| Elías Piña | |
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| Country |  Dominican Republic |
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| Capital | Comendador |
| - elevation | 395 m (1,296 ft) |
| - coordinates | 18°53′0″N 71°42′0″W / 18.883333°N 71.7°W |
| Area | 1,426.20 km2 (551 sq mi) |
| Population | 63,879 (2002) |
| Density | 44.8 /km2 (116 /sq mi) |
| Province since | 1942 |
| Subdivisions | 6 municipalities 7 municipal districts |
| Congresspersons | 1 Senator 2 Deputies |
| Timezone | EST (UTC-4) |
| Area code | 1-809 1-829 1-849 |
| ISO 3166-2 | DO-07 |
| Postal Code | 73000 |
 Location of the Elías Piña Province
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Elías Piña is one of the 31 provinces of the Dominican Republic. It is located in the western part of the country, on the border with Haiti. Its capital city is Comendador.
It was created on 1942 with the name San Rafael. In 1965, its name was changed to Estrelleta and, finally, in 1972 it got its current name. It was a municipio of the San Juan province before being elevated to the category of province.
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Location
The Elías Piña province has the Dajabón and Santiago Rodríguez provinces to the north, the San Juan province to the east, the Independencia province to the south and the Republic of Haiti to the west.
Origin of name
Elías Piña was an officer of the Dominican army when the Dominican-Haitian War. He was born in La Margarita, close to Comendador and died in 1845 when he was attacking a fortified position in Bánica.
History
Municipalities
In the province, there are six municipalities (municipios) and seven municipal districts (distrito municipal) within them. The municipalities and its municipal districts (M.D.) are:
- Comendador, head municipality of the province
- Guayabo (M.D.)
- Sabana Larga (M.D.)
- Bánica
- Sabana Cruz (M.D.)
- Sabana Higüero (M.D.)
- El Llano
- Guanito (M.D.)
- Hondo Valle
- Rancho de la Guardia (M.D.)
- Juan Santiago
- Pedro Santana
- Río Limpio (M.D.)
Population
In 2002 (last national census), there were 63,879 people living in the Elías Piña province, and the urban population was just 23,203 (36.32%).[1]
The following is a sortable table of the municipalities with population figures as of the 2002 census. The population figures for the municipal districts are included within their municipalities.[2]
| Name | Total population | Urban population | Rural population |
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| Bánica | 7,272 | 1,458 | 5,814 |
| Comendador | 25,475 | 11,391 | 14,084 |
| El Llano | 8,151 | 2,464 | 5,687 |
| Hondo Valle | 10,647 | 3,752 | 6,895 |
| Juan Santiago | 4,491 | 1,565 | 2,926 |
| Pedro Santana | 7,843 | 2,573 | 5,270 |
| Elías Piña province | 63,879 | 23,203 | 40,676 |
Geography
The Cordillera Central ("Central mountain chain") is found in the northern part of the province, and the Sierra de Neiba runs across the southern half. Between those two mountain ranges, there are several valleys formed by the Artibonite River and its tributaries.
Climate
The climate of the province is a tropical climate, hot most of the year, but it is cooler on the mountains.
Rivers
The main river is the Artibonite that, in some places, marks the Dominican-Haitian border. Other rivers are Macasías, Tocino, Joca and Vallecito, all of them tributaries of the Artibonite.
Economy
As in all border provinces in the Dominican Republic, there is little economic development. The trade with Haiti is important, above all in Comendador. On the mountains, coffee and beans are important products. Potatoes are also produced in the south (Sierra de Neiba).
References
- ^ Oficina Nacional de Estadística. "República Dominicana en Cifras 2006" (in Spanish) (PDF). http://www.one.gob.do/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=326. Retrieved 2007-03-27.
- ^ Oficina Nacional de Estadística. "VIII Censo 2002 Poplación y Vivienda" (in Spanish) (PDF). http://one.gob.do/censo/volumen_I_pdf.zip. Retrieved 2007-01-24.
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