Nacional
The 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”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium and Alcázar de Colón.
Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium
Stadium
Photo: ThePapo309, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez is an open-air multi-purpose stadium in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Opened in 1974 for the XII Central American & Caribbean Games and renovated for the 2003 Pan American Games, it is the largest stadium in the Dominican Republic.
Alcázar de Colón
Museum
Photo: Martin Falbisoner, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Alcázar de Colón is the first fortified European palace built in the Americas. Located in the colonial area of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, it forms part of the Ciudad Colonial, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Alcázar de Colón is situated 5 km east of Nacional.
Eduardo Brito National Theater
Theater building
Photo: Felix714, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Eduardo Brito National Theater is a venue in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The centerpiece of the Plaza de la Cultura complex, it regularly hosts opera, ballet, classical music performances, and Latin pop concerts.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Santo Domingo and Greater Santo Domingo.
Santo Domingo
Photo: Melvin feliz12, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Santo Domingo is the capital of the Dominican Republic, the oldest European city in the Americas, and the most developed city on the island of Hispaniola.
Greater Santo Domingo
Ciudad Colonial
Village
Photo: Mariordo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ciudad Colonial is the historic central neighborhood of the Dominican Republic's capital Santo Domingo. It is the oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in the Americas. Ciudad Colonial is situated 5 km east of Nacional.
Nacional
- Category: first-level administrative division
- Location: Dominican Republic, Caribbean, North America
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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”
- Belarusian: “Нацыянальная акруга”
- Bengali: “জাতীয়”
- Catalan: “Distrito Nacional”
- Cebuano: “Distrito Nacional”
- Chinese: “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
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Blue Mall and Acropolis Center.
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