Bánica
San Francisco de Bánica, or simply Bánica, is a town and municipality in the northwest region of Dominican Republic in the Elías Piña province. It is located on the border with Haiti near the Artibonite river.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 10,500 residents
- Description: municipality of the Dominican Republic
- Also known as: “Banica”, “Bánica, Elías Piña”, “San Francisco de Banica”, and “San Francisco de Bánica”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pedro Santana.
Pedro Santana
Town
Pedro Santana is a town in the province of Elías Piña in the Dominican Republic. It is located on the border region with Haiti. The name of the town is in honor of Pedro Santana, the first constitutional president of the country, and general in the Dominican War of Independence.
Bánica
- Categories: municipality of the Dominican Republic and locality
- Location: Elías Piña Province, Dominican Republic, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
19.0811° or 19° 4′ 52″ northLongitude
-71.7022° or 71° 42′ 8″ westPopulation
10,500Elevation
396 metres (1,299 feet)Open location code
77FC37JX+C4OpenStreetMap ID
node 2852080057OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
3512065Wikidata ID
Q1771472
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Uzbek—“Bánica” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Bánica”
- Cebuano: “Bánica”
- Chinese: “San Francisco de Bánica”
- Chinese: “圣弗兰西斯科德巴尼卡”
- Chinese: “聖弗蘭西斯科德巴尼卡”
- Dutch: “Bánica”
- German: “Bánica”
- Italian: “San Francisco de Bánica”
- Japanese: “バニカ”
- Min Nan Chinese: “San Francisco de Bánica”
- Persian: “بانیکا”
- Portuguese: “Bánica”
- Spanish: “Banica”
- Spanish: “Bánica”
- Swedish: “Bánica”
- Uzbek: “Bánica”
- Uzbek: “San Francisco de Bánica”
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Notable Places Nearby
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