Municipality
El Peñón real estate
El Peñón is a municipality in Barahona, Dominican Republic. We have no live listings here yet.
Places in El Peñón
Hurricane and earthquake history
| Hurricanes whose centre passed within 50 km, since 1980 | 1 |
| Strongest of them | Emily, 1987 · Category 3 · 23 km away |
| Tropical storms or stronger, same window | 7 |
| Earthquakes of magnitude 5+ within 100 km, since 1973 | 8 |
| Largest recorded within 150 km | M7, 2010 · 144 km away (10 km SE of Léogâne, Haiti) |
History, not a forecast. These are counts of what has happened near El Peñón, not the chance of it happening again or of how a particular building would fare. See hurricanes and insurance. Sources: NOAA IBTrACS v04r01, fetched 2026-09-28; USGS earthquake catalogue, fetched 2026-09-28.
El Peñón at a glance
| Official name | El Peñón |
| Type | Municipality |
| Part of | Barahona |
| Homes for sale we track | 0 |
| Foreign ownership | Foreigners can own property outright, with the same rights as Dominican citizens. |
Boundaries and population: © OpenStreetMap contributors via Overture Maps (ODbL), release 2026-09-23.1 · Wikidata.