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Santo Domingo es la capital de la República Dominicana. La ciudad está situada sobre el mar Caribe, en la desembocadura del río Ozama, en la costa sur de la isla. Fundada por Bartolomé Colón el 5 de agosto de 1498, en la margen oriental del río Ozama y luego trasladada por Nicolás de Ovando en 1502 a la margen occidental del mismo río. Conocida por ser el lugar del primer asentamiento europeo en América, y por ser la primera sede del gobierno colonial español en el Nuevo Mundo. Se encuentra dentro de los límites del Distrito Nacional, y este último a su vez está bordeado por tres partes por la provincia Santo Domingo. Limita al sur con el mar Caribe, al este con el municipio Santo Domingo Este, al oeste con Santo Domingo Oeste y al norte con Santo Domingo Norte; entre todas forman el Gran Santo Domingo cuya área metropolitana supera ya los 4 millones de habitantes.

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En Santo Domingo se encuentran la primera catedral y el primer castillo de América; ambos ubicados en la Ciudad Colonial, zona declarada como Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la UNESCO.

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Hoy, Santo Domingo constituye el mayor centro cultural, financiero, político, comercial e industrial de la República Dominicana. Santo Domingo también sirve como el principal puerto del país. Uno de los puertos de la ciudad se encuentra en la desembocadura del río Ozama y acoge a los buques más grandes, y es capaz de recibir tanto cargas de pasajeros como tráfico de mercancías.

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Santo Domingo llevó el nombre de "Ciudad Trujillo" desde 1936 hasta 1961, debido a un cambio hecho por el dictador Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina. Hoy en día, Santo Domingo es la metrópolis más importante del país, dado su PIB Paridad de poder adquisitivo US$ 36,000 millones y además es la ciudad más poblada del Caribe.

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