Los Cacicazgos
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic city, Mirador Sur
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic city, Mirador Sur
Los Cacicazgos is located in the Dominican Republic
Los Cacicazgos
Los Cacicazgos
Coordinates: 18°30′N 69°59′W / 18.500°N 69.983°W / 18.500; -69.983
CountryDominican Republic
ProvinceDistrito Nacional
Government
 • MayorCarolina Mejía
Population
 (2008)
 • Total15,725
Time zoneUTC-4 UTC
 • Summer (DST)UTCNone
Websitehttp://www.adn.gov.do/

Los Cacicazgos (from Spanish 'The Caciquedoms') is a district or neighborhood in the city of Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic. It is one of the richest neighborhoods in Dominican Republic and the wealthiest in the city of Santo Domingo. The district is named after the Native Taino Chiefdoms of Hispaniola. Los Cacicazgos is in particular populated by individuals from the upper class.

The district has the lowest poverty rate in the city surpassing the neighborhood of Piantini. It is the city's most opulent borough; the Anacaona Avenue has the most expensive price per m2 in the country. Its limits are: to the north, Renacimiento; to the east, Mirador Sur park; to the south, South Vantage Point Park and beyond it, Buenos Aires; to the west, Herrera (in the Province of Santo Domingo). [1][2]

Sources

  1. ↑ Soldevila, María Isabel (15 July 2007). "El país de los extremos" (in Spanish). Listín Diario. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  2. ↑ Santana, Wendy (25 January 2008). "Los inmuebles más cotizados están en la avenida Anacaona" (in Spanish). Listín Diario. Retrieved 28 June 2015.


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