Barahona Province

Template:Short description Template:Infobox settlement Barahona (Template:IPA) is a province of the Dominican Republic. Located in the country's southwestern region, it is dividing into 11 municipalities and its capital bears the city of the same name. Barahona borders the provinces of Pedernales to the southwest, Baoruco and Independencia to the north, and Azua to the east along with coastline to the south with the Caribbean Sea. The province has an approximately three hours drive from Santo Domingo the capital of the Dominican Republic. In 2019, volunteers from Amigos de las Americas visited to facilitate projects within the various municipalities of Barahona.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Municipalities and municipal districts

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Municipalities of Barahona Province

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Barahona Dominican Republic downtown streets

The province as of June 20, 2006 is divided into the following municipalities (municipios) and municipal districts (distrito municipal - D.M.) within them:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

• Cabral
• El Peñón
• Enriquillo
  • Arroyo Dulce (D.M.)
• Fundación
  • Pescadería (D.M.)
• Jaquimeyes
  • Palo Alto (D.M.)
• La Ciénaga
  • Bahoruco (D.M.)
• Las Salinas
• Paraíso
  • Los Patos (D.M.)
• Polo
• Santa Cruz de Barahona
  • El Cachón (D.M.)
  • La Guázara (D.M.)
• Vicente Noble
  • Canoa (D.M.)
  • Fondo Negro (D.M.)
  • Quita Coraza (D.M.)

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Sea Cliff on Caribbean coast near El Quemaíto, Barahona Province, Dominican Republic

The following is a sortable table of the municipalities and municipal districts with population figures as of the 2014 estimate. 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 them. The population figures are from the 2014 population estimate.<ref name=censusvol1>Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead link</ref>

Name	Total population	Urban population	Rural population
Cabral	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
El Peñón	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
Enriquillo	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
Fundación	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
Jaquimeyes	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
La Ciénaga	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
Paraíso	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
Polo	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
Salinas	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
Santa Cruz de Barahona	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
Vicente Noble	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
Barahona province	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts

For comparison with the municipalities and municipal districts of other provinces see the list of municipalities and municipal districts of the Dominican Republic.

External links

• Template:In lang Information on the Barahona province and the Southwest region of the Dominican Republic
• Template:In lang Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Statistics Portal of the Dominican Republic
• Template:In lang Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Maps with administrative division of the provinces of the Dominican Republic, downloadable in PDF format