| 词条 | Pedernales, Dominican Republic |
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|name =Pedernales |pushpin_map =Dominican Republic |pushpin_relief = 1 |pushpin_map_caption =Location of Pedernales in the Dominican Republic |mapsize = |coordinates = {{coord|18|02|N|71|45|W|region:DO|display=inline}} |subdivision_type =Country |subdivision_name ={{DOM}} |subdivision_type1 =Province |subdivision_name1 =Pedernales |established_title =Founded |established_date =1927 |established_title2 =Municipality since |established_date2 =1957 |area_total_km2 =1274.67 |area_footnotes =[1] |elevation_m =10 |elevation_footnotes =[2] |population_total =27955 |population_as_of =2012 |total_type =Total |population_density_km2 =auto |population_blank1_title =Demonym |population_blank1 =Pedernalense |population_footnotes =[3] |blank_name =Distance to – Santo Domingo |blank_info = 335 km |blank1_name =Municipal Districts |blank1_info = 2 |blank2_name = Climate |blank2_info = BSh }} 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 border, and has a crossing to the Haitian town of Anse-à-Pitres. National Parks
These two parks, along with Lake Enriquillo and adjoining zones of the Municipality Pedernales, form the first biosphere reserve in the country. HistoryThe official foundation of the colony of Pedernales was produced in the year 1927 during the Government of Horacio Vásquez, who appointed as Administrator to the well-known writer Sócrates Nolasco. The colonists proceeded of Duvergé mostly. The first one was Mrs Epiphany Rocha, later other families from Barahona arrived, Oviedo and Villa Jaragua. In the year 1937 the highway was built to join with this locality and Oviedo, in whose works they participated 500 men divided into brigades of 10 each one. By Resolution of the City Hall of Enriquillo in the 1938, Pedernales was raised to Municipal District. The name of Pedernales stems from the denomination Flint that is a variety of very common quartz of yellowish color "that produces spark with the link". This stone is found in the river of Pedernales, that limit frontier in the south extreme between Haiti and Dominican Republic. Culture
Touristic Places
ClimateIts location over a number of rain shadows through the highlands of Hispaniola from the northeasterly trade winds gives Pedernales a semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Rainfall is highest in September and October when tropical cyclones may strike the whole island, and temperatures are generally warmer during the day than in much of the tropics. {{Weather box|location =Pedernales, Dominican Republic (1961–1990) |single line = Y |metric first = Y |temperature colour = |Jan record high C = 36.0 |Feb record high C = 35.5 |Mar record high C = 37.5 |Apr record high C = 38.5 |May record high C = 39.1 |Jun record high C = 39.0 |Jul record high C = 39.7 |Aug record high C = 39.3 |Sep record high C = 38.9 |Oct record high C = 38.9 |Nov record high C = 37.5 |Dec record high C = 36.7 |year record high C = 39.7 |Jan high C = 31.5 |Feb high C = 31.3 |Mar high C = 31.8 |Apr high C = 32.6 |May high C = 33.5 |Jun high C = 34.8 |Jul high C = 36.0 |Aug high C = 36.1 |Sep high C = 35.8 |Oct high C = 34.9 |Nov high C = 33.6 |Dec high C = 32.2 |year high C = 33.7 |Jan low C = 19.3 |Feb low C = 19.5 |Mar low C = 20.1 |Apr low C = 20.9 |May low C = 21.8 |Jun low C = 22.4 |Jul low C = 23.4 |Aug low C = 23.4 |Sep low C = 23.0 |Oct low C = 22.2 |Nov low C = 21.0 |Dec low C = 19.9 |year low C = 21.4 |Jan record low C = 15.3 |Feb record low C = 15.3 |Mar record low C = 13.7 |Apr record low C = 15.4 |May record low C = 14.0 |Jun record low C = 11.5 |Jul record low C = 15.7 |Aug record low C = 16.0 |Sep record low C = 14.0 |Oct record low C = 15.8 |Nov record low C = 15.0 |Dec record low C = 15.5 |year record low C = 11.5 |rain colour = green |Jan rain mm = 8.5 |Feb rain mm = 9.4 |Mar rain mm = 20.2 |Apr rain mm = 42.0 |May rain mm = 71.1 |Jun rain mm = 24.1 |Jul rain mm = 27.0 |Aug rain mm = 57.2 |Sep rain mm = 91.4 |Oct rain mm = 83.6 |Nov rain mm = 42.8 |Dec rain mm = 20.3 |year rain mm = 497.6 |unit rain days = 1.0 mm |Jan rain days = 1.3 |Feb rain days = 1.2 |Mar rain days = 2.2 |Apr rain days = 3.6 |May rain days = 4.6 |Jun rain days = 2.3 |Jul rain days = 2.8 |Aug rain days = 3.8 |Sep rain days = 6.0 |Oct rain days = 6.2 |Nov rain days = 3.4 |Dec rain days = 1.6 |year rain days = 39.0 |source 1 = NOAA[4] |source 2 = [5] |date=December 2011 }} References1. ^Superficies a nivel de municipios, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417021712/http://one.gob.do/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=63&Itemid=283 |date=2009-04-17 }} {{Wikivoyage|Pedernales}}{{coord|18|02|N|71|45|W|region:DO_type:city|display=title}}{{Provincial capitals of the Dominican Republic}}{{Municipalities of the Dominican Republic}}2. ^{{cite book | last = De la Fuente | first = Santiago | title = Geografía Dominicana | publisher = Editora Colegial Quisqueyana | year = 1976 | location = Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | language = french }} 3. ^Censo 2012 de Población y Vivienda, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica 4. ^{{cite web | url = ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/TABLES/REG_IV/DR/00000038.TXT| title = Pedernales Climate Normals 1961-1990| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration| accessdate = September 19, 2016}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.climate-charts.com/Locations/d/DR78000000000383.php|title=Pedernales, Dominican Republic |accessdate=17 December 2011 |publisher=Climate Charts }} 3 : Municipalities of the Dominican Republic|Populated places in Pedernales Province|Dominican Republic–Haiti border crossings |
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