Baoruco Province
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| Country |  Dominican Republic |
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| Establishment date | 1943 | ||||
| Capital city • Population • Coordinates |
Neyba 25,420 18° 28′ S 71° 25′ O |
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| Area • Total • % of the country |
Ranked 17th 1,282.23 km² 2.6% |
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| Population • Total • % of the country • Density |
Ranked 24th 91,480 (2002) 1.1% 71.3 inhab./km² |
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| Time zone | UTC-4 | ||||
| ISO 3166-2 | DO-03 | ||||
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| Members in Congress |
1 Senator 2 Deputies |
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| Municipalities Municipal Districts |
5 5 |
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Baoruco, alternatively spelt Bahoruco, is a province of the Dominican Republic. Before 1952 it included what is now Independencia Province.
Important features are the Baoruco Mountain Range and Lake Enriquillo.
[edit] Municipalities and municipal districts
The province 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 from 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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| Galván | 14,356 | 6,096 | 8,260 |
| Los Ríos | 7,831 | 4,491 | 3,340 |
| Neyba | 25,420 | 18,305 | 7,115 |
| El Palmar (D.M.) | 9,142 | 2,473 | 6,669 |
| Tamayo | 9,895 | 6,609 | 3,286 |
| Uvilla (D.M.) | 13,399 | 2,203 | 11,196 |
| Villa Jaragua | 11,437 | 9,353 | 2,084 |
| Baoruco province | 91,480 | 49,530 | 41,950 |
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
- Jaragua-Bahoruca-Enriquillo Reserve
- (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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