Boca Chica

Boca Chica
Streets of Boca Chica
Streets of Boca Chica
Boca Chica is located in the Dominican Republic
Boca Chica
Boca Chica
Boca Chica in the Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 18°27′14″N 69°36′23″W / 18.45389°N 69.60639°W / 18.45389; -69.60639
Country Dominican Republic
ProvinceSanto Domingo
Incorporated2001
Government
 • MayorRadhamés Castro (Liberal Reformist Party)
Area
 • Total
145.67 km2 (56.24 sq mi)
Population
 (2022 census)[4]
 • Total
167,040
 • Density1,100/km2 (3,000/sq mi)
 • Urban
104,951
Municipal Districts
1

Boca Chica is a municipality (municipio) of the Santo Domingo province in the Dominican Republic. Within the municipality there is one municipal district (distritos municipal): La Caleta.[5] As of the 2022 census it had 167,040 inhabitants, 104,951 living in the city itself and 62,089 in its rural districts (Secciones).[4]

Boca Chica has a popular beach with the same name, located about 30 kilometers east of Santo Domingo de Guzmán in the south-east region of the country.[6]

  1. ^ "Radhamés Castro ya es el nuevo alcalde de Boca Chica" (in Spanish). Boca Chica: Diario Digital RD. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Radhamés Castro asegura será el nuevo alcalde de Boca Chica 2016- 2020" (in Spanish). Boca Chica: El Nacional. 24 December 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  3. ^ Superficies a nivel de municipios, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica Archived April 17, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ a b Citypopulation, Boca Chica municipality
  5. ^ Oficina Nacional de Estadistica, Departamento de Cartografia, Division de Limites y Linderos. "Listado de Codigos de Provincias, Municipio y Distritos Municipales, Actualizada a Junio 20 del 2006" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2007-03-14. Retrieved 2007-01-24.
  6. ^ Amaury Mo (2019-07-10). "Historia de la Playa de Boca Chica Ensegundos República Dominicana". Ensegundos (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-04-21.