Pedernales, Dominican Republic

Pedernales
Pedernales Dominican Republic town house.
Pedernales Dominican Republic town house.
Official seal of Pedernales
Pedernales is located in the Dominican Republic
Pedernales
Pedernales
Location of Pedernales in the Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 18°02′N 71°45′W / 18.033°N 71.750°W / 18.033; -71.750
Country Dominican Republic
ProvincePedernales
Founded1927
Municipality since1957
Area
 • Total1,274.67 km2 (492.15 sq mi)
Elevation10 m (30 ft)
Population
 (2012)[3]
 • Total27,955
 • Density22/km2 (57/sq mi)
 • Demonym
Pedernalense
Distance to
 – Santo Domingo

335 km
Municipal Districts
2
ClimateBSh

The Dominican city of Pedernales is the capital of the Pedernales Province, in the Dominican Republic. It is located in the southwest of the country, on the Dominican Republic–Haiti border, and has a crossing to the Haitian town of Anse-à-Pitres.

  1. ^ Superficies a nivel de municipios, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica Archived 2009-04-17 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ De la Fuente, Santiago (1976). Geografía Dominicana (in French). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Editora Colegial Quisqueyana.
  3. ^ Censo 2012 de Población y Vivienda, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica

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