Santo Domingo Province

For other uses, see Santo Domingo (disambiguation).

Santo Domingo (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsanto ðoˈmiŋɡo]) is a province of the Dominican Republic. It was split from the Distrito Nacional on October 16, 2001.^[2]

Santo Domingo
Province
Location of the Santo Domingo Province
Coordinates: 18°32′48″N 69°49′31″W
Country	Dominican Republic
Province since	2001
Capital	Santo Domingo Este
Government
• Type	Subdivisions
• Body	8 municipalities 7 municipal districts
• Congresspersons	1 Senator 36 Deputies
Area
• Total	1,296.35 km2 (500.52 sq mi)
Population  (2022 census)
• Total	2,769,589[1]
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
Area code	1–809 1–829 1–849
ISO 3166-2	DO-32
Postal Code	10700 to 11999

Municipalities and municipal districts

As of June 20, 2006, the province is divided into the following municipalities (municipios) and municipal districts (distrito municipal – D. M.) within them:^[3]

• Boca Chica
  • La Caleta (D.M.)
• Los Alcarrizos
  • Palmarejo-Villa Linda (D.M.)
  • Pantoja (D.M.)
• Pedro Brand
  • La Cuaba (D.M.)
  • La Guáyiga (D.M.)
• San Antonio de Guerra
  • Hato Viejo (D.M.)
• 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 municipal districts. Rural population are those living in the districts (Secciones literally sections) and neighborhoods (Parajes literally places) outside of them.^[4]

Name	Total population	Urban population	Rural population
Los Alcarrizos	263,861	181,175	82,686
Boca Chica	123,510	53,326	70,184
Pedro Brand	103,685	72,366	31,319
San Antonio de Guerra	102,586	59,631	42,955
San Luis[citation needed]	301,062	203,209	97,853
Santo Domingo Este	701,269	402,901	298,368
Santo Domingo Norte	705,983	589,047	116,936
Santo Domingo Oeste	693,255	557,999	135,256
Santo Domingo province	2,995,211	2,119,654	875,557

For comparison with the municipalities and municipal districts of other provinces see the list of municipalities and municipal districts of the Dominican Republic.