List of cities in the Dominican Republic
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Cities in the Dominican Republic, in accordance with the definition of urban population for purposes of the 2002 census [1], are the urban centers and seats (cabeceras literally heads) of municipalities (municipios singular municipio), the second level political and administrative subdivisions of the country, or of municipal districts (distritos municipal) within them.
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[edit] Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo may refer to Santo Dominigo de Guzmán, the sole municipality of the Distrito Nacional, or the metropolitan area of Santo Doming spread over several municipalities, which as such is not an administrative or political entity. The 2002 census does not give data for metropolitan areas. Sources give different figures for the metropolitan areas population as of 2002 ranging from 1,887,586[2] to 2,054,516[3] or 1,840,000 (2000)[4]. As the law about the creation of the Santo Domingo province, split from the Distrito Nacional in 2001, does refer to the cities of Santo Dominigo de Guzmán, Santo Domingo Este, Santo Domingo Norte and Santo Domingo Oeste as former parts of the city of Santo Domingo for comparison the aggregated population of this cities is given as Santo Domingo (metropolitan) in the following table.[5] [6]
[edit] Cities with population figures
The following is a table of cities with more than 10,000 inhabitants in the Dominican Republic. Population figures are as of the 2002 census. Cities which were at this time the seats of municipal districts and not municipalities are denoted with (D.M.).[1] Administrative changes concerning the listed cities up to June 2006 are noted.[7]
| City | Province | Population | Notes June 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santo Domingo (metropolitan) | Distrito Nacional, Santo Domingo | 1,887,586 | For comparison only |
| Santo Domingo de Guzmán | Distrito Nacional | 913,540 | |
| Santiago de los Caballeros | Santiago | 507,418 | Two additional municipal districts |
| Santo Domingo Este | Santo Domingo | 480,749 | One additional municipal district |
| Santo Domingo Norte | Santo Domingo | 266,987 | |
| Santo Domingo Oeste | Santo Domingo | 226,310 | |
| San Pedro de Macorís | San Pedro de Macorís | 193,713 | One new municipality created |
| La Romana | La Romana | 191,303 | One additional municipal district, also one new municipality created |
| Los Alcarrizos (D.M.) | Santo Domingo | 166,930 | Municipality with two municipal districts |
| San Francisco de Macoris | Duarte | 163,980 | |
| San Cristóbal | San Cristóbal | 137,422 | One additional municipal district |
| San Felipe de Puerto Plata | Puerto Plata | 112,036 | One additional municipal district |
| Salvaleón de Higüey | La Altagracia | 103,502 | |
| Concepción de la Vega | La Vega | 98,386 | One additional municipal district |
| Santa Cruz de Barahona | Barahona | 74,958 | One additional municipal district |
| Bonao | Monseñor Nouel | 72,821 | Three additional municipal districts |
| San Juan de la Maguana | San Juan | 70,969 | Eight additional municipal districts |
| Baní | Peravia | 61,864 | Four additional municipal districts |
| Bajos de Haina | San Cristóbal | 61,400 | |
| Moca | Espaillat | 59,174 | Five additional municipal districts |
| Azua de Compostela | Azua | 56,453 | Eight additional municipal districts |
| Mao | Valverde | 47,828 | |
| Boca Chica | Santo Domingo | 46,385 | One additional municipal district |
| Cotuí | Sánchez Ramírez | 42,115 | One additional municipal district |
| Esperanza | Valverde | 41,189 | One additional municipal district |
| Villa Altagracia | San Cristóbal | 36,791 | Three additional municipal districts |
| Hato Mayor del Rey | Hato Mayor | 34,006 | |
