Santo Domingo, Cuba


Santo Domingo is a municipality and town in the Villa Clara Province of Cuba.
It was founded in 1819 and established as a municipality in 1879.

Geography

The town is divided into the wards of Este and Oeste. The municipality includes the villages of Álvarez, Amaro, Arenas, Baracaldo, Bermejal, Cascajal, Cayo Bejuco, Cerrito, George Washington, Jiquiabo, La Criolla, Las Casimbas, Manacas, Mordazo, Puerto Escondido, Río, Rodrigo, Sabino Hernández, San Bartolomé, San Juan de Amaro, San Marcos, Ulacia, Ventiseis de Julio, Yabucito. Until the 1977 municipal reform, Santo Domingo included Jicotea too, nowadays part of Ranchuelo municipality.

Demographics

In 2004, the municipality of Santo Domingo had a population of 53,840. With a total area of, it has a population density of.