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.
Oviedo | |
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  Oviedo Location of Oviedo in the Dominican Republic | |
| Coordinates: 17°46′48″N 71°22′12″W / 17.78000°N 71.37000°W | |
| Country |  Dominican Republic |
| Province | Pedernales |
| Municipality since | 1957 |
| Area | |
• Total | 799.86 km2 (308.83 sq mi) |
| Population (2012)[2] | |
• Total | 10,986 |
| • Density | 14/km2 (36/sq mi) |
| Distance to – Pedernales | 60 km |
| Municipal Districts | 0 |
| Climate | Aw |
Climate
edit| Climate data for Oviedo, Dominican Republic (1961–1990) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 33.0 (91.4) |
33.2 (91.8) |
35.5 (95.9) |
34.5 (94.1) |
35.6 (96.1) |
36.3 (97.3) |
38.0 (100.4) |
38.0 (100.4) |
36.2 (97.2) |
35.3 (95.5) |
35.0 (95.0) |
33.0 (91.4) |
38.0 (100.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28.9 (84.0) |
29.1 (84.4) |
29.8 (85.6) |
30.2 (86.4) |
30.7 (87.3) |
31.0 (87.8) |
31.6 (88.9) |
32.2 (90.0) |
31.8 (89.2) |
31.0 (87.8) |
30.0 (86.0) |
28.9 (84.0) |
30.4 (86.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 19.3 (66.7) |
19.7 (67.5) |
20.9 (69.6) |
21.7 (71.1) |
22.4 (72.3) |
23.2 (73.8) |
24.0 (75.2) |
24.0 (75.2) |
23.3 (73.9) |
22.2 (72.0) |
20.9 (69.6) |
19.5 (67.1) |
21.8 (71.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 13.8 (56.8) |
15.0 (59.0) |
16.0 (60.8) |
16.9 (62.4) |
15.0 (59.0) |
19.0 (66.2) |
19.0 (66.2) |
17.4 (63.3) |
16.0 (60.8) |
17.3 (63.1) |
16.0 (60.8) |
15.5 (59.9) |
13.8 (56.8) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 33.3 (1.31) |
24.0 (0.94) |
22.6 (0.89) |
32.9 (1.30) |
95.8 (3.77) |
95.0 (3.74) |
66.0 (2.60) |
98.7 (3.89) |
161.5 (6.36) |
113.3 (4.46) |
58.8 (2.31) |
30.3 (1.19) |
832.2 (32.76) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 6.6 | 7.7 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 7.3 | 8.1 | 4.7 | 3.2 | 60.8 |
| Source: NOAA[3] | |||||||||||||
Sources
edit- World Gazeteer: Dominican Republic at archive.today (archived 2012-12-04) – World-Gazetteer.com
References
edit- ^ Superficies a nivel de municipios, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica Archived 2009-04-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Censo 2012 de Población y Vivienda, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica
- ^ "Oviedo Climate Normals 1961-1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
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