Boca Chica
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. As of the 2012 census it had 123,510 inhabitants, 70,184 living in the city itself and 53,326 in its rural districts (Secciones).
Boca Chica | |
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Streets of Boca Chica | |
Boca Chica Boca Chica in the Dominican Republic | |
| Coordinates: 18°27′14″N 69°36′23″W | |
| Country | Dominican Republic |
| Province | Santo Domingo |
| Incorporated | 2001 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Radhamés Castro (Liberal Reformist Party) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 145.67 km2 (56.24 sq mi) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 123,510 |
| • Density | 850/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 53,326 |
| Municipal Districts | 1 |
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.
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