of the

Santo Domingo Province Santo Domingo () is a province of the Dominican Republic. It was split from the Distrito Nacional on October 16, 2001. Municipalities and municipal districts As of June 20, 2006, the province is divided into the following municipalities (''mu ...

in the

Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean. It shares a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Puerto Rico to the east and ...

. There is one

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(''distrito municipal'') within the municipality: La Victoria.

Overview

Santo Domingo Norte was created as a municipality in 2001 by Law 163-01 splitting the Santo Domingo province from the Distrito Nacional including those parts of metropolitan

Santo Domingo Santo Domingo, formerly known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the List of metropolitan areas in the Caribbean, largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population. the Distrito Na ...

north of the

Isabela River The Isabela River is a river of the Dominican Republic. This rises in Loma Siete Cabezas in the Sierra de Yamasá, inland of the island and empties into the Caribbean Sea, crossing through the port of Santo Domingo. See also *List of rivers of th ...

References

Populated places in Santo Domingo Province Municipalities of the Dominican Republic {{Municipalities of the Dominican Republic