Comendador, Dominican Republic

Comendador
Church in Comendador
Church in Comendador
Official seal of Comendador
Comendador is located in the Dominican Republic
Comendador
Comendador
Coordinates: 18°52′39″N 71°42′10″W / 18.87750°N 71.70278°W / 18.87750; -71.70278
Country Dominican Republic
ProvinceElías Piña
Founded1868
Area
 • Total252.93 km2 (97.66 sq mi)
Elevation395 m (1,296 ft)
Population
 (2012)[3]
 • Total43,894
 • Density170/km2 (450/sq mi)
 • Urban
27,908
Distance to
 – Santo Domingo

255 km
Municipal Districts2
ClimateAw

Comendador is the capital of the Elías Piña province of the Dominican Republic. It has a border crossing to the Haitian town Belladère.

  1. ^ Superficies a nivel de municipios, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica Archived April 17, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ De la Fuente, Santiago (1976). Geografía Dominicana (in Spanish). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Editora Colegial Quisqueyana.
  3. ^ Censo 2012 de Población y Vivienda,Oficina Nacional de Estadistica Archived September 19, 2009, at the Wayback Machine