Santo Domingo Oeste
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Santo Domingo Oeste | |
|---|---|
 Santo Domingo Oeste
|
|
| Coordinates: 18°30′0″N 70°0′0″W / 18.5°N 70°WCoordinates: 18°30′0″N 70°0′0″W / 18.5°N 70°W | |
| Country |  Dominican Republic |
| Province | Santo Domingo |
| Municipality since | 2001 |
| Area[1] | |
| • Total | 57.47 km2 (22.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2002)[2] | |
| • Total | 701,847 |
| • Urban | 432,112 |
| Municipal Districts | 0 |
| Website | http://www.asdo.gov.do/web/ |
Santo Domingo Oeste is a municipality of the Santo Domingo province in the Dominican Republic. As of the 2008 census the municipality had 701,847 inhabitants, 432,112 living in the city itself and 269,735 in its rural districts (Secciones).[2]
For comparison with other municipalities and municipal districts see the list of municipalities and municipal districts of the Dominican Republic.
Santo Domingo Oeste was created as municipality in 2001 by law 163-01 splitting the Santo Domingo province from the Distrito Nacional including parts of metropolitan Santo Domingo west of the DR-1 (Autopista Duarte).[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Superficies a nivel de municipios, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica
- ^ a b Censo 2002 de Población y Vivienda, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica
- ^ 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. http://web.archive.org/web/20070518042944/http://www.informejudicial.com/leyes/Division+Territorial/Ley+163-01,+crea+Provincia+Santo+Domingo+y+Modifica+Articulos+1+y+2+Ley+5220.htm. Retrieved 2007-03-08.
 |
This Dominican Republic location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
