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ATMs abound in Santo Domingo, not so in the provinces

If you live or are traveling in Greater Santo Domingo, finding an automatic teller machine to get cash is a piece of cake. Gas stations, malls and lots of banks have tellers that are open 24/7.

Diario Libre, nevertheless, warns people that the number of ATMs in the interior of the country varies.

For instance, Pedernales and Independencia (Jimaní) provinces in the southwest, have only two cash machines each.

As of February 2022, the Central Bank says there are 3,425 installed nationwide.

Places where tellers are relatively easy to access:

National District – 1,369
Santo Domingo province – 404
Santiago – 400
La Altgracia (Higuey and Punta Cana) – 270
San Cristobal – 113
Puerto Plata – 112
La Vega (Jarabacoa, Constanza) – 106
La Romana (104)
San Pedro de Macoris (Juan Dolio, Guayacanes) – 92
Duarte (San Francisco de Macoris) – 71
Espaillat (Cabrera) – 58
Monseñor Nouel (Bonao) – 52
Barahona – 30
María Trinidad Sanchez (Nagua) – 25

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Diario Libre

19 April 2022