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Nagua | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 A street in Nagua | |
  Nagua | |
| Coordinates: 19°22′48″N 69°51′0″W / 19.38000°N 69.85000°W | |
| Country | Dominican Republic |
| Province | María Trinidad Sánchez |
| Municipal Districts | 3 |
| Municipality since | 1938 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 47.6 km2 (18.4 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 12.77 km2 (4.93 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3 m (10 ft) |
| Population (2014)[1] | |
| • Total | 40,611 |
| • Density | 850/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 38,540 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (AST) |
| Distance | 70 km (43 mi) to San Francisco de Macorís 180 km (110 mi) to Santo Domingo |
Nagua is a Dominican city and the head municipality of the María Trinidad Sánchez province, on the northeast (Atlantic) coast of the country. It was a town of fishermen that became a city in the second half of the 20th century. The city of Nagua is almost at sea level.
- ↑ 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. 50. Retrieved 10 December 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ De la Fuente, Santiago (1976). Geografía Dominicana (in Spanish). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Editora Colegial Quisqueyana.