Santo Domingo, Antioquia | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality and town |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Pushpin Map: | Colombia |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Colombia |
Coordinates: | 6.4708°N -75.1658°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Antioquia Department |
Subdivision Type2: | Subregion |
Subdivision Name2: | Northeastern |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 271 |
Elevation M: | 1975 |
Population Total: | 12394 |
Population As Of: | 2018 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Santo Domingo is a town and municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia. Part of the subregion of Northeastern Antioquia, it lies at an altitude of 1,975 m (6,480 ft) above sea level.
The municipio was founded in 1778 by Don Juan Gregorio Duque. In 1858, the writer Tomás Carrasquilla was born here.