Pedro Santana, Elías Piña facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Pedro Santana
Municipality
Country	Dominican Republic
Province	Elías Piña
Municipality since	1952
Municipal District	Río Limpio
Area
• Total	236.1 km2 (91.2 sq mi)
Elevation	293 m (961 ft)
Population  (2010)
• Total	3,917
• Density	16.590/km2 (42.969/sq mi)
• Urban	1,193
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (AST)
Distance:	36 km (22 mi) to Comendador

Pedro Santana is a municipality in the Dominican Republic, in the Elías Piña Province, on the border with Haiti, along the left side of the Artibonite river.

Origin of the name

The town, and municipality, was named after Pedro Santana, a general of the Independence wars and first president of the Dominican Republic. He was born in Hincha, now a Haitian city ("Hinche") near the the border.

Population

The municipality had, in 2010, a total population of 3,917: 2,120 men and 1,797 women. The urban population was 30.5% of the total population.

History

The old small town of Los Cercadillos was elevated, with the present name, to the category of municipal district of Bánica on 16 September 1942 and to the category of municipality by the Law 3208 of 3 March 1952.

Geography

Pedro Santana has an area of 236.1 km² (91.2 sq mi) and is at 2 km (1.2 mi) to the north of Bánica and at 36 km² (13.9 sq mi) to the north of Comendador.

The limits of the municipality are the Dajabón province to the northwest, the Santiago Rodríguez province to the northeast, the San Juan province to the east, the municipality of Bánica to the south and Haiti to the west.

Administrative division

The municipality of Pedro Santana has only one municipal district; this is:

Economy

The main economic activity of the municipality is farming.

See also

In Spanish: Pedro Santana (municipio) para niños