Villa Francisca

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Villa Francisca
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Villa Francisca
Coordinates: 18°30′N69°59′W / 18.500°N 69.983°W / 18.500; -69.983 Coordinates: 18°30′N69°59′W / 18.500°N 69.983°W / 18.500; -69.983
Country Dominican Republic
Province Distrito Nacional
Government
  MayorDavid Collado
Population
 (2008)
  Total50,185
Time zone UTC-4 UTC
  Summer (DST) UTCNone
Website http://www.adn.gov.do/

Villa Francisca is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic. This neighborhood is populated in particular by individuals from the lower middle class.

In colonial times, Villa Francisca was then known as Galindo. In the literary work Cosas Añejas , by César Nicolás Penson, there is a mention to the case of the young virgin sisters that were brutally murdered in Galindo.

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