Santo Domingo Norte

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Santo Domingo Norte
Santo Domingo Norte in the Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 18°33′N69°54′W / 18.550°N 69.900°W / 18.550; -69.900
CountryFlag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
Province Santo Domingo
Municipality since2001
Area
[1]
  Total388.96 km2 (150.18 sq mi)
Population
 (2022) [2]
  Total674,274
  Density1,700/km2 (4,500/sq mi)
Municipal Districts 1
Website www.asdn.gov.do

Santo Domingo Norte is a municipality of the Santo Domingo Province in the Dominican Republic. There is one municipal district (distrito municipal) within the municipality: La Victoria. [3]

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Overview

Santo Domingo Norte was created as a municipality in 2001 by Law 163-01 splitting the Santo Domingo province from the Distrito Nacional including those parts of metropolitan Santo Domingo north of the Isabela River. [4] [5]

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References

  1. Superficies a nivel de municipios, Oficina Nacional de Estadística Archived April 17, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Citypopulation, Santo Domingo province
  3. Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Departamento de Cartografia, División de Límites y Linderos. "Listado de Códigos de Provincias, Municipios y Distritos Municipales, Actualizada a Junio 20 del 2006" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2007-03-14. Retrieved 2007-01-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  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. "Municipio SDN, rico en historia, pero con un pobre desarrollo". El Día. 2019-10-16. Retrieved 2024-04-21.