Comendador, city, western Dominican Republic, in the San Juan valley near the border with Haiti. It serves as a commercial centre for the surrounding agricultural lands, which produce sugarcane, cotton, coffee, and fruit. Comendador is the terminus of the paved highway from Santo Domingo, the national capital, and is also accessible by secondary highway from nearby urban centres. Pop. (2002) urban area, 11,391; (2010) urban area, 13,881.