Puñal

Puñal San Antonio del Puñal
Seal
19°24′0″N 70°37′0″W / 19.40000°N 70.61667°W / 19.40000; -70.61667
Country	Dominican Republic
Province	Santiago de los Caballeros
Founded	2006
Area
• Total	89.12 km2 (34.41 sq mi)
Elevation	183 m (600 ft)
Population  (2012)
• Total	69,303
• Density	780/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone	Atlantic Standard Time
Area code(s)	809, 829, 849

Puñal is a city in Santiago Province. Puñal became a rural section of the municipality of Santiago de los Caballeros in 1937, comprising the spots: Guayabal, Matanzas and Laguna Prieta. In February 2006 the rural section of Puñal was raised to the category of municipality. Puñal comprises the municipal districts Guayabal, Canabacoa, Arenoso, La Javilla and Matanzas.

Sources

• World Gazeteer: Dominican Republic at archive.today (archived 2012-12-04) – World-Gazetteer.com
• http://www.fallingrain.com/world/DR/25/Punal_Adentro.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20081026081842/http://www.wikidominicana.edu.do/wiki/Municipio_Pu%C3%B1al

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