| Santo Domingo Este | |
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| — Municipality — | |
| Municipalty of Santo Domingo Este | |
  Santo Domingo Este
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| Coordinates: 18°29′36″N 69°52′0″W / 18.49333°N 69.866667°W | |
| Country |  Dominican Republic |
| Province | Santo Domingo |
| Municipality since | 2001 |
| Area [1] | |
| - Total | 154.94 km2 (59.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2002)[2] | |
| - Total | 787,129 |
| - Density | 5,080.2/km2 (13,157.7/sq mi) |
| - Urban | 480,749 |
| Municipal Districts | 1 |
| Website | http://www.asde.gov.do/ |
Santo Domingo Este is a municipality and the provincial capital of the Santo Domingo province in the Dominican Republic. Within the municipality there is one municipal district (distrito municipal): San Luis.[3].
As of the 2008 census the municipality had 624,704 inhabitants, 435,510 living in the city itself and 189,194 in its rural districts (Secciones).[2]
For comparison with other municipalities and municipal districts see the list of municipalities and municipal districts of the Dominican Republic.
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History
Santo Domingo Este was created as municipality in 2001 by law 163-01 splitting the Santo Domingo province from the Distrito Nacional.[4]
Santo Domingo Este is across the Ozama River which divides the east and west sections of metropolitan Santo Domingo. This eastern side is more residential and less commercially developed, but it is undergoing change the same way as the Distrito Nacional.
Recently Santo Domingo Este has experienced growth even though not at the same rate as Santo Domingo de Guzman. Department stores and malls have been established lately, stimulating the economical growth of this section.
Sectors
The Sectors was divided when the city was created.
- Alma Rosa I
- Alma Rosa II
- El Almirante
- Hainamosa
- Invivienda
- Los Minas
- Lucerna
- Mendoza
- Ozama
- Ralma
- San Isidro
- Sans Sousi
- Urbanización Italia
Agriculture & Education
One of its main activities is the sale of agricultural products as: rice, beans, pigeon peas, meats and other more. The education is very good since counts great schools, which are:
- Colegio Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro (NSPS)
- San Francisco de Asís
- San Vicente de Paúl
- Santa Teresa
- Cardenal Sancha
- Santa María
- Siglo XXI
- Adventista Ozama
- Cela
- Purisima
- Santa Rosa del Lima
- Los Clavelines
- San Jose Obrero
- San Martin de Porres
- Colegio Victor Manuel
- Inpha
Culture
Santo Domingo Este, counts on a great variety of shopping centers, which are, some of the largest of the country include, Mega Centro and Coral Mall. In these places goes a lot to the movies and to eat variety of fast foods.
The municipality of Santo Domingo Este, such as it establishes the Law 163 that divided to the Dominican capital in provinces, municipalities and a district, is confirmed by Santo Domingo Este as municipality head of the Province of Santo Domingo, and the urban sectors they integrate it of, Los Mina-Cancino, Ozama-Mendoza y Villa Duarte. Also by the municipal district of War, that understands the rural zones of El Naranjo, El Toro, La Reforma, Hato Viejo y La Joya, for a total of 479.19 km².
Since 1975, that people of the oriental zone of Santo Domingo came promoting the autonomous idea of become a zone in terms of local government. In 1984 it was introduced to the National Congress the first aiming government bill to create the province of Santo Domingo Oriental, but at that time was alleged that to be approved such project would be incurred in an act of unconstitutional character.
Business Sector
A simple inventory permits to verify that Santo Domingo Este counts on the duty-free zones Hainamosa (private), with 11 businesses and three thousand employees; San Isidro (private), with 26 businesses and 7,470 employees; Los Minas (public), a business and 6,000 employees, besides the New Industrial Park Isabela.
Likewise, the firms Barceló, Manufacturera Sociedad Industrial, Lácteos Dominicanos, Palmalat, Telever, Codetel, Tricom, industries of the construction, factories of blocks, energy parks and the old Dominican Mills. Besides, farms of chickens and producers of hogs, cane of sugar and cultivation of short cycles.
The commerce in this zone is extensive and various, Multicentro La Sirena Oriental, Próximamente para el mes de diciembre del año 2006 será abierto Plaza Lama, Mercado de Los Mina. Only in the area of the Avenida Charles de Gaulle they exist more than 400 commerce and a proliferation of record stores, bars and restaurants that generate more than 50 thousand direct and indirect jobs, chiefly throughout the avenue San Vicente of Paul.
They figure, besides, el Club Calero de Villa Duarte, Club Los Trinitarios, Parque Mirador Este, Marina de Sans Soucí, and the installations of the park destined for the Pan American Games.
Touristic Sites
- Faro a Colón
- Parque Mirador Este
- Acuario
- Los Tres Ojos
- Hipódromo V Centenario
- el paseo de la Avenida España
- Agua Splash
References
- ^ Superficies a nivel de municipios, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica
- ^ a b Censo 2002 de Población y Vivienda, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica
- ^ Oficina Nacional de Estadistica, Departamento de Cartografia, Division de Limites y Linderos. "Listado de Codigos de Provincias, Municipio y Distritos Municipales, Actualizada a Junio 20 del 2006" (in Spanish). http://www.one.gob.do/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=113. Retrieved 2007-01-24.
- ^ EL CONGRESO NACIONAL. "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." (in Spanish). http://www.informejudicial.com/leyes/Division%20Territorial/Ley%20163-01,%20crea%20Provincia%20Santo%20Domingo%20y%20Modifica%20Articulos%201%20y%202%20Ley%205220.htm. Retrieved 2007-03-08.
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