Santo Domingo is a municipality and city in the Villa Clara Province of Cuba. It was founded in 1819 and established as a municipality in 1879. In 2004, the municipality of Santo Domingo had a population of 53,840. With a total area of 883 km2 (340.9 sq mi), it has a population density of 61.0 /km2 (158/sq mi). The municipality is divided into the barrios of Alvarez, Arenas, Baracaldo, Cascajal, Cerrito, Este, Jicotea, Jiquiabo, Manacas, Mordazo, Oeste, Puerto Escondido, Río, Rodrigo, San Bartolomé, San Marcos and Yabucito.