List of cities in the Dominican Republic
Cities in the Dominican Republic, in accordance with the definition of urban population for purposes of the 2002 census, 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.
Map of the Dominican Republic.
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic skyline.
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 to 2,054,516 or 1,840,000 (2000). 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.
Dominican Cities with population figures
This section does not cite any sources. (February 2024)
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
2,987,013
1,329,091
three additional municipal districts
624,704
One additional municipal district
286,912
701,847
277,981
One additional municipal district
220,279
One additional municipal district
193,713
One new municipality created
191,303
One additional municipal district, also one new municipality created
Los Alcarrizos (D.M.)
166,930
Municipality with two municipal districts
163,980
137,422
One additional municipal district
103,502
74,958
One additional municipal district
72,821
Three additional municipal districts
70,969
Eight additional municipal districts
61,864
Four additional municipal districts
61,400
59,174
Five additional municipal districts
56,453
Eight additional municipal districts
47,828
46,385
One additional municipal district
43,982
42,115
One additional municipal district
41,189
One additional municipal district
36,791
Three additional municipal districts
34,006
32,035
Two additional municipal districts
29,723
27,370
One additional municipal district
27,090
One additional municipal district
25,034
Pedro Brand (D.M.)
22,695
Municipality with two municipal districts
22,489
One additional municipal district
21,939
21,271
One additional municipal district
21,226
Two additional municipal districts
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Subcategories
This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
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Municipalities of the Dominican Republic (2 C, 161 P)
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Provinces of the Dominican Republic (34 C, 38 P)
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Administrative regions of the Dominican Republic by GDP
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Geographic regions of the Dominican Republic
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List of municipalities of the Dominican Republic
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Municipal district
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Provinces of the Dominican Republic