Valverde Province
Mao
Mao (Zona Urbana)

Mao

Santa Cruz de Mao, or simply Mao, is the head municipality of the province, in the . It is the largest city of the Dominican northwest and the centre of the region.
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  • Type: City with 107,000 residents
  • Description: city in the Dominican Republic
  • Also known as: “Mao Dominican Republic”, “Mao, Dominican Republic”, “Santa Cruz de Mao”, and “Valverde”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Esperanza.

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is a municipality of the in the . Within the municipality there are four municipal districts : Boca de Mao, , and Paradero. is situated 9 km east of Mao.

Mao

Latitude
19.55568° or 19° 33′ 20″ north
Longitude
-71.0759° or 71° 4′ 33″ west
Population
107,000
Elevation
76 metres (249 feet)
United Nations Location Code
DO MAO
Open location code
77FCHW4F+7J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 252995539
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3496831
Wiki­data ID
Q692560
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Mao” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ماو”
  • Asturian: “Mao”
  • Bavarian: “Santa Cruz de Mao”
  • Belarusian: “Маа”
  • Bengali: “মাও”
  • Catalan: “Мао”
  • Cebuano: “Mao”
  • Chinese: “Santa Cruz de Mao”
  • Chinese: “馬奧”
  • Chinese: “马奥”
  • Croatian: “Santa Cruz de Mao”
  • Czech: “Mao”
  • Danish: “Mao”
  • Dutch: “Mao”
  • Esperanto: “Santa Cruz de Mao”
  • Estonian: “Santa Cruz de Mao”
  • Finnish: “Mao”
  • French: “Santa Cruz de Mao”
  • German: “Mao (Dominikanische Republik)”
  • German: “Mao Dominikanische Republik”
  • German: “Santa Cruz de Mao”
  • Greek: “Μάο”
  • Greek: “Σάντα Κρουζ ντε Μάο”
  • Gujarati: “માઓ”
  • Hindi: “माओ”
  • Hungarian: “Santa Cruz de Mao”
  • Indonesian: “Mao”
  • Italian: “Santa Cruz de Mao”
  • Japanese: “サンタ・クルス・デ・マオ”
  • Japanese: “マオ”
  • Kannada: “ಮಾವೋ”
  • Korean: “마오”
  • Latin: “Santa Cruz de Mao”
  • Latvian: “Mao”
  • Lithuanian: “Mao”
  • Low German: “Santa Cruz de Mao”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Santa Cruz de Mao”
  • Malay: “Mao”
  • Marathi: “माओ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Santa Cruz de Mao”
  • Northern Frisian: “Santa Cruz de Mao”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mao”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Santa Cruz de Mao”
  • Norwegian: “Santa Cruz de Mao”
  • Persian: “مائو”
  • Pfaelzisch: “Santa Cruz de Mao”
  • Polish: “Mao”
  • Portuguese: “Mao”
  • Portuguese: “Santa Cruz de Mao”
  • Romanian: “Santa Cruz de Mao”
  • Russian: “Мао (Доминиканская Республика)”
  • Russian: “Мао Доминиканская Республика”
  • Russian: “Мао”
  • Russian: “Санта-Крус-де-Мао”
  • Sinhala: “මාඕ”
  • Slovak: “Santa Cruz de Mao”
  • Slovenian: “Santa Cruz de Mao”
  • Spanish: “Alcalde”
  • Spanish: “Mao (República Dominicana)”
  • Spanish: “Mao”
  • Swedish: “Mao, Dominikanska republiken”
  • Swedish: “Mao”
  • Swiss German: “Santa Cruz de Mao”
  • Tamil: “மாவோ”
  • Telugu: “మాఓ”
  • Thai: “มาโอ”
  • Turkish: “Mao, Dominik Cumhuriyeti”
  • Turkish: “Mao”
  • Turkish: “Santa Cruz de Mao”
  • Ukrainian: “Мао”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Santa Cruz de Mao”
  • Urdu: “ماؤ”
  • Uzbek: “Mao (Dominika Respublikasi)”
  • Uzbek: “Mao”
  • Vietnamese: “Mao”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Santa Cruz de Mao”
  • Western Frisian: “Santa Cruz de Mao”
  • “Mao”
  • “Santa Cruz de Mao”

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