Pedernales Province

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Pedernales
Flag Coat of Arm
Location
Map of Domincan Republic, Pedernales is indicated
Information
Country Flag of the Dominican Republic 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]

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]

For comparison with the municipalities and municipal districts of other provinces see the list of municipalities and municipal districts of the Dominican Republic.

Name Total population Urban population Rural population
Oviedo &0000000000003976.0000003,976 &0000000000002557.0000002,557 &0000000000001419.0000001,419
Pedernales &0000000000013805.00000013,805 &0000000000010339.00000010,339 &0000000000003466.0000003,466
Juancho (D.M.) &0000000000003426.0000003,426 &0000000000001554.0000001,554 &0000000000001872.0000001,872
Pedernales province &0000000000021207.00000021,207 &0000000000014450.00000014,450 &0000000000006757.0000006,757


[edit] References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Oficina Nacional de Estadística. VIII Censo 2002 Poplación y Vivienda (PDF) (Spanish). Retrieved on 2007-01-24.

[edit] External links

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