Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, The Dominican Republic

Economy | Commercial centers

🇩🇴 Santo Domingo, once known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population. The city is coterminous with the boundaries of the Distrito Nacional, itself bordered on three sides by Santo Domingo Province.

Founded by the Spanish in 1496, on the east bank of the Ozama River and then moved by Nicolás de Ovando in 1502 to the west bank of the river, the city is the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the Americas, and was the first seat of the Spanish colonial rule in the New World, the Captaincy General of Santo Domingo. It is the site of the first university, cathedral, castle, monastery, and fortress in the New World. The city's Colonial Zone was declared as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Santo Domingo was called Ciudad Trujillo, from 1936 to 1961, after the Dominican Republic's dictator, Rafael Trujillo, named the capital after himself. Following his assassination, the city resumed its original designation.

Santo Domingo is the cultural, financial, political, commercial and industrial centre of the Dominican Republic, with the vast majority of the country's most important industries being located within the city. Santo Domingo also serves as the chief seaport of the country. The city's harbour at the mouth of the Ozama River accommodates the largest vessels, and the port handles both heavy passenger and freight traffic. Temperatures are high year round, with cooler breezes during winter time.

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Economy The city is the centre of economic activity in the Dominican Republic. It is where most of the country's wealth is concentrated and the seat of the national legislature, judicial, and executive government. Many national and international firms have their headquarters or regional offices in Santo Domingo. The city attracts many international firms and franchises such as Ikea, Goldcorp and Barrick due to its location and economic stability.

The infrastructure is suitable for most business operations. A key element that has helped the city grow and compete globally is the telecommunications infrastructure. Santo Domingo and the Dominican Republic as a whole enjoy a modern and extensive telecommunications system liberalized in the late 1990s which has benefited from extensive foreign investment. This has attracted numerous call centres in recent years. Santo Domingo not only has an excellent telecommunications infrastructure but also a sizeable bilingual population that speaks English.

The city's economic growth can be witnessed in the extensive vertical growth experienced across many of its neighborhoods. The construction boom is reflected in the many high density residential towers, shopping malls, elevated highways, the metro expansion and overall increase in commercial activity. Santo Domingo has a thriving middle class contrasting with the significant pockets of poverty that remain as challenges for the future. Marginalized slum conditions exist mostly in the north-east quadrant of the city with smaller pockets extending across the city. Areas of extensive development include the Poligono Central, which is bordered by the Avenida John F. Kennedy northward 27 February Avenue south, Avenida Winston Churchill to the west and Avenida Máximo Gómez to the east, and is characterized by its mixed development and its very active nightlife.

Santo Domingo has areas of high development, among them Serralles, Naco, Arroyo Hondo, Piantini, Urb Fernandez, Ens. Julieta, Paraiso, Los Prados, Bella Vista, Sarasota and other sectors, where most of the middle class can be found.

Bella Vista and La Esperilla are currently the fastest growing sectors with large mega -projects. Gazcue belongs to the more traditional south-eastern area of the city and is known for its buildings dating from the 1930s to the 1960s.

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Commercial centers include: • Acropolis Center • Ágora Mall • Bella Vista Mall • Blue Mall • Carrefour • Diamond Mall • Downtown Center • Galería 360 • IKEA • Silver Sun Gallery • Malecon Center • Novo-Centro • Plaza Central • Plaza Lama • Plaza Las Américas • Plaza Naco • Sambil Santo Doming.

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Santo Domingo is rated Gamma by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) which evaluates and ranks the relationships between world cities in the context of globalisation. Gamma level cities are cities that link smaller economic regions into the world economy.

Santo Domingo is rated D by the Global Urban Competitiveness Report (GUCR) which evaluates and ranks world cities in the context of economic competitiveness. D cities are regional hub cities. Santo Domingo has a population of over 1,007,997 people. Santo Domingo also forms the centre of the wider Santo Domingo metropolitan area which has a population of over 2,908,607 people. Santo Domingo is ranked #580 for startups with a score of 0.29.

To set up a UBI Lab for Santo Domingo see: https://www.ubilabnetwork.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/UBILabNetwork

Santo Domingo is a member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network for Music see: https://en.unesco.org/creative-cities

Twin Towns, Sister Cities Santo Domingo has links with:

