Greater Santo Domingo (Spanish: Gran Santo Domingo) is a term commonly used referring to the metropolitan area of Santo Domingo[1] in the Dominican Republic.
Greater Santo Domingo | |
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| Gran Santo Domingo (Spanish) | |
 From top to bottom, from left to right: Panoramic Image of the City, Fortaleza Ozama, Parque a Colón, Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD), Obelisk of George Washington Avenue (the Malecón), The National Palace of the Dominican Republic, Las Américas International Airport. | |
| Motto(s): "Ciudad Primada de América" (in Spanish) ("First City of America") | |
 Interactive Map of Greater Santo Domingo
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| Country |  Dominican Republic |
| District | Distrito Nacional Santo Domingo Santo Domingo Province |
| Largest city | Santo Domingo |
| Other cities | - Boca Chica - Los Alcarrizos - Pedro Brand - San Antonio de Guerra - Santo Domingo Este - Santo Domingo Norte - Santo Domingo Oeste |
| Named for | Saint Dominic |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
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).[2]
This metropolitan area also could include several more municipalities.
Greater Santo Domingo: (Spanish: Gran Santo Domingo)
- Santo Domingo Este (East)
- Santo Domingo Oeste (West)
- Santo Domingo Norte (North)
- Distrito Nacional (National District)
- Santo Domingo de Guzman
- 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 de Guzman
Santo Domingo Metropolitan Area
- Greater Santo Domingo
- Bajos de Haina
- San Cristobal
References
edit- ^ GRAN SANTO DOMINGO - Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (PDF) (February, 2019)
- ^ 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" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2007-05-18. Retrieved 2007-03-08.
External links
edit- (in Spanish) Map of the area by the National Statistical Office (ONE) download in PDF format