Greater Santo Domingo Area

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

The Ozama River looking Northward. The city of Santo Domingo De Guzman(D.N) to the West, and Santo Domingo Este(Santo Domingo Province)to the East

Naco Neighborhood in Santo Domingo De Guzman, D.N

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)

• Santo Domingo province

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 National District not part of any of the provinces. Before 2001 the capital of the Republic included what today is known as the Santo Domingo Province. When the law was established, it ripped the Santo Domingo Province out of the National District to enclose the Capital into today's present limits, the term Greater Santo Domingo was created.

San Cristobal-Haina-Santo Domingo

• Greater Santo Domingo
• Bajos de Haina
• San Cristobal

Bajos De Haina, San Cristobal, Greater Santo Domingo are the three major cities of the area.

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• (Spanish) Map of the area by the National Statistical Office (ONE) download in PDF format