Las Terrenas
Las Terrenas | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
 Las Terrenas beach | |
  Las Terrenas | |
| Coordinates: 19°19′12″N 69°31′48″W / 19.32000°N 69.53000°W | |
| Country |  Dominican Republic |
| Province | Samaná |
| Municipality since | 1996 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 111.9 km2 (43.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 17 m (56 ft) |
| Population (2014)[1] | |
| • Total | 18,829 |
| • Density | 170/km2 (440/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 11,124 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (AST) |
| Distance: | 48 km (30 mi) to Samaná |
Las Terrenas is a Dominican municipality in the Samaná province, on the north coast of the peninsula of Samaná.
Name[change | change source]
The name Las Terrenas comes from the French La terrienne (the "lady that owns land").[3]
Population[change | change source]
The municipality had, in 2014, a total population of 18,829: 9,776 men and 9,053 women. The urban population was 59.1% of the total population.[1]
Geography[change | change source]
Las Terrenas has a total area of 111.9 km2 (43 sq mi), about 13% of the total area of the province of Samaná.[1] The city is an elevation of 17 m (56 ft) above sea level,[2] and at 48 km (30 mi) to the northwest of Samaná.
Las Terrenas does not have any municipal district.[4]
The municipality of Las Terrenas has the Atlantic Ocean to the north, the municipality of Sánchez to the west and south, and the municipality of Samaná to the east.
Economy[change | change source]
The main economic activities of the municipality are the same as the province: tourism, agriculture and fishing.
References[change | change source]
Media related to Las Terrenas at Wikimedia Commons
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Consejo Nacional de Población y Familia. "Estamaciones y Proyecciones de la Población Dominicana por Regiones, Provincias, Municipios y Distritos Municipales, 2014" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2014-02-02.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Las Terrenas". Geonames.org. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ↑ Vega, Bernardo (2004). Breve historia de Samaná (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Fundación Cultural Dominicana. ISBN 99934-27-06-3.
- ↑ "División Territorial 2015" (in Spanish). Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE). October 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2016.