Barahona Province

Infobox Province Dominican Republic
Name = Barahona

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coat-of-arms = COA Of Barahona.jpg
established_date = 1869
demonym = Barahonero
Capital = Santa Cruz de Barahona
largest city population = 141,852
largest city = Santa Cruz de Barahona
capital_population = 141,852
capital_coor = 18_10_N_71_15_W_ 18° 10′ S 71° 15′ O
Area = 1,739.38
area_rank = 12
area_percentage = 3.6
Population = 260,565
population_rank = 17
population_date = 2008
population_percentage = 2.1
Density = 103.0
ISO = 04
governor = Carlos Manuel Florián
deputies = 7
municipalities = 11
districts = 10
website =

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.Fact|date=April 2007

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: [cite web |url=http://www.one.gob.do/index.php?opNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!tion=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=113|title=Listado de Codigos de Provincias, Municipio y Distritos Municipales, Actualizada a Junio 20 del 2006|author=Oficina Nacional de Estadistica, Departamento de Cartografia, Division de Limites y Linderos|language=Spanish|accessdate=2007-01-24]
*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 Guazara (D.M.)
*Vicente Noble
**Canoa (D.M.)
**Fondo Negro (D.M.)
**Quita Coraza (D.M.)

The following is a sortable table of the municipalities and municipal districts with population figures as of the 2008 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. [cite web |url=http://one.gob.do/censo/volumen_I_pdf.zip
format = PDF|title=VIII Censo 2002 Poplación y Vivienda|author=Oficina Nacional de Estadística|language=Spanish|accessdate=2007-01-24]

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

References

Musicians born in Barahona
Carmelina Vargas Latin Pop Singer

External links

* [http://www.goBarahona.com/ Informationn on the Barahona province and the Southwest region of the Dominican Republic]
* [http://www.one.gob.do/ Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Statistics Portal of the Dominican Republic]
* [http://www.one.gob.do/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=114 Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Maps with administrative division of the provinces of the Dominican Republic] , downloadable in PDF format