Largest Cities and Metropolitan Areas
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Largest cities or towns of Dominican Republic |
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| Rank | City name | Province | Pop. | Rank | City name | Province | Pop. | ||
| 1 | Greater Santo Domingo | Distrito Nacional | 2,907,100 | 11 | Higüey−La Otra Banda conurbation | 153,174 | |||
| 2 | Distrito Nacional | 12 | |||||||
| 3 | 13 | ||||||||
| 4 | Santiago-Licey al Medio-Tamboril−Puñal−Moca−Río Verde Arriba conurbation | Santiago | 745,293 | 14 | San Francisco de Macorís | Duarte | 132,725 | ||
| 5 | 15 | ||||||||
| 6 | 16 | Puerto Plata | Puerto Plata | 118,282 | |||||
| 7 | 17 | La Vega | La Vega | 104,536 | |||||
| 8 | La Romana−Villa Hermosa−Caleta conurbation | La Romana | 214,109 | 18 | |||||
| 9 | 19 | ||||||||
| 10 | San Pedro de Macorís | San Pedro de Macorís | 185,255 | 20 | Bonao | Monseñor Nouel | 68,602 | ||
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