Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province, Ecuador
🇪🇨 Santo Domingo de los Colorados, simply referred to as Santo Domingo (Tsachila) is a city and seat of the canton that bears its name. It is the fourth most populous city in Ecuador and is an important commercial and industrial centre, and serves as the capital of the Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province.
Etymology The name, "de los Colorados", refers to a local ethnic group, the Tsáchila, and the custom of men in that tribe to dye their hair with extract of the achiote plant; hence "Santo Dominigo de los Colorados" or "Santo Domingo of the Dyed". This group, which is indigenous to the area, is recognised with a substantial statue near the town center.
Geography Santo Domingo is located approximately 133 km west of Quito at an elevation of 625 m. Santo Domingo lies in the foothills west of the Andes. It is important stopping point on the road from Quito to the Pacific coast. The city also connects other lowland cities like Quevedo, Chone, and Quinindé.
The city is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Santo Domingo de los Colorados.
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Santo Domingo has a population of over 287,018 people. Santo Domingo also forms the centre of the wider Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province which has a population of over 460,000 people. For the location of Santo Domingo see: Santo Domingo de los Colorados.
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See Also: 🇩🇴 Santo Domingo, Nacional Distrito, The Dominican Republic | 🇵🇭 Santo Domingo, Province of Nueva Ecija, Central Luzon Region, Philippines | 🇪🇸 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
🇪🇨 Santo Domingo de los Colorados -0.25
🇪🇨 Hacienda Ibarra -0.217
🇪🇨 Santo Domingo de los Colorados -79.167
🇨🇦 Niagara Falls -79.107
🇺🇸 Chapel Hill -79.05
🇨🇦 Scarborough -79.217
🇨🇦 St. Catharines -79.249
🇺🇸 Georgetown -79.294
🇨🇦 Bracebridge -79.305
🇪🇨 La Troncal -79.317
Locations Near: Santo Domingo -79.1667,-0.25
🇪🇨 Santo Domingo de los Colorados -79.167,-0.25 d: 0
🇪🇨 La Concordia -79.383,0.001 d: 36.9
🇪🇨 Quinindé -79.467,0.317 d: 71.3
🇪🇨 Machachi -78.567,-0.5 d: 72.3
🇪🇨 Quito -78.512,-0.22 d: 72.9
🇪🇨 Hacienda Ibarra -78.5,-0.217 d: 74.2
🇪🇨 Buena Fe -79.483,-0.883 d: 78.7
🇪🇨 El Carmen -78.423,-0.097 d: 84.5
Antipodal to: Santo Domingo 100.833,0.25
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🇮🇩 Pekanbaru 101.449,0.51 d: 19940.8
🇮🇩 Lubuk Sikaping 100.167,0.15 d: 19940.2
🇮🇩 Bukittinggi 100.367,-0.3 d: 19934.9
🇮🇩 Padang Panjang 100.429,-0.458 d: 19924.5
🇮🇩 Sawahlunto 100.777,-0.681 d: 19911.4
🇮🇩 Padang 100.355,-0.951 d: 19871.3
🇮🇩 Siak Sri Indrapura 102.05,0.783 d: 19867.4