Pedernales

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Pedernales
Haiti Pedernales Barahona Baoruco Independencia Azua Peravia San Cristóbal Distrito Nacional Santo Domingo San Pedro de Macoris La Romana La Altagracia El Seibo Hato Mayor Samaná María Trinidad Sánchez Espaillat Monte Plata (Provinz) Sanchez Ramirez Duarte Hermanas Mirabal San José de Ocoa Monseñor Nouel La Vega Puerto Plata Monte Cristi Valverde Dajabón Elías Piña Santiago Rodríguez Santiago San Juanlocation
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Basic data
Country Dominican Republic
region Enriquillo
Seat Pedernales
surface 2,080.5 km²
Residents 31,587 (2010)
density 15 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 DO-16

Coordinates: 17 ° 55 ′  N , 71 ° 31 ′  W

Pedernales

Pedernales is one of the 31 provinces of the Dominican Republic . It is located in the southwest of the country and borders the provinces of Barahona (province) and Independencia as well as Haiti and the Caribbean .

The province has about 31,500 inhabitants (as of 2010). Its capital is the city of the same name, Pedernales , to which the islands of Beata and Alto Velo also belong.

Administrative division

The province is made up of two municipalities :

  • Pedernales (with the islands of Beata and Isla Alto) (883.8 km², 24291 inhabitants 2010,)
  • Oviedo (959.6 km², 7296 inhabitants 2010,)

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