Sectores (neighborhoods)
The Distrito Nacional is subdivided in incorporated areas (neighbourhoods) called sectores which could be considered as small urban towns. All sectores are serviced directly by the municipal mayor's office (Alcalde).
Some sectores prefixes:
- Ciudad (city) - applies to the original older parts of town, some dating back to colonial times;
- Ensanche (lit. "widening") - usually, but not always, applied to the more "modern" parts of the city.
- Villa - the urban outskirts of both the old city of Santo Domingo and the current (smaller) Distrito Nacional.
Sector | Population |
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24 de Abril | 75,674 |
30 de Mayo | 73,546 |
Altos de Arroyo Hondo | 86,424 |
Arroyo Manzano | 120,457 |
Atala | 98,563 |
Bella Vista | 175,683 |
Buenos Aires (Independencia) | 56,846 |
Cacique | 34,987 |
Centro de Los Heroes | 26,780 |
Centro Olímpico Juan Pablo Duarte | 15,786 |
Cerros de Arroyo Hondo | 28,762 |
Ciudad Colonial | 5,788 |
Ciudad Nueva | 18,756 |
Ciudad Universitaria | 345,457 |
Cristo Rey | 14,325 |
Domingo Sabio | 10,146 |
El Millón | 89,887 |
Ensanche Capotillo | 36,789 |
Ensanche Espaillat | 16,872 |
Ensanche La Fé | 13,453 |
Ensanche Luperón | 8,576 |
Ensanche Naco | 17,842 |
Ensanche Simón Bolívar | 18,463 |
Gazcue | 7,963 |
General Antonio Duvergé | 11,243 |
Gualey | 10,747 |
Honduras del Norte | 10,542 |
Honduras del Oeste | 11,242 |
Jardín Botanico | 3,142 |
Jardín Zoologico | 4,253 |
Jardínes del Sur | 9,814 |
Julieta Morales | 7,234 |
La Agustina | 10,457 |
La Esperilla | 12,573 |
La Hondonada | 14,575 |
La Isabela | 6,865 |
La Julia | 12,575 |
La Zurza | 4,896 |
Los Cacicazgos | 15,725 |
Los Jardínes | 97,568 |
Los Peralejos | 35,684 |
Los Prados | 20,457 |
Los Restauradores | 78,945 |
Los Ríos | 27,563 |
María Auxiliadora | 20,456 |
Mejoramiento Social | 19,753 |
Mirador Norte | 20,465 |
Mirador Sur | 20,211 |
Miraflores | 76,862 |
Miramar | 59,876 |
Nuestra Señora de la Paz | 98,961 |
Nuevo Arroyo Hondo | 123,501 |
Palma Real | 101,543 |
Paraíso | 75,862 |
Paseo de los Indíos | 28,951 |
Piantini | 59,753 |
Puerto Isabela | 56,513 |
Punta Caucedo | 17,643 |
Quisqueya | 12,454 |
Renacimiento | 20,145 |
San Carlos | 13,456 |
San Diego | 9,864 |
San Gerónimo | 8,634 |
San Juan Bosco | 14,352 |
Tropical Metaldom | 10,421 |
Viejo Arroyo Hondo | 38,964 |
Villa Consuelo | 28,621 |
Villa Francisca | 50,185 |
Villa Juana | 29,765 |
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