Santo Domingo Oeste

Santo Domingo Oeste
Coat of arms of Santo Domingo Oeste
Santo Domingo Oeste is located in the Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo Oeste
Santo Domingo Oeste
Santo Domingo Oeste in the Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 18°30′0″N 70°0′0″W / 18.50000°N 70.00000°W / 18.50000; -70.00000
Country Dominican Republic
ProvinceSanto Domingo
Municipality since2001
Area
 • Total census54.10 km2 (20.89 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
 • Total census410,578
 • Density7,600/km2 (20,000/sq mi)
Municipal Districts
0
Websitehttp://www.asdo.gov.do/web/

Santo Domingo Oeste is a municipality of the Santo Domingo province in the Dominican Republic. It is part of the greater Santo Domingo metropolitan area, which is the de facto co-capital of the Dominican Republic as seat of the Constitutional Court and the Central Electoral Commission.[3]

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).[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ Superficies a nivel de municipios, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica Archived 2009-04-17 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Citypopulation, Santo Domingo Oeste municipality
  3. ^ "¿Cómo se pobló Santo Domingo Oeste?". Acento (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-04-21.
  4. ^ 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. Retrieved 2007-03-08.
  5. ^ "Historia : Ayuntamiento Municipal de Santo Domingo Este". ayuntamientosde.gob.do. Retrieved 2024-04-13.