Pedernales, Dominican Republic

Pedernales
Municipality
A street in Pedernales
A street in Pedernales
Coat of arms of Pedernales
Pedernales is located in the Dominican Republic
Pedernales
Pedernales
Coordinates: 18°02′0″N 71°45′0″W / 18.03333°N 71.75000°W / 18.03333; -71.75000
CountryDominican Republic
ProvincePedernales
Founded1927
Municipality since
1957
Municipal DistrictJosé Francisco Peña Gómez
Area
 • Total883.8 km2 (341.2 sq mi)
 • Urban6.62 km2 (2.56 sq mi)
Elevation10 m (30 ft)
Population
 (2014)[1]
 • Total14,590
 • Density17/km2 (43/sq mi)
 • Urban
13,077
DemonymPedernalense
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (AST)
Distance135 km (84 mi) to Barahona
335 km (208 mi) to Santo Domingo

Pedernales is a Dominican city and the capital of the Pedernales province, in the southwest of the country close to the border with Haiti.

  1. 1.0 1.1 Consejo Nacional de Población y Familia. "Estamaciones y Proyecciones de la Población Dominicana por Regiones, Provincias, Municipios y Distritos Municipales, 2014" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2014-02-02.
  2. "Expansión Urbana de las ciudades capitales de R.D. 1988-2010. Informe Básico" (PDF) (in Spanish). Oficina Nacional de Estadística. April 2015. p. 54. Retrieved 10 December 2016.[permanent dead link]
  3. De la Fuente, Santiago (1976). Geografía Dominicana (in Spanish). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Editora Colegial Quisqueyana.

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