Greater Santo Domingo Area

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Greater Santo Domingo is a term commonly used referring to the metropolitan area of Santo Domingo de Guzmán in the Dominican Republic.

Metropolitan area.
Metropolitan area.

This may be the Santo Domingo province together with the Distrito Nacional. Before 2001 the Distrito Nacional included the Santo Domingo Province. For administrative and urbanization purpose the Santo Domingo province was split from Distrito Nacional which was made much smaller than before being enclosed by the Santo Domingo province and the Caribbean Sea (south coast).[1]

This metropolitan area also could include several more municipalities.

  • Greater Santo Domingo: (Spanish: Gran Santo Domingo)
  1. Santo Domingo province
  2. Distrito Nacional

More Commonly used

  • San Cristobal-Haina-Santo Domingo
  1. Santo Domingo province
  2. Distrito Nacional
  3. Bajos de Haina
  4. San Cristobal
  5. Boca Chica

The Three Major cities of the area

[edit] References

  1. ^ EL CONGRESO NACIONAL. Ley No. 163-01 que crea la provincia de Santo Domingo, y modifica los Artículos 1 y 2 de la Ley No. 5220, sobre División Territorial de la República Dominicana. (Spanish). Retrieved on 2007-03-08.

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