Cities in the Dominican Republic, in accordance with the definition of urban population for purposes of the 2002 census, are the urban centers and seats (cabeceras literally heads) of municipalities (municipios singular municipio), the sec level political and administrative subdivisions of the country, or of municipal districts (distritos municipales) within them.
Santo Domingo 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. Sources give different figures for the metropolitan areas population as of 2002 ranging from 1,887,586 to 2,054,516 or 1,840,000 (2000). As the law about the creation of the Santo Domingo province, split from the Distrito Nacional in 2001, does refer to the cities of Santo Domingo de Guzmán, Santo Domingo Este, Santo Domingo Norte and Santo Domingo Oeste as former parts of the city of Santo Domingo for comparison the aggregated population of this cities is given as Santo Domingo (metropolitan) in the following table. Cities with population figures The following is a table of cities with more than 20,000 inhabitants in the Dominican Republic. Population figures are as of the 2022 census.
City Population Male Female Santo Domingo de Guzmán Santiago Salvaleón de Higüey La Vega San Cristóbal Higüey San Pedro de Macorís San Francisco de Macorís Boca Chica Moca Puerto Plata Bajos de Haina San Francisco de Macorís Baní La Romana Puerto Plata Bonao San Juan Verón Punta Cana Villa Hermosa Azua Constanza Jarabacoa Tamboril Sosúa Monte Plata Hato Mayor Yaguate Bisonó Las Matas de Farfán Salcedo Gaspar Hernández Guayubín Samaná
Sources ONE.go.do
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See also Municipalities of the Dominican Republic
References
External links Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Statistics Portal of the Dominican Republic Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Maps about the administrative division of the Dominican Republic, downloadable in PDF format Federación Dominicana de Municipios - FEDOMU, Dominican federation of municipalities
City Population - Dominican Republic
2022 Census Dominican Government, ONE.gob.do