Nacional
Distrito Nacional 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.- Type: administrative territorial entity of the Dominican Republic with 965,000 residents
- Description: subdivision of the Dominican Republic
- Also known as: “Distrito Nacional” and “Нацыянальная акруга”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez and Alcázar de Colón.
Alcázar de Colón
Museum
The Alcázar de Colón is the first fortified European palace built in the Americas. Alcázar de Colón is situated 5 km east of Nacional.
Eduardo Brito National Theater
Theater building
Eduardo Brito National Theater is a venue in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Santo Domingo and Greater Santo Domingo.
Greater Santo Domingo
Greater Santo Domingo is an area of the…Pantoja
Town
Pantoja is a municipal district located… Pantoja is situated 8 km northwest of Nacional.
Nacional
- Category: first-level administrative division
- Location: Dominican Republic, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
18.4833° or 18° 29′ north
Longitude
-69.9333° or 69° 56′ west
Population
965,000
Elevation
52 metres (171 feet)
Open location code
77CGF3M8+8M
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Waray—“Nacional” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ብሔራዊ”
- Azerbaijani: “Milli”
- Basque: “Barruti Nazionala”
- Belarusian: “Дыстрыта Насьёналь”
- Bengali: “জাতীয়”
- Catalan: “Distrito Nacional”
- Cebuano: “Distrito Nacional”
- Chinese: “國家特區”
- Dutch: “Distrito Nacional”
- Esperanto: “distrikto nacia”
- French: “Distrito Nacional”
- Georgian: “დისტრიტო-ნასიონალი”
- German: “Distrito Nacional”
- Hausa: “Kasa”
- Hebrew: “דיסטריטו נסיונאל”
- Japanese: “ドミニカ共和国国家地区”
- Javanese: “Nasional”
- Kazakh: “Ұлттық”
- Kirghiz: “Улуттук”
- Korean: “국가 지구”
- Malay: “Daerah Negara”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Distrito Nacional”
- Oromo: “Mootummaa”
- Panjabi: “ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰੀ”
- Persian: “دیستریتو ناسیونال”
- Polish: “Distrito Nacional”
- Portuguese: “Distrito Nacional”
- Pushto: “ملي”
- Russian: “Национальный округ”
- Sinhala: “ඩිස්ට්රිටෝ නැසිනල් පළාත, ඩොමිනිකානු ජනරජය”
- Slovenian: “Distrito Nacional”
- Somali: “Qarama dhexe”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Santo Domingo”
- Spanish: “Distrito Nacional”
- Swahili: “Taifa”
- Tajik: “Миллӣ”
- Tatar: “Миллӣ”
- Thai: “ดิสตริโตนาซิโอนัล”
- Turkish: “Distrito Nacional”
- Urdu: “وفاقی ضلع، جمہوریہ ڈومینیکن”
- Uzbek: “Distrito Nacional”
- Uzbek: “Milli”
- Vietnamese: “Distrito Nacional”
- Waray (Philippines): “Distrito Nacional, Republika Dominicana”
- Waray (Philippines): “Distrito Nacional”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Carlos Guerra and La Agustina.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Blue Mall and Acropolis Center.
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Worth a closer look: Santo Domingo and Santiago de los Caballeros.
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