List of cities in the Dominican Republic

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Cities in the Dominican Republic, in accordance with the definition of urban population for purposes of the 2002 census,{{cite web |url=http://one.gob.do/censo/volumen_I_pdf.zip

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Santo Domingo

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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{{cite web |url=http://www.citypopulation.de/DomRep.html#DOM|title=Dominican Republic - City Population|author=Thomas Brinkhoff |website=Citypopulation.de|access-date=2007-03-08}} to 2,054,516{{cite web|url=http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&dat=32&srt=npan&col=aohdq&geo=-65 |title=Dominican Republic: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population |author=Stefan Helders |work=World Gazetteer |access-date=2007-03-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061110024531/http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&dat=32&geo=-65&srt=npan&col=aohdq |archive-date=November 10, 2006 }} or 1,840,000 (2000).{{cite web|url=http://esa.un.org/unup/p2k0data.asp|title=World Urbanization Prospects - The 2005 Revision Population Database|publisher=United Nations Population Division|access-date=2007-03-08|archive-date=2007-03-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310025702/http://esa.un.org/unup/p2k0data.asp|url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.informejudicial.com/leyes/Division%20Territorial/Ley%20163-01,%20crea%20Provincia%20Santo%20Domingo%20y%20Modifica%20Articulos%201%20y%202%20Ley%205220.htm|title=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.|publisher=El Congreso Nacional |language=es|access-date=2007-03-08 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070518042944/http://www.informejudicial.com/leyes/Division+Territorial/Ley+163-01,+crea+Provincia+Santo+Domingo+y+Modifica+Articulos+1+y+2+Ley+5220.htm |archive-date = 2007-05-18}}

Cities with population figures

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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.

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style="width:160px;"| City

! style="width:150px;"| Province

! Population

Notes June 2006
align="left"| Santo Domingo de Guzmán

|align="left"| Distrito Nacional

| {{nts|2,987,013}}

align="left"| Santiago de los Caballeros

|align="left"| Santiago

| {{nts|1,329,091}}

align="left"| three additional municipal districts
align="left"| Santo Domingo Este

|align="left"| Santo Domingo

| {{nts|624,704}}

align="left"| One additional municipal district
align="left"| Santo Domingo Norte

|align="left"| Santo Domingo

| {{nts|286,912}}

align="left"| Santo Domingo Oeste

|align="left"| Santo Domingo

| {{nts|701,847}}

align="left"| San Felipe de Puerto Plata

|align="left"| Puerto Plata

| {{nts|277981}}

align="left"| One additional municipal district
align="left"| Concepción de la Vega

|align="left"| La Vega

| {{nts|220279}}

align="left"| One additional municipal district
align="left"| San Pedro de Macorís

|align="left"| San Pedro de Macorís

| {{nts|193713}}

align="left"| One new municipality created
align="left"| La Romana

|align="left"| La Romana

| {{nts|191303}}

align="left"| One additional municipal district, also one new municipality created
align="left"| Los Alcarrizos (D.M.)

|align="left"| Santo Domingo

| {{nts|166930}}

align="left"| Municipality with two municipal districts
align="left"| San Francisco de Macoris

|align="left"| Duarte

| {{nts|163980}}

align="left"| San Cristóbal

|align="left"| San Cristóbal

| {{nts|137422}}

align="left"| One additional municipal district
align="left"| Salvaleón de Higüey

|align="left"| La Altagracia

| {{nts|103502}}

align="left"| Santa Cruz de Barahona

|align="left"| Barahona

| {{nts|74958}}

align="left"| One additional municipal district
align="left"| Bonao

|align="left"| Monseñor Nouel

| {{nts|72821}}

align="left"| Three additional municipal districts
align="left"| San Juan de la Maguana

|align="left"| San Juan

| {{nts|70969}}

align="left"| Eight additional municipal districts
align="left"| Baní

|align="left"| Peravia

| {{nts|61864}}

align="left"| Four additional municipal districts
align="left"| Bajos de Haina

|align="left"| San Cristóbal

| {{nts|61400}}

align="left"| Moca

|align="left"| Espaillat

| {{nts|59174}}

align="left"| Five additional municipal districts
align="left"| Azua de Compostela

|align="left"| Azua

| {{nts|56453}}

align="left"| Eight additional municipal districts
align="left"| Mao

|align="left"| Valverde

| {{nts|47828}}

align="left"| Boca Chica

|align="left"| Santo Domingo

| {{nts|46385}}

align="left"| One additional municipal district
align="left"| Punta Cana

|align="left"| La Altagracia

| {{nts|43982}}

align="left"| Cotuí

|align="left"| Sánchez Ramírez

| {{nts|42115}}

align="left"| One additional municipal district
align="left"| Esperanza

|align="left"| Valverde

| {{nts|41189}}

align="left"| One additional municipal district
align="left"| Villa Altagracia

|align="left"| San Cristóbal

| {{nts|36791}}

align="left"| Three additional municipal districts
align="left"| Hato Mayor del Rey

|align="left"| Hato Mayor

| {{nts|34006}}

align="left"| Nagua

|align="left"| María Trinidad Sánchez

| {{nts|32035}}

align="left"| Two additional municipal districts
align="left"| Villa Bisonó

|align="left"| Santiago

| {{nts|29723}}

align="left"| Jarabacoa

|align="left"| La Vega

| {{nts|27370}}

align="left"| One additional municipal district
align="left"| Constanza

|align="left"| La Vega

| {{nts|27090}}

align="left"| One additional municipal district
align="left"| Consuelo

|align="left"| San Pedro de Macorís

| {{nts|25034}}

align="left"| Pedro Brand (D.M.)

|align="left"| Santo Domingo

| {{nts|22695}}

align="left"| Municipality with two municipal districts
align="left"| Santa Cruz del Seibo

|align="left"| El Seibo

| {{nts|22489}}

align="left"| One additional municipal district
align="left"| Tamboril

|align="left"| Santiago

| {{nts|21939}}

align="left"| Las Matas de Farfán

|align="left"| San Juan

| {{nts|21271}}

align="left"| One additional municipal district
align="left"| San José de Ocoa

|align="left"| San José de Ocoa

| {{nts|21226}}

align="left"| Two additional municipal districts

Image:Nizao.jpg|Nizao

Image:Puertoplatafromtheair.JPG|Puerto Plata

Image:Monte Cristi, Coastline.JPG|Coastline of Monte Cristi

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