Santo Domingo () is a
province
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of 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 ...
. 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 wa ...
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' ...
(''
municipio
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In English, a municipality often is define ...
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 2022 census it had 167,040 inhabitan ...
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La Caleta (D.M.)
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Los Alcarrizos Los Alcarrizos is a Municipalities of the Dominican Republic, municipality (''municipio'') of the Santo Domingo Province, Santo Domingo province in the Dominican Republic. Within the municipality there are the following municipal districts (''distr ...
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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
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San Luis (D.M.)
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Santo Domingo Norte
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La Victoria (D.M.)
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Santo Domingo Oeste
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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
PDF
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format
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Provinces of the Dominican Republic
States and territories established in 2001
2001 establishments in the Dominican Republic