Cities in the Dominican Republic , in accordance with the definition of urban population for purposes of the 2002 census, [1] are the urban centers and seats (cabeceras literally heads) of municipalities ( municipios singular municipio), the sec level political and administrative subdivisions of the country, or of municipal districts (distritos municipales) within them.
Santo Domingo may refer to Santo Domingo de Guzmán, the sole municipality of the Distrito Nacional, or the metropolitan area of Santo Domingo spread over several municipalities, which as such is not an administrative or political entity. The 2002 census does not give data for metropolitan areas. Sources give different figures for the metropolitan areas population as of 2002 ranging from 1,887,586 [2] to 2,054,516 [3] or 1,840,000 (2000). [4] As the law about the creation of the Santo Domingo province, split from the Distrito Nacional in 2001, does refer to the cities of Santo Domingo de Guzmán, Santo Domingo Este, Santo Domingo Norte and Santo Domingo Oeste as former parts of the city of Santo Domingo for comparison the aggregated population of this cities is given as Santo Domingo (metropolitan) in the following table. [5]
 |
The following is a table of cities with more than 20,000 inhabitants in the Dominican Republic. Population figures are as of the 2010 census.
| City | Province | Population | Notes June 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santo Domingo de Guzmán | Distrito Nacional | 2,987,013 | |
| Santiago de los Caballeros | Santiago | 1,329,091 | Three additional municipal districts |
| Santo Domingo Este | Santo Domingo | 624,704 | One additional municipal district |
| Santo Domingo Norte | Santo Domingo | 286,912 | |
| Santo Domingo Oeste | Santo Domingo | 701,847 | |
| San Felipe de Puerto Plata | Puerto Plata | 277,981 | One additional municipal district |
| Concepción de la Vega | La Vega | 220,279 | One additional municipal district |
| San Pedro de Macorís | San Pedro de Macorís | 193,713 | One new municipality created |
| La Romana | La Romana | 191,303 | One additional municipal district, also one new municipality created |
| Los Alcarrizos (D.M.) | Santo Domingo | 166,930 | Municipality with two municipal districts |
| San Francisco de Macorís | Duarte | 163,980 | |
| San Cristóbal | San Cristóbal | 137,422 | One additional municipal district |
| Salvaleón de Higüey | La Altagracia | 103,502 | |
| Santa Cruz de Barahona | Barahona | 74,958 | One additional municipal district |
| Bonao | Monseñor Nouel | 72,821 | Three additional municipal districts |
| San Juan de la Maguana | San Juan | 70,969 | Eight additional municipal districts |
| Baní | Peravia | 61,864 | Four additional municipal districts |
| Bajos de Haina | San Cristóbal | 61,400 | |
| Moca | Espaillat | 59,174 | Five additional municipal districts |
| Azua de Compostela | Azua | 56,453 | Eight additional municipal districts |
| Mao | Valverde | 47,828 | |
| Boca Chica | Santo Domingo | 46,385 | One additional municipal district |
| Punta Cana | La Altagracia | 43,982 | |
| Cotuí | Sánchez Ramírez | 42,115 | One additional municipal district |
| Esperanza | Valverde | 41,189 | One additional municipal district |
| Villa Altagracia | San Cristóbal | 36,791 | Three additional municipal districts |
| Hato Mayor del Rey | Hato Mayor | 34,006 | |
| Nagua | María Trinidad Sánchez | 32,035 | Two additional municipal districts |
| Villa Bisonó | Santiago | 29,723 | |
| Jarabacoa | La Vega | 27,370 | One additional municipal district |
| Constanza | La Vega | 27,090 | One additional municipal district |
| Consuelo | San Pedro de Macorís | 25,034 | |
| Pedro Brand (D.M.) | Santo Domingo | 22,695 | Municipality with two municipal districts |
| Santa Cruz del Seibo | El Seibo | 22,489 | One additional municipal district |
| Tamboril | Santiago | 21,939 | |
| Las Matas de Farfán | San Juan | 21,271 | One additional municipal district |
| San José de Ocoa | San José de Ocoa | 21,226 | Two additional municipal districts |
