San Felipe de Puerto Plata

Puerto Plata
Municipality
San Felipe de Puerto Plata
View from the air of Puerto Plata and the Isabel de Torres mountain
View from the air of Puerto Plata and the Isabel de Torres mountain
Coat of arms of Puerto Plata
Puerto Plata is located in the Dominican Republic
Puerto Plata
Puerto Plata
Coordinates: 19°48′N 70°41′W / 19.800°N 70.683°W / 19.800; -70.683
Country Dominican Republic
ProvincePuerto Plata
Founded1502
Municipality since
1844
Municipal DistrictsYásica Arriba, Maimón
Area
 • Total210.7 km2 (81.4 sq mi)
 • Urban31.96 km2 (12.34 sq mi)
Elevation8 m (26 ft)
Population
 (2014)[1]
 • Total128,240
 • Density610/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
 • Urban
118,496
Demonym(s)Puertoplateño (female, puertoplateña)
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (AST)
Distance:69 km (43 mi) to Santiago
215 km (134 mi) to Santo Domingo

The Dominican city of San Felipe de Puerto Plata, usually called just Puerto Plata is the head municipality of the Puerto Plata province, on the north (Atlantic) coast of the country.

  1. 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.
  2. "Expansión Urbana de las ciudades capitales de R.D. 1988-2010. Informe Básico" (PDF) (in Spanish). Oficina Nacional de Estadística. April 2015. p. 34. Retrieved 21 November 2016.[permanent dead link]
  3. De la Fuente, Santiago (1976). Geografía Dominicana (in Spanish). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Editora Colegial Quisqueyana.

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