Santa Cruz del Seibo

El Seibo
Municipality
Santa Cruz del Seibo
Coat of arms of El Seibo
El Seibo is located in the Dominican Republic
El Seibo
El Seibo
Coordinates: 18°46′12″N 69°2′24″W / 18.77000°N 69.04000°W / 18.77000; -69.04000
Country Dominican Republic
ProvinceEl Seibo
Founded1502
Municipality since
1844
Municipal DistrictsPedro Sánchez, San Francisco-Vicentillo, Santa Lucía
Area
 • Total886.3 km2 (342.2 sq mi)
 • Urban3.57 km2 (1.38 sq mi)
Elevation117 m (384 ft)
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total46,285
 • Density52/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (AST)
Distance:65 km (40 mi) to San Pedro de Macorís
135 km (84 mi) to Santo Domingo

Santa Cruz del Seibo, or simply El Seibo, is a Dominican city and the head municipality of the El Seibo province, in the eastern part of the country. El Seibo is also written sometimes as El Seybo.

It is one of the oldest city of the Hispaniola island, founded during colonial times.

  1. 1.0 1.1 "IX Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda. Informe Básico" (PDF) (in Spanish). Oficina Nacional de Estadística. June 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  2. "Expansión Urbana de las ciudades capitales de R.D. 1988-2010. Informe Básico" (PDF) (in Spanish). Oficina Nacional de Estadística. April 2015. p. 38. Retrieved 9 December 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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