Greater Santo Domingo Area

Greater Santo Domingo Area

Greater Santo Domingo is a term commonly used referring to the metropolitan area of Santo Domingo de Guzmán in the Dominican Republic.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). [cite web |url=http://www.informejudicial.com/leyes/Division%20Territorial/Ley%20163-01,%20crea%20Provincia%20Santo%20Domingo%20y%20Modifica%20Articulos%201%20y%202%20Ley%205220.htm|title=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.|author=EL CONGRESO NACIONAL|language=Spanish|accessdate=2007-03-08]

This metropolitan area also could include several more municipalities.

Greater Santo Domingo: ( _es. 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, and at the same time is 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.

References

External links

*es [http://www.one.gob.do/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=294 Map of the area by the National Statistical Office (ONE)] download in PDF format


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