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The provinces as the second level of political and administrative division contain at least two municipalities. The Distrito Nacional, which is neither a municipality nor a province, consists of only one municipality, Santo Domingo (Constitution: "the city of Santo Domingo de Guzmán is the Distrito Nacional" [5]).
The Distrito Nacional (Spanish pronunciation: [disˈtɾito nasjoˈnal]; D.N.) is a subdivision of the Dominican Republic enclosing the capital Santo Domingo.It is not in any of the provinces, but in practice, it acts as a province on its own.
Santo Domingo (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsanto ðoˈmiŋɡo] meaning "Saint Dominic" but verbatim "Holy Sunday"), once known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, known as Ciudad Trujillo between 1936 and 1961, is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population. [7]
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Santo Domingo Norte was created as a municipality in 2001 by Law 163-01 splitting the Santo Domingo province from the Distrito Nacional including those parts of metropolitan Santo Domingo north of the Isabela River. [4] [5]
The Real Audiencia of Santo Domingo was the first court of the Spanish crown in America. It was created by Ferdinand V of Castile in his decree of 1511, but due to disagreements between the governor of Hispaniola , Diego Colon and the Crown, it was not implemented until it was reestablished by Charles V in his decree of September 14, 1526.
Ensanche Piantini is a district or neighborhood within the city of Santo Domingo in the National District of the Dominican Republic. [1]Piantini is in particular populated by individuals from the upper and upper middle class, and has the second most expensive price per m 2 in the country, after Los Cacicazgos’ Anacaona Avenue.
The Estadio Municipal de Santo Domingo is a football stadium located in Alcorcón, Community of Madrid, Spain. It is currently the home ground of AD Alcorcón . Owned and operated by the municipality, its first match dates from 19 May 1999, with the celebration of a friendly fixture with Real Madrid .