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Santo Domingo Este

Municipality

Columbus' Lighthouse

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Country

Dominican Republic

Province

Santo Domingo

Founded

2001

Municipality since

2001

Municipal District

San Luis

Area

• Total

123.3 km² (47.6 sq mi)

Elevation

35 m (115 ft)

Population

(2014)

• Total

891,952

• Density

7,234.0/km² (18,736/sq mi)

• Urban

851,853

Time zone

UTC-4 (AST)

• Summer (DST)

UTC-4 (AST)

Santo Domingo Este is a Dominican municipality and the provincial capital of the Santo Domingo province. It is on the eastern (left) side of the Ozama River.

History
Population
Geography
- Climate
Administrative division
Tourism
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History

Santo Domingo Este was part of the Distrito Nacional and of the Santo Domingo city until 2001 when the Santo Domingo province was created. The Santo Domingo Este was made the head municipality of this new province.

Population

The municipality had, in 2014, a total population of 891,952: 429,853 men and 462,099 women. The urban population was 95.5% of the total population.

Geography

Los Tres Ojos limestone cave

Santo Domingo Este is in the "Llano Costero del Caribe" ("Caribbean Coastal Plain"), a large plain in southeastern Dominican Republic where there are many savannas with grasses. There are not mountains in the province, only some very low hills.

The Ozama river forms the eastern and northern limits of the municipality; it is the only important river in the municipality.

The municipality has a total area of 123.3 km² (47.6 sq mi) and has only one municipal district (a subdivision of a municipality): San Luis.

The altitude of Santo Domingo Este is 35 m (115 ft) above sea level.

The municipality of Santo Domingo Este has the municipality of Santo Domingo Norte and the Monte Plata Province to the north, the municipality of San Antonio de Guerra to the northeast, the municipality of Boca Chica to the east, the Caribbean Sea to the south and the Distrito Nacional to the west.

Climate

Santo Domingo Este, and the Santo Domingo province, has a tropical monsoonal climate (Köppen-Geiger classification: Am).

The average amount of rainfall for the year in the Santo Domingo province is 1,447.1 mm (57.0 in). The month with the most precipitation on average is May with 187.7 mm (7.4 in) of rainfall, followed by October with 186.8 mm (7.4 in).

The driest season is winter. The month with the least rainfall on average is March with an average of 53.8 mm (2.1 in) followed by February with an average of 56.8 mm (2.2 in).

Santo Domingo Este is in a hot region; the average temperature for the year is 25.9 °C (79 °F). The warmest month, on average, is August with an average temperature of 27.1 °C (80.8 °F). The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of 24.4 °C (75.92 °F).

Climate data for Santo Domingo province (1961–1990)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	29.2 (84.6)	29.2 (84.6)	29.6 (85.3)	30.2 (86.4)	30.4 (86.7)	30.8 (87.4)	31.1 (88.0)	31.5 (88.7)	31.4 (88.5)	31.1 (88.0)	30.6 (87.1)	29.6 (85.3)	30.4 (86.7)
Daily mean °C (°F)	24.4 (75.9)	24.4 (75.9)	24.9 (76.8)	25.6 (78.1)	26.3 (79.3)	26.9 (80.4)	27 (81)	27.1 (80.8)	27 (81)	26.7 (80.1)	26 (79)	24.9 (76.8)	25.9 (78.8)
Average low °C (°F)	19.6 (67.3)	19.7 (67.5)	20.2 (68.4)	21.1 (70.0)	22.2 (72.0)	22.9 (73.2)	22.8 (73.0)	22.7 (72.9)	22.7 (72.9)	22.3 (72.1)	21.4 (70.5)	20.3 (68.5)	21.5 (70.7)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	63 (2.5)	56.8 (2.24)	53.8 (2.12)	71.9 (2.83)	187.7 (7.39)	140.1 (5.52)	144.6 (5.69)	177.4 (6.98)	180.9 (7.12)	186.8 (7.35)	99.8 (3.93)	84.3 (3.32)	1,447.1 (56.99)
Source: Climatemps.com