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	Barahona
	Province
Country	Dominican Republic
Capital	Santa Cruz de Barahona
- elevation	10 m (33 ft)
- coordinates	18°12′0″N 71°06′0″W / 18.2°N 71.1°W
Area	1,739.38 km2 (672 sq mi)
Population	179,239 (2002)
Density	103.0 /km2 (267 /sq mi)
Province since	1881
Subdivisions	11 municipalities; 11 municipal districts
Congresspersons	1 Senator; 7 Deputies
Timezone	EST (UTC-4)
Area code	1-809 1-829 1-849
ISO 3166-2	DO-04
Postal Code	81000
	Location of the Barahona Province

Coordinates: 18°12′0″N 71°06′0″W / 18.2°N 71.1°W

Barahona is a province of the Dominican Republic.

Municipalities of the Province.

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

[edit] 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:^[1]

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.)

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.^[2]

Name	Total population	Urban population	Rural population
Cabral	&0000000000014569.00000014,569	&0000000000013059.00000013,059	&0000000000001510.0000001,510
El Peñón	&0000000000006548.0000006,548	&0000000000006506.0000006,506	&0000000000000042.00000042
Enriquillo	&0000000000016898.00000016,898	&0000000000007957.0000007,957	&0000000000008941.0000008,941
Fundación	&0000000000006009.0000006,009	&0000000000004598.0000004,598	&0000000000001411.0000001,411
Jaquimeyes	&0000000000012394.00000012,394	&0000000000006489.0000006,489	&0000000000005905.0000005,905
La Ciénaga	&0000000000008159.0000008,159	&0000000000003303.0000003,303	&0000000000004856.0000004,856
Las Salinas	&0000000000006589.0000006,589	&0000000000005598.0000005,598	&0000000000000991.000000991
Paraíso	&0000000000015894.00000015,894	&0000000000007835.0000007,835	&0000000000008059.0000008,059
Polo	&0000000000010598.00000010,598	&0000000000004193.0000004,193	&0000000000006405.0000006,405
Santa Cruz de Barahona	&0000000000141852.000000141,852	&0000000000133283.000000133,283	&0000000000008569.0000008,569
Vicente Noble	&0000000000021055.00000021,055	&0000000000014589.00000014,589	&0000000000006466.0000006,466
Barahona province	&0000000000260565.000000260,565	&0000000000207410.000000207,410	&0000000000053155.00000053,155

Tierra Blanca is located near the city of Cabral, west of Santo Domingo in the Southwestern province of Barahona. In 2008 Builders Beyond Boarders ("B3" provides high school students the opportunity to engage in humanitarian service, strengthen their awareness of diverse cultures, and develop a lifelong commitment to helping others by participating in construction projects to benefit impoverished communities throughout the world.) will build a multipurpose facility in the center of town to serve as a safe haven during tropical storms and hurricanes, a small preschool, an “office” for the community’s micro credit/savings and loan project, a central meeting area for the local committees (including a very involved youth organization), as well as bathrooms and a small kitchen.

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