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Santo Domingo de Guzman is the capital of the Dominican Republic, enclosed as the only city in the Distrito Nacional. When the law was established, it ripped the Santo Domingo Province out of the Distrito Nacional to enclose the Capital into today's present limits, the term Greater Santo Domingo was created.
Santo Domingo (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsanto ðoˈmiŋɡo] meaning "Saint Dominic" but verbatim "Holy Sunday"), once known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, known as Ciudad Trujillo between 1936 and 1961, is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population. [7]
The provinces as the second level of political and administrative division contain at least two municipalities. The Distrito Nacional, which is neither a municipality nor a province, consists of only one municipality, Santo Domingo (Constitution: "the city of Santo Domingo de Guzmán is the Distrito Nacional" [5]).
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic skyline. Santo Domingo may refer to Santo Domingo de Guzmán, the sole municipality of the Distrito Nacional, or the metropolitan area of Santo Domingo spread over several municipalities, which as such is not an administrative or political entity. The 2002 census does not give data for metropolitan areas.
Rank Metropolitan area Population Year Country 1 Santo Domingo: 3,798,699 [1]: 2022 Dominican Republic 2 Havana: 3,349,290 [2]: 2023 Cuba 3 Port-au-Prince: 2,618,894 ...
The Distrito Nacional (Spanish pronunciation: [disˈtɾito nasjoˈnal]; 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.
Overall the system is centered around Greater Santo Domingo, where the country's capital is located. According to MOPC there are 1,395 km (867 miles) of main highways, 2,412 km (1,499 miles) of secondary highways and 1,620 km (1,007 miles) of tertiary or regional highways.
Santo Domingo Dominican Republic: 4,274,651 2022 [6] Seattle United States: 4,032,242 2022 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area [2] Minneapolis–St. Paul United States: 3,691,666 2022 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area [2] Tampa Bay Area United States: 3,291,341 2022 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area [2] Puebla ...