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Santo Domingo
18.47° N, 69.90° W
- Population
- 2,154,000
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 1 of 30
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 30 cities of Dominican Republic in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Dominican Republic, so this is not a national ranking.
- Founded
- 1496
- Year of founding from Wikidata (P571). Only the year is known, not the day; a city whose sources give more than one year shows no row.
- Elevation
- 14 m
- Elevation above sea level from Wikidata (P2044), rounded to the metre. A city whose sources give two different elevations shows no row.
- Area
- 1,302 km²
- Total area from Wikidata (P2046). Where two statements differ by less than half a percent the smaller is shown; a larger disagreement (land area against total area, say) shows no row.
- Administrative unit
- Distrito Nacional
- The administrative unit Wikidata files this city under (P131), one level below the state. The state itself is shown on its own row and is not repeated here; a city filed under more than three units shows no row at all.
- Named after
- Saint Dominic
- Wikidata · P138 · checked 2026-09-20
- Time zone
- America/Bogota
Traveler brief
Only what this atlas can source — no hours, prices, visas or safety advice.
Practical bearings for Santo Domingo, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Santo Domingo have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
Santo Domingo was named after Saint Domingo de Guzman, founder of the Dominican Order; its original full name was "Santo Domingo de Guzman".
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person
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