Puñal is a city

City

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 in Santiago de los Caballeros

Santiago de los Caballeros Province

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. Puñal became rural section of the municipality of Santiago de los Caballeros

Santiago de los Caballeros

Santiago de los Caballeros is a city in the Dominican Republic. Founded in 1495 during the first wave of European colonization of the New World, today Santiago is the second largest metropolis in the Dominican Republic, located in the north-central region of the Republic known as Cibao valley...

in 1937, comprising the spots: Guayabal, Matanzas y Laguna Prieta. In February of the year 2006 the rural section of Puñal was high to category of municipality, by means of the Law 145-06. Remained comprising the district municipal Guayabal y Canabacoa, with its respective sections and spots, and by the Arenoso, La Javilla y Matanzas.

Sources

• World Gazeteer: Dominican Republic – World-Gazetteer.com
• http://www.fallingrain.com/world/DR/25/Punal_Adentro.html
• http://www.wikidominicana.edu.do/wiki/Municipio_Pu%C3%B1al