Pedernales, Dominican Republic
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The Dominican
city
of Pedernales is the capital of the province of Pedernales
, in the Dominican Republic
. It is located in the southwest of the country. As it is located on the border, there is a crossing to the Haiti
an town of Anse-à-Pitres
.
These two parks, along with Lake Enriquillo
and adjoining zones of the Municipality Pedernales, form the first biosphere reserve in the country.
.
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.
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
city
City
A city is a relatively large and permanent settlement. Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.For example, in the U.S...
of Pedernales is the capital of the province of Pedernales
Pedernales (province)
Pedernales is the southernmost province of the Dominican Republic, including the offshore island of Isla Beata. It was split from Barahona in 1956...
, in the Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
. It is located in the southwest of the country. As it is located on the border, there is a crossing to the Haiti
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
an town of Anse-à-Pitres
Anse-à-Pitres
Anse-à-Pitres is a town in the Belle-Anse Arrondissement, in the Sud-Est Department of Haiti. It is located around . Its border crossing to Pedernales is one of the four chief land crossings to the Dominican Republic....
.
National Parks
- Parque Nacional Jaragua
- Parque Nacional Sierra de Bahoruco
These two parks, along with Lake Enriquillo
Lake Enriquillo
Lake Enriquillo is a lake in the Dominican Republic and is the largest lake and lowest point in the Caribbean and the lowest point on any ocean island. It is one of only a few saltwater lakes in the world inhabited by crocodiles...
and adjoining zones of the Municipality Pedernales, form the first biosphere reserve in the country.
History
The 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 NolascoSócrates Nolasco
Arístides Sócrates Henríquez Nolasco was a writer from the Dominican Republic. He was born in what is now Enriquillo in Barahona Province on March 20, 1884, and died in Santo Domingo on July 2, 1980. The parents of Sócrates Nolasco were Juliana Nolasco and Manuel Henríquez y Carvajal...
.
The colonists proceeded of Duvergé mostly. The first one was Mrs Epiphany Rocha, later other families from Barahona arrived, Oviedo
Oviedo, Pedernales
Oviedo is a city and municipality in the Pedernales province of the Dominican Republic. It is the southernmost city of the Dominican Republic and of the Hispaniola island.- Sources :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
and Villa Jaragua
Villa Jaragua
Villa Jaragua is a city and a municipality in the Baoruco province of the Dominican Republic, close to the Lake Enriquillo.The town was known as Barbacoa but Trujillo named it as Villa Trujillo Valdéz after his father...
. 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
- Grupo de Baile Folklórico
- Baton Ballet
- Banda de Música
- Palos y Atabales
- Pelea de Gallos
Touristic Places
- Hoyo de Pelempito
- Cabo RojoCabo Rojo, Dominican RepublicLiterally meaning "Red Cape", is both a cape on the southwestern coast of the Dominican Republic, and a beach on the same location. More specifically, it belongs to Pedernales Province, the southernmost province of the country....
- Río de Paso Sena
- El Mulito
- Playa Pedernales
- Playa Bahia de las AguilasBahia de las AguilasLiterally "Eagles Bay", Bahia de las Aguilas is an 8 km long beach along the southwestern coast of the Dominican Republic. It belongs to the Jaragua National Park, and it is considered by Dominicans one of the most beautiful beaches in the world....