Baoruco Province Explained

Bahoruco
Settlement Type:Province
Coordinates:18.49°N -71.42°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Dominican Republic
Established Title:Province since
Established Date:1943
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Neiba
Leader Title:Congresspersons
Leader Name:1 Senator
2 Deputies
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:1282.23
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:EST
Utc Offset1:-4
Area Codes:1-809, 1-829, 1-849
Iso Code:DO-03

Baoruco, alternatively spelt Bahoruco (pronounced as /es/), is a province of the Dominican Republic located in the southwest of the country, part of the Enriquillo Region, along with the provinces of Barahona, Independencia and Pedernales. Before 1952 it included what is now Independencia Province.

Important features are the Sierra de Neiba mountain range and Lake Enriquillo.

Municipalities and municipal districts

The province is divided into the following municipalities (municipios) and municipal districts (distrito municipal - D.M.) within them:[1]

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.[2]

NameTotal population Urban population Rural population
Neiba
[3]
Baoruco province

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Listado de Codigos de Provincias, Municipio y Distritos Municipales, Actualizada a Junio 20 del 2006 . Oficina Nacional de Estadistica, Departamento de Cartografia, Division de Limites y Linderos . es . 2007-01-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070314215735/http://www.one.gob.do/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=113 . 2007-03-14 .
  2. Web site: Estamaciones y Proyecciones de la Población Dominicana por Regiones, Provincias, Municipios y Distritos Municipales, 2014 . PDF . Consejo Nacional de Población y Familia . es . 2014-02-02 .
  3. Web site: World Gazeteer: Dominican Republic . 2018-12-02 . https://archive.today/20121204181725/http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-65&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=x . 2012-12-04 .  - World-Gazetteer.com