Pedernales is the southernmost province

Provinces of the Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic is divided into thirty–one provincias , while the national capital, Santo Domingo, is contained within its own Distrito Nacional ....

 of the Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...

, including the offshore island of Isla Beata. It was split from Barahona

Barahona

Barahona is a province of the Dominican Republic.The Barahona Coast is located on the southwestern part of the Dominican Republic approximately three hours drive from Santo Domingo the capital of the Dominican Republic....

 in 1956. Of its 2,074.53 km², 1374 km² belong to the Jaragua National Park

Jaragua National Park

Jaragua National Park is a national park of the Dominican Republic. Jaragua National Park is located in Pedenales Province in the extreme southwest of the Dominican Republic...

.

Municipalities and municipal districts

The province as of June 20 2006 is divided into the following municipalities

Municipalities of the Dominican Republic

The provinces of the Dominican Republic are divided into two or more municipalities with the exception of the Distrito Nacional which consist of only one municipality Santo Domingo...

 (municipio

Municipio

Municipio and Município are terms used for country subdivisions. They are often translated as municipality.-Overview:...

s) and municipal districts (distrito municipal - M.D.) within them:

• Pedernales
  Pedernales, Dominican Republic
  The Dominican city of Pedernales is the capital of the province of Pedernales, in the Dominican Republic. It is located in the southwest of the country...
  
  , head municipality of the province
  • José Francisco Peña Gómez (M.D.)
  • Juancho
    Juancho
    http://juanchociudaddedios.blogspot.com/2011_05_08_archive.htmlJuancho is a town in the Pedernales Province of the Dominican Republic. It is a municipal district of the municipality of Pedernales.- Sources :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
    
     (M.D.)
• Oviedo
  Oviedo, Pedernales
  Oviedo is a city and municipality in the Pedernales province of the Dominican Republic. It is the southernmost city of the Dominican Republic and of the Hispaniola island.- Sources :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
  
  

The following is a sortable table of the municipalities and municipal districts with population figures as of the 2002 census. Urban

Urban area

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 population are those living in the seats (cabeceras literally heads) of municipalities or of municipal districts. Rural

Rural

Rural areas or the country or countryside are areas that are not urbanized, though when large areas are described, country towns and smaller cities will be included. They have a low population density, and typically much of the land is devoted to agriculture...

 population are those living in the district

District

Districts are a type of administrative division, in some countries managed by a local government. They vary greatly in size, spanning entire regions or counties, several municipalities, or subdivisions of municipalities.-Austria:...

s (Secciones literally sections) and neighborhoods (Parajes literally places) outside of them.

For comparison with the municipalities and municipal districts of other provinces see the list of municipalities and municipal districts of the Dominican Republic.

Name	Total population	Urban population	Rural population
Oviedo	3,976	2,557	1,419
Pedernales Pedernales, Dominican Republic The Dominican city of Pedernales is the capital of the province of Pedernales, in the Dominican Republic. It is located in the southwest of the country...	13,805	10,339	3,466
Juancho Juancho http://juanchociudaddedios.blogspot.com/2011_05_08_archive.htmlJuancho is a town in the Pedernales Province of the Dominican Republic. It is a municipal district of the municipality of Pedernales.- Sources :* – World-Gazetteer.com... (D.M.)	3,426	1,554	1,872
Pedernales province	21,207	14,450	6,757