Bonao

Bonao
Bonao
City
	View of Bonao city, Dominican Republic
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	Bonao
	Coordinates: 18°57′0″N 70°24′36″W / 18.95000°N 70.41000°W
Country	Dominican Republic
Province	Monseñor Nouel
Founded	1495
Municipality since	1865
Area
• Total	664.37 km2 (256.51 sq mi)
Elevation	173 m (568 ft)
Population (2012)
• Total	158,034
• Density	240/km2 (620/sq mi)
• Urban	60,044
Distance to; – Santo Domingo	; 85 km
Municipal Districts	; 5
Climate	Af

Bonao is a city in the Cibao region of Dominican Republic. It is the capital of the Monseñor Nouel province. The city is located in the center of the country, to the northwest of the national capital Santo Domingo.^[4]^[5]

The city is known as "Villa de las Hortensias" - the town of hydrangeas. The Hortensia is the local flower of Bonao.^{[citation needed]}

^ Superficies a nivel de municipios, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica Archived April 17, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
^ De la Fuente, Santiago (1976). Geografía Dominicana (in Spanish). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Editora Colegial Quisqueyana.
^ Censo 2012 de Población y Vivienda, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica
^ "Official government PDF - Geography" (PDF).
^ "Relation: Bonao (7384719)". OpenStreetMap. 2017-09-15. Retrieved 2024-04-11.