| Nagua | María Trinidad Sánchez | 32,035 | Two additional municipal districts |
| Bisono | Santiago | 29,723 | |
| Jarabacoa | La Vega | 27,370 | One additional municipal district |
| Constanza | La Vega | 27,090 | One additional municipal district |
| Consuelo | San Pedro de Macorís | 25,034 | |
| Pedro Brand (D.M.) | Santo Domingo | 22,695 | Municipality with two municipal districts |
| Santa Cruz del Seibo | El Seibo | 22,489 | One additional municipal district |
| Tamboril | Santiago | 21,939 | |
| Las Matas de Farfán | San Juan | 21,271 | One additional municipal district |
| San José de Ocoa | San José de Ocoa | 21,226 | Two additional municipal districts |
| Bayaguana | Monte Plata | 19,351 | |
| Hato del Yaque (D.M.) | Santiago | 18,354 | |
| Neyba | Baoruco | 18,305 | |
| Dajabón | Dajabón | 16,328 | One additional municipal district |
| Sabana Grande de Boyá | Monte Plata | 16,291 | |
| San Ignacio de Sabaneta | Santiago Rodríguez | 16,270 | |
| Quisqueya | San Pedro de Macorís | 15,912 | |
| San Fernando de Monte Cristi | Monte Cristi | 15,629 | |
| Monte Plata | Monte Plata | 14,850 | Two additional municipal districts |
| Maimón | Monseñor Nouel | 14,514 | |
| Sabana de la Mar | Hato Mayor | 13,495 | |
| La Victoria (D.M.) | Santo Domingo | 13,112 | |
| Cambita Garabitos | San Cristóbal | 12,519 | One additional municipal district |
| Cabral | Barahona | 12,175 | |
| Duvergé | Independencia | 12,053 | One additional municipal district |
| Salcedo | Hermanas Mirabal Province | 11,994 | One additional municipal district |
| San Antonio de Guerra (D.M.) | Santo Domingo | 11,553 | Municipality with one municipal district |
| Yamasá | Monte Plata | 11,400 | |
| Comendador | Elías Piña | 11,391 | Two additional municipal districts |
| Villa Vásquez | Monte Cristi | 11,353 | |
| Sánchez | Samaná | 11,058 | |
| Vicente Noble | Barahona | 10,848 | Two additional municipal districts |
| San Gregorio de Nigua | San Cristóbal | 10,798 | |
| Samana | Samaná | 10,692 | Three additional municipal districts |
| Sabana Yegua (D.M.) | Azua | 10,395 | Municipality with two municipal districts |
| Pedernales | Pedernales | 10,339 | One additional municipal district |
| La Mata (D.M.) | Sánchez Ramírez | 10,034 | Municipality with two municipal districts |
 Nizao |
 Puerto Plata |
 Coastline of Monte Cristi |
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[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b Oficina Nacional de Estadística. Resultados Definitivos VIII Censo Poplación y Vivienda 2002 Resultados Generales Vol I (PDF) (Spanish). Retrieved on 2007-01-24.
- ^ Thomas Brinkhoff - Citypopulation.de. Dominican Republic - City Population. Retrieved on 2007-03-08.
- ^ Stefan Helders - World Gazetteer. Dominican Republic: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population. Retrieved on 2007-03-08.
- ^ United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects - The 2005 Revision Population Database. Retrieved on 2007-03-08.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Oficina Nacional de Estadística. MAPA POLITICO ADMINISTRATIVO DE LA PROVINCIA SANTO DOMINGO (PDF) (Spanish). Retrieved on 2007-03-10.
- ^ Oficina Nacional de Estadistica, Departamento de Cartografia, Division de Limites y Linderos. Listado de Codigos de Provincias, Municipio y Distritos Municipales, Actualizada a Junio 20 del 2006 (Spanish). Retrieved on 2007-01-24.
[edit] External links
- (Spanish) Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Statistics Portal of the Dominican Republic
- (Spanish) Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Maps about the administrative division of the Dominican Republic, downloadable in PDF format
- (Spanish) Federación Dominicana de Municipios - FEDOMU, Dominican federation of municipalities
- World Gazetteer - Cities in the Dominican Republic
- City Population - Dominican Republic
