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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.

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Municipalities and municipal districts

References

External links

Municipalities and municipal districts

The province is divided into the following municipalities (''municipios'') and municipal districts (''distrito municipal'' - D.M.) within them:^[3]

★ Galván

★ Los Ríos

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★ Las Clavellinas (D.M.)

★ Neyba

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★ El Palmar (D.M.)

★ Tamayo

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★ Cabeza de Toro (D.M.)

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★ Montserrat (D.M.)

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★ Santana (D.M.)

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★ Uvilla (D.M.)

★ Villa Jaragua
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.^[4]

Name	Total population	Urban population	Rural population
Galván	14356	6096	8260
Los Ríos	7831	4491	3340
Neyba	25420	18305	7115
El Palmar (D.M.)	9142	2473	6669
Tamayo	9895	6609	3286
Uvilla (D.M.)	13399	2203	11196
Villa Jaragua	11437	9353	2084
'Baoruco province'	91480	49530	41950

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

References

1. República Dominicana en Cifras 2006 Oficina Nacional de Estadística
2. República Dominicana en Cifras 2006 Oficina Nacional de Estadística
3. 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
4. VIII Censo 2002 Poplación y Vivienda Oficina Nacional de Estadística

External links

★ Jaragua-Bahoruca-Enriquillo Reserve

★ Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Statistics Portal of the Dominican Republic

★ Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Maps with administrative division of the provinces of the Dominican Republic, downloadable in PDF format