Santo Domingo, once known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán and Ciudad Trujillo, is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population. As of 2022, the city and immediate surrounding area had a population of 1,973,664 while the total population is 4.579,536 when including Greater Santo Domingo. The city is coterminous with the boundaries of the Distrito Nacional, itself bordered on three sides by Santo Domingo Province.
The Distrito Nacional is a subdivision of the Dominican Republic enclosing the capital Santo Domingo. It is not in any of the provinces, but in practice, it acts as a province on its own. Before October 16, 2001, the Distrito Nacional was much larger, including what is now known as Santo Domingo Province. Published statistics and maps generally show the former, larger, Distrito Nacional. The Distrito Nacional has no rural or underdeveloped areas.
Angelo Reyes is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player. Reyes was born in New York he has played in the United States American Basketball Association, the Premier Basketball League, the Dominican Republic Liga Nacional de Baloncesto, the Mexico Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional, the Uruguayan Federacion Uruguaya de Basquetbol FUBB, the Australian National Basketball League, and the Puerto Rican Baloncesto Superior Nacional. Reyes has been a member of the Puerto Rican National Team since 2006.
San Carlos or San Carlos de Tenerife is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic. This old neighborhood is populated in particular by individuals from the middle class.
Yulianne Rodríguez Cruz is a women's basketball player from Cuba. Playing as a forward she won the gold medal with the Cuba women's national basketball team at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Actualmente juega para el equipo de baloncesto femenino Quetzales Sajoma Club, en la liga profesional Mexicana.
Carlos Alberto Morban Rivera is a professional basketball player from the Dominican Republic. He is a 6 ft 2 in and 190 lb (93 kg) guard who last played professionally for Mexican team Lobos Grises UAD.
Club Barcelona Atlético is a Dominican professional football team based in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Founded in 1989 as Bancredicard FC, the team changed its name to Club Barcelona Atlético in 2003. It currently plays in the Liga Dominicana de Fútbol.
Walker Dwayne Russell Jr. is an American former professional basketball point guard. A native of Pontiac, Michigan, he played college basketball for Chipola College and Jacksonville State University.
The Liga Nacional de Baloncesto (LNB) is the top men's professional basketball league in the Dominican Republic. Established in 2005, six teams compete annually between September and October.
The Santos de San Luis, is the professional basketball team of the city of San Luis Potosí, that participates in the most important mexican basketball league Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP).
Club Atlético Pantoja is a professional football team based in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Founded in 1999, the team is currently playing in the Liga Dominicana de Fútbol, the top division of Dominican football.
Sadiel Rojas is a Dominican-American professional basketball player who plays for UCAM Murcia in the Spanish league. Rojas played college basketball at Oklahoma Wesleyan University where he was the NAIA Division II Player of the Year as a senior in 2010–11.
Luis David Montero Carrasco is a Dominican professional basketball player for Las Fieras de La Villa in the Dominican Republic's Liga Nacional de Baloncesto. He was considered one of the top National Junior College Athletic Association players in the United States while at Westchester Community College in Valhalla, New York.
Titanes del Licey is a professional basketball team based in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The team currently plays in Dominican top division Liga Nacional de Baloncesto.
Metros de Santiago is a professional basketball team based in Santiago de los Caballeros, Santiago, Dominican Republic. The team currently plays in the Dominican top division Liga Nacional de Baloncesto.
Reales de La Vega is a professional basketball team based in La Vega Province, Dominican Republic. The team currently plays in the Dominican top division, Liga Nacional de Baloncesto.
Cañeros del Este is a professional basketball team based in La Romana, La Romana Province, Dominican Republic. The team currently plays in the Dominican top division Liga Nacional de Baloncesto.
Soles de Santo Domingo Este is a professional basketball team based in Santo Domingo Este, Santo Domingo Dominican Republic. The team currently plays in Dominican top division Liga Nacional de Baloncesto. The team was formerly known as Cocolos de San Pedro de Macorís and changed names and location upon new ownership.
Indios de San Francisco de Macorís is a professional basketball team based in San Francisco de Macorís, Duarte, Dominican Republic. The team currently plays in the Dominican top division Liga Nacional de Baloncesto.
Amaury Apolinar Filion Fernández is a Dominican former professional basketball player. A left-handed 2.06 m forward-center, Filion debuted in 1997 with Mauricio Báez, a club of Santo Domingo. He then moved to the United States, where he played at Artesia High School in Lakewood, California before going back to the Dominican Republic. Throughout his 20-year professional career, Filion has played in the Dominican Republic, France, Puerto Rico, Uruguay and Venezuela; in 2007 he was named the LIDOBA Finals MVP. A long-time member of the Dominican national team, he won the silver medal at the 2003 Pan American Games and the gold medal at the 2004 Centrobasket.
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