Las Terrenas
Las Terrenas is a Dominican municipality in the Samaná province, on the north coast of the peninsula of Samaná.
Municipality | |
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| Coordinates: 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 (2010)[1] | |
| • Total | 18,829 |
| • Density | 168.27/km2 (435.81/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 11,124 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (AST) |
| Distance: | 48 km (30 mi) to Samaná |
Name
The name Las Terrenas comes from the French La terrienne (the "lady that owns land").[3]
Population
The municipality had, in 2010, 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
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
The main economic activities of the municipality are the same as the province: tourism, agriculture and fishing.
Las Terrenas Media
Pueblo de Pescadores lost in fire 2021
Park in Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic.
buen hotel
Guesthouse in Las Terrenas
References
Media related to Las Terrenas at Wikimedia Commons
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "IX Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2010" (PDF) (in Spanish). Oficina Nacional de Estadística. June 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ 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.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "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.
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