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Distrito Nacional. 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. Before October 16, 2001, the Distrito Nacional was much larger, including what is ...
El Seibo is one of the oldest towns in the country, it was created by the Constitution of November 6, 1844 although it already existed as a territorial division since colonial times, for this reason its foundation dates back to 1502 by the Spanish conqueror Juan de Esquivel. The name of Seibo comes from a tribal chief of Taino race.
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 Dominican Republic is divided into thirty-one provincias ( provinces; singular provincia ), while the national capital, Santo Domingo, is contained within its own Distrito Nacional ("National District"; "D.N." on the map below). The division of the country into provinces is laid down in the constitution (Title I, Section II, Article 5) [1 ...
The municipalities of the Dominican Republic are, after the regions and the provinces, the third level of the political and administrative division of the Dominican Republic . The division of provinces into municipalities ( municipios) is established in the Constitution [1] and further regulated by Law 5220 on the Territorial Division of the ...
The Santo Domingo Metro ( Spanish: Metro de Santo Domingo) is a rapid transit system in Greater Santo Domingo. Serving the capital of the Dominican Republic, it is the most extensive metro system in the insular Caribbean and Central American region by length and number of stations. It began operation on January 30, 2009.
Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province. / 0.333°S 79.250°W / -0.333; -79.250. Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˌsanto ðoˈmiŋgo ðe los ˈtsatʃilas]) [ 4] is a province in the Republic of Ecuador, created in October 2007 from territory previously in the province of Pichincha .
Santo Domingo Este. San Luis (D.M.) Santo Domingo Norte. La Victoria (D.M.) Santo Domingo Oeste. 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 ...