🇦🇩 Andorra la Vella, Andorra 🇵🇾 Asunción, Paraguay 🇨🇴 Bogotá, Colombia 🇦🇷 Buenos Aires, Argentina 🇻🇪 Caracas, Venezuela 🇵🇭 Catbalogan, Philippines 🇪🇸 Coslada, Spain 🇧🇷 Curitiba, Brazil 🇮🇹 Fiuggi, Italy 🇮🇹 Genoa, Italy 🇲🇽 Guadalajara, Mexico 🇮🇱 Haifa, Israel 🇨🇺 Havana, Cuba 🇪🇸 La Muela, Spain 🇵🇹 Lisbon, Portugal 🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain 🇳🇮 Managua, Nicaragua 🇧🇷 Manaus, Brazil 🇺🇸 Miami, USA 🇺🇾 Montevideo, Uruguay 🇺🇸 New York, USA 🇫🇷 Paris, France 🇪🇸 Pontevedra, Spain 🇺🇸 Providence, USA 🇪🇨 Quito, Ecuador 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 🇦🇷 Rosario, Argentina 🇮🇨 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands 🇵🇭 Santiago, Philippines 🇺🇸 St. Augustine, USA 🇹🇼 Taipei, Taiwan
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UNESCO Creative Cities for Music include: 🇦🇺 Adelaide 🇰🇿 Almaty 🇵🇹 Amarante 🇮🇩 Ambon 🇳🇿 Auckland 🇧🇦 Banja Luka 🇮🇳 Benares 🇬🇼 Bissau 🇨🇴 Bogotá 🇮🇹 Bologna 🇮🇹 Bolzano 🇨🇬 Brazzaville 🇨🇿 Brno 🇵🇱 Bydgoszcz 🇻🇪 Caracas 🇮🇳 Chennai 🇻🇳 Da Lat 🇲🇦 Essaouira 🇨🇱 Frutillar 🇧🇪 Ghent 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Glasgow 🇮🇳 Gwalior 🇯🇵 Hamamatsu 🇩🇪 Hannover 🇨🇺 Havana 🇵🇹 Idanha-a-Nova 🇲🇾 Ipoh 🇺🇸 Kansas City 🇵🇱 Katowice 🇷🇺 Kazan 🇯🇲 Kingston 🇹🇷 Kirsehir 🇵🇹 Leiria 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Liverpool 🇪🇸 Lliria 🇩🇪 Mannheim 🇫🇷 Metz 🇲🇽 Mexicali 🇨🇭 Montreux 🇲🇽 Morelia 🇸🇪 Norrköping 🇮🇹 Pesaro 🇹🇹 Port of Spain 🇨🇻 Praia 🇵🇸 Ramallah 🇧🇷 Salvador 🇮🇷 Sanandaj 🇹🇷 Şanlıurfa 🇩🇴 Santo Domingo 🇪🇸 Seville 🇹🇭 Suphan Buri 🇰🇷 Tongyeong 🇫🇷 Toulouse 🇨🇴 Valledupar 🇨🇱 Valparaíso 🇮🇳 Varanasi 🇭🇷 Varaždin 🇷🇺 Veliky Novgorod 🇭🇺 Veszprém 🇷🇸 Vranje
See Also: 🇪🇨 Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province, Ecuador | 🇪🇸 Santo Domingo de la Calzada, La Rioja, Spain | 🇪🇨 Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province, Ecuador | 🇩🇴 Santo Domingo Este, Santo Domingo Province, The Dominican Republic | 🇩🇴 Santo Domingo Oeste, Santo Domingo Province, The Dominican Republic

Antipodal to Santo Domingo is: 110.087,-18.473

Locations Near: Santo Domingo -69.9127,18.4729

🇩🇴 Santo Domingo Este -69.867,18.483 d: 5  

🇩🇴 Santo Domingo Oeste -70.007,18.502 d: 10.4  

🇩🇴 San Cristóbal -70.1,18.417 d: 20.7  

🇩🇴 Azua -70.733,18.45 d: 86.6  

🇩🇴 San Francisco de Macorís -70.25,19.3 d: 98.6  

🇩🇴 Constanza -70.742,18.907 d: 99.8  

🇩🇴 La Romana -68.967,18.417 d: 100  

🇩🇴 Concepción de la Vega -70.517,19.217 d: 104.3  

🇩🇴 La Vega -70.517,19.217 d: 104.3  

🇩🇴 Jarabacoa -70.638,19.12 d: 104.9  

Antipodal to: Santo Domingo 110.087,-18.473

🇮🇩 Tulungagung 111.9,-8.067 d: 18841.5  

🇮🇩 Kepanjen 112.561,-8.132 d: 18834.6  

🇮🇩 Yogyakarta 110.35,-7.8 d: 18828  

🇮🇩 Ponorogo 111.462,-7.869 d: 18826.6  

🇮🇩 Purworejo 110.03,-7.722 d: 18819.7  

🇮🇩 Sleman 110.357,-7.72 d: 18819  

🇮🇩 Cilacap 109,-7.733 d: 18815.1  

🇮🇩 Malang 112.617,-7.967 d: 18815.3  

🇮🇩 Kebumen 109.661,-7.671 d: 18813.1  

🇮🇩 Sukoharjo 110.833,-7.683 d: 18812.6  

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