Barahona Province
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| Country |  Dominican Republic |
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| Establishment date | 1869 | ||||
| Capital city • Population • Coordinates |
Santa Cruz de Barahona 77,698 18° 10′ S 71° 15′ O |
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| Area • Total • % of the country |
Ranked 12th 1,739.38 km² 3.6% |
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| Population • Total • % of the country • Density |
Ranked 15th 179,239 (2002) 2.1% 103.0 inhab./km² |
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| Time zone | UTC-4 | ||||
| ISO 3166-2 | DO-04 | ||||
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| Members in Congress |
1 Senator 7 Deputies |
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| Municipalities Municipal Districts |
11 10 |
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Barahona is a province of the Dominican Republic. Until 1958 it included what is now Pedernales Province. In the spring of 2006, members of the U.S. Armed Forces, Georgia Army National Guard, and Puerto Rico Army National Guard went to Barahona. The US government claimed that the troops were to help rebuild schools and hospitals in the rural mountain areas that had been devastated by Hurricane Katrina in September 2005, though local belief was that the military presence was related to spying activities focused on Venezuela and the provisioning of the Dominican military.[citation needed]
[edit] Municipalities and municipal districts
The province as of June 20 2006 is divided into the following municipalities (municipios) and municipal districts (distrito municipal - D.M.) within them:[1]
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The following is a sortable table of the municipalities and municipal districts with population figures as of the 2002 census. Urban population are those living in the seats (cabeceras literally heads) of municipalities or of municipal districts. Rural population are those living in the districts (Secciones literally sections) and neighborhoods (Parajes literally places) outside of them.[2]
| Name | Total population | Urban population | Rural population |
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| Cabral | 13,907 | 12,175 | 1,732 |
| El Peñón | 4,040 | 4,010 | 30 |
| Enriquillo | 13,262 | 5,319 | 7,943 |
| Fundación | 3,937 | 2,463 | 1,474 |
| Pescadería (D.M.) | 4,183 | 2,075 | 2,108 |
| Jaquimeyes | 3,984 | 2,980 | 1,004 |
| La Ciénaga | 7,715 | 2,820 | 4,895 |
| Las Salinas | 5,229 | 4,427 | 802 |
| Paraíso | 13,320 | 6,366 | 6,954 |
| Polo | 9,367 | 2,080 | 7,287 |
| Santa Cruz de Barahona | 77,698 | 74,958 | 2,740 |
| El Cachón (D.M.) | 2,101 | 1,867 | 234 |
| Vicente Noble | 16,772 | 10,848 | 5,924 |
| Canoa (D.M.) | 3,724 | 2,326 | 1,398 |
| Barahona province | 179,239 | 134,714 | 44,525 |
For comparison with the municipalities and municipal districts of other provinces see the list of municipalities and municipal districts of the Dominican Republic.
[edit] References
- ^ Oficina Nacional de Estadistica, Departamento de Cartografia, Division de Limites y Linderos. Listado de Codigos de Provincias, Municipio y Distritos Municipales, Actualizada a Junio 20 del 2006 (Spanish). Retrieved on 2007-01-24.
- ^ Oficina Nacional de Estadística. VIII Censo 2002 Poplación y Vivienda (PDF) (Spanish). Retrieved on 2007-01-24.
[edit] External links
- (Spanish) Informationn on the Barahona province and the Southwest region of the Dominican Republic
- (Spanish) Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Statistics Portal of the Dominican Republic
- (Spanish) Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Maps with administrative division of the provinces of the Dominican Republic, downloadable in PDF format
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