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Bonao | |
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Municipality | |
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 Coat of arms | |
  Bonao | |
| Coordinates: 18°57′0″N 70°24′36″W / 18.95000°N 70.41000°W | |
| Country |  Dominican Republic |
| Province | Monseñor Nouel |
| Municipal Districts | 5 |
| Founded | 1495 |
| Municipality since | 1865 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 142.8 km2 (55.1 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 13.01 km2 (5.02 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 83 m (272 ft) |
| Population (2014)[1] | |
| • Total | 76,241 |
| • Density | 530/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 68,602 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (AST) |
| Distance: | 40 km (25 mi) to La Vega 85 km (53 mi) to Santo Domingo |
Bonao is a Dominican city and the head municipality of the Monseñor Nouel province, in the center of the country.
Bonao is the Taíno name of the region where the old city was founded.[4] The city is in the Bonao Valley, at about 85 km to the northwest of Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Consejo Nacional de Población y Familia. "Estamaciones y Proyecciones de la Población Dominicana por Regiones, Provincias, Municipios y Distritos Municipales, 2014" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2014-02-02.
- ↑ "Expansión Urbana de las ciudades capitales de R.D. 1988-2010. Informe Básico" (PDF) (in Spanish). Oficina Nacional de Estadística. April 2015. p. 78. Retrieved 9 December 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ De la Fuente, Santiago (1976). Geografía Dominicana (in Spanish). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Editora Colegial Quisqueyana.
- ↑ Tolentino Rojas, Vicente (1944). Historia de la División Territorial, 1494-1943 (in Spanish). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Editorial El Diario.