Pedernales Province
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| Location | |
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| Information | |
| Country |  Dominican Republic |
| Establishment date | 1957 |
| Capital city • Population • Coordinates |
Pedernales 13,805 18° 02′ S 71° 45′ O |
| Area • Total • % of the country |
Ranked 7th 2,074.53 km² 4.3% |
| Population • Total • % of the country • Density |
Ranked 32th 21,207 (2002) 0.2% 10.2 inhab./km² |
| Time zone | UTC-4 |
| ISO 3166-2 | DO-16 |
| Politics and administration | |
| Members in Congress |
1 Senator 2 Deputies |
| Municipalities Municipal Districts |
2 2 |
| Provinces of the Dominican Republic | |
Pedernales is the southernmost province of the Dominican Republic, including the offshore island of Isla Beata. It was split from Barahona in 1958.
[edit] Municipalities and municipal districts
The province as of June 20 2006 is divided into the following municipalities (municipios) and municipal districts (distrito municipal - D.M.) within them:[1]
- Oviedo
- Pedernales
- José Francisco Peña Gómez (D.M.)
- Juancho (D.M.)
- Isla Beata
The following is a sortable table of the municipalities and municipal districts with population figures as of the 2002 census. Urban population are those living in the seats (cabeceras literally heads) of municipalities or of municipal districts. Rural population are those living in the districts (Secciones literally sections) and neighborhoods (Parajes literally places) outside of them.[2]
| Name | Total population | Urban population | Rural population |
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| Oviedo | 3,976 | 2,557 | 1,419 |
| Pedernales | 13,805 | 10,339 | 3,466 |
| Juancho (D.M.) | 3,426 | 1,554 | 1,872 |
| Pedernales province | 21,207 | 14,450 | 6,757 |
For comparison with the municipalities and municipal districts of other provinces see the list of municipalities and municipal districts of the Dominican Republic.
[edit] References
- ^ Oficina Nacional de Estadistica, Departamento de Cartografia, Division de Limites y Linderos. Listado de Codigos de Provincias, Municipio y Distritos Municipales, Actualizada a Junio 20 del 2006 (Spanish). Retrieved on 2007-01-24.
- ^ Oficina Nacional de Estadística. VIII Censo 2002 Poplación y Vivienda (PDF) (Spanish). Retrieved on 2007-01-24.
[edit] External links
- (Spanish) Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Statistics Portal of the Dominican Republic
- (Spanish) Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Maps with administrative division of the provinces of the Dominican Republic, downloadable in PDF format
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