- Pedernales Province
Infobox Province Dominican Republic
Name = Pedernales
coat-of-arms = COA Of Pedernales.jpg
demonym = Pedernalense
established_date = 1956
Capital = Pedernales
capital_population = 35,482
capital_coor = 18_02_N_71_45_W_ 18° 02′ S 71° 45′ O
largest city = Oviedo
largest city population = 37,884
Area = 2,074.53
area_rank = 7
area_percentage = 4.3
Population = 87,125
population_rank = 32
population_date = 2008
population_percentage = 0.2
governor = Francisco Jiménez
Density = 10.2
ISO = 16
deputies = 2
municipalities = 2
districts = 2
website =Pedernales is the southernmost province of the
Dominican Republic , including the offshore island ofIsla Beata . It was split fromBarahona in1956 . It was named Beata from1956 through1958 Municipalities and municipal districts
The province as of June 20 2006 is divided into the following municipalities ("
municipio s") and municipal districts ("distrito municipal" - D.M.) within them: [cite web |url=http://www.one.gob.do/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=113|title=Listado de Codigos de Provincias, Municipio y Distritos Municipales, Actualizada a Junio 20 del 2006|author=Oficina Nacional de Estadistica, Departamento de Cartografia, Division de Limites y Linderos|language=Spanish|accessdate=2007-01-24]
*Oviedo
*Pedernales
**José Francisco Peña Gómez (D.M.)
**Juancho (D.M.)
*Isla BeataThe following is a sortable table of the municipalities and municipal districts with population figures as of the 2008 census. Urban population are those living in the seats ("cabeceras" literally heads) of municipalities or of municipal districts.
Rural population are those living in thedistrict s ("Secciones" literally sections) andneighborhood s ("Parajes" literally places) outside of them. [cite web |url=http://one.gob.do/censo/volumen_I_pdf.zip
format = PDF|title=VIII Censo 2002 Poplación y Vivienda|author=Oficina Nacional de Estadística|language=Spanish|accessdate=2007-01-24]For comparison with the municipalities and municipal districts of other provinces see the
list of municipalities and municipal districts of the Dominican Republic .References
* [http://www.pedernales.com.do Informacion sobre Pedernales]
* [http://www.one.gob.do/ Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Statistics Portal of the Dominican Republic]
* [http://www.one.gob.do/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=114 Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Maps with administrative division of the provinces of the Dominican Republic] , downloadable in PDF format
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