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Santo Domingo Oeste

Santo Domingo Province · Dominican Republic
City population
701,269
#3
in Dominican Republic
#1
in Santo Domingo Province
#782
worldwide
Santo DomingoSanto Domingo Oeste
18.500, -70.000 · 12 km from Santo Domingo
City population
701,269
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Dominican Republic
#3
of 45 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#782
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Dominican Republic
6.1%
of the national population

About Santo Domingo Oeste

Santo Domingo Oeste sits 12 km from the capital and forms part of a tightly clustered urban area. Four cities with populations ranging from 66,784 to 2.2 million lie within 26 km, with Santo Domingo Este at 700,000 people just 16 km away. The city holds 6.1% of the Dominican Republic's population, making it the third-largest city in the country by population at 701,269.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in Dominican Republic
#3of 45
LargestSmallest
Position in Santo Domingo Province
#1of 3
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Dominican Republic
Region
Santo Domingo Province
Rank in region
#1of 3
Distance to capital
12 km
to Santo Domingo
Elevation
58 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Santo_Domingo
Coordinates
18.500, -70.000
Record updated
2016-06-05
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 45 in Dominican Republic

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

10KMBajos de Haina67K people12KMSanto Domingo2.2M people15KMSan Cristóbal154K people16KMSanto Domingo Este700K people26KMVilla Altagracia40K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Santo Domingo Oeste701K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Santo Domingo Oeste compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Santo Domingo Oeste701K

Santo Domingo Oeste Population FAQ

What is the population of Santo Domingo Oeste?

Santo Domingo Oeste has a city population of 701,269. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Santo Domingo Oeste?

Santo Domingo Oeste is in Santo Domingo Province, Dominican Republic, 12 km from the capital, Santo Domingo. Its coordinates are 18.500, -70.000.

How big is Santo Domingo Oeste compared with other cities in Dominican Republic?

It is the 3rd largest of the 45 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Dominican Republic, holding 6.1% of the national population.

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