Hondo Valle, Elías Piña
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| Coordinates: 18°43′12″N 71°42′0″W / 18.72°N 71.7°WCoordinates: 18°43′12″N 71°42′0″W / 18.72°N 71.7°W | |
| Country |  Dominican Republic |
| Province | Elías Piña |
| Municipal Districts | 1 |
| Municipality since | 1978 |
| Area[1] | |
| • Total | 120.63 km2 (46.58 sq mi) |
| Elevation[2] | 890 m (2,920 ft) |
| Population (2010)[3] | |
| • Total | 10,587 |
| • Density | 88/km2 (230/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 5,473 |
| Including population of Rancho de la Guardia. | |
| Time zone | AST (UTC-4) |
| • Summer (DST) | AST (UTC-4) |
| Distance | 36 km (22 mi) to Comendador |
Hondo Valle (in English, Deep Valley) is a Dominican municipality in the Elías Piña Province. It is located in the Sierra de Neiba mountain range.
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Population [change]
The municipality had, in 2010, a total population of 10,587: 5,638 men and 4,949 women. The urban population was 51.70% of the total population. In this numbers are included the population of the municipal district Rancho de la Guardia. The population of Hondo Valle without its municipal district was 7,194.[3]
History [change]
Hondo Valle was elevated to the category of municipality by the law 916 of 12 August 1978. Before that date, it was a municipal district of Comendador.[4]
Geography [change]
Hondo Valle is in a small Valley on the Sierra de Neiba mountain range, at an elevation of 890 m. It is at 36 km to the south of Comendador. The average temperature in the city is 21.2°C and the average rainfall is 1,717.0 mm.[2]
The limits of the municipality are the municipality of El Llano to the north, the municipality of Juan Santiago to the east, the Independencia province to the south and Haiti to the west.
Hondo Valle has one municipal districts: Rancho de la Guardia.[5]
Economy [change]
The main economic activity of the municipality is agriculture.
References [change]
- ↑ Superficies a nivel de municipios, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 De la Fuente, Santiago (1976) (in Spanish). Geografía Dominicana. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Editora Colegial Quisqueyana.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Oficina Nacional de Estadística. "IX Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda. Informe Básico" (in Spanish) (PDF). http://censo2010.one.gob.do/resultados/Resumen_resultados_generales_censo_2010.pdf. Retrieved 2013-1-29.
- ↑ Féliz, Werner D. (2004) (in Spanish). División político-territorial dominicana 1944-2004. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: CONAU. pp. 148. ISBN 999349391-0.
- ↑ Oficina Nacional de Estadística. "División Territorial 2008" (in Spanish) (PDF). http://www.one.gob.do/index.php?module=uploads&func=download&fileId=1098. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
