Key facts
- Country
- Dominican Republic
- Province
- La Vega
- Total
- 410.9 km (158.6 sq mi)
- Urban
- 30.71 km (11.86 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 100 m (330 ft)
- Density
- 493.7/km (1,279/sq mi)
- Demonyms
- Vegano (female, vegana)
- Time zone
- UTC-4 ( AST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 ( AST )
- Distance
- 36 km (22 mi) to Santiago , 125 km (78 mi) to Santo Domingo
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Encyclopedic overview
La Vega, officially Concepción de la Vega (Real), is the third most populous city and a municipality of the Dominican Republic. It is the provincial capital of the homonymous province. The city is known as the Carnival epicenter of the Dominican Republic for its tradition and culture, its large agricultural production methods throughout its province.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “La Vega” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.