Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
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Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 2,253,437 in 2006. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River. Founded by Bartholomew Columbus in 1496, it is the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the Americas, and was the first seat of Spanish colonial rule in the New World. It lies within the boundaries of the Distrito Nacional (D.N.; “National District”), itself bordered on three sides by Santo Domingo Province.
Places near Santo Domingo...
- Dominican Republic (25 miles away)
- La Romana, Dominican Republic (60 miles away)
- Sta. Barbara de Samana, Dominican Republic (62 miles away)
- Bayahibe, Dominican Republic (69 miles away)
- La Altagracia (83 miles away)
- Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic (86 miles away)
- Sosua, Dominican Republic (97 miles away)
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (100 miles away)
- Punta Cana Airport (101 miles away)
- San Felipe de Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic (105 miles away)

Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo City - Part 1