| Official Name: | Santo Domingo |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Cuba |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Villa Clara |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1819 |
| Established Title2: | Established |
| Established Date2: | 1879 (Municipality) |
| Area Total Km2: | 883 |
| Population As Of: | 2022 |
| Population Total: | 46,984 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | EST |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Coordinates: | 22.5833°N -80.2383°W |
| Elevation M: | 50 |
| Area Code: | +53-422 |
Santo Domingo is a municipality and town in the Villa Clara Province of Cuba.
It was founded in 1819 and established as a municipality in 1879.
The town is divided into the wards (barrios) of Este (east) and Oeste (west). The municipality includes the villages of Álvarez, Amaro, Arenas, Baracaldo, Bermejal, Cascajal, Cayo Bejuco, Cerrito, George Washington, Jiquiabo, La Criolla, Las Casimbas, Manacas, Mordazo, Puerto Escondido, Río, Rodrigo, Sabino Hernández, San Bartolomé, San Juan de Amaro, San Marcos, Ulacia (Carlos Baliño), Ventiseis de Julio, Yabucito. Until the 1977 municipal reform, Santo Domingo included Jicotea too, nowadays part of Ranchuelo municipality.[1]
The wards ("consejos populares" in spanish) of the municipality are Cascajal, Mordazo, Sabino Hernández, Manacas, Washington, La Palma y El Jardín (main town of Santo Domingo), 26 de Julio, and Baliño y Rodrigo-Amaro.[2]
In 2022, the municipality of Santo Domingo had a population of 46,984.[3] With a total area of 883km2,[4] it has a population density of 53/km2.