Baoruco

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Baoruco
Haiti Pedernales Barahona Baoruco Independencia Azua Peravia San Cristóbal Distrito Nacional Santo Domingo San Pedro de Macoris La Romana La Altagracia El Seibo Hato Mayor Samaná María Trinidad Sánchez Espaillat Monte Plata (Provinz) Sanchez Ramirez Duarte Hermanas Mirabal San José de Ocoa Monseñor Nouel La Vega Puerto Plata Monte Cristi Valverde Dajabón Elías Piña Santiago Rodríguez Santiago San Juanlocation
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Basic data
Country Dominican Republic
region Enriquillo
Seat Neyba
surface 1,284.9 km²
Residents 97,313 (2010)
density 76 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 DO-03

Coordinates: 18 ° 29 ′  N , 71 ° 25 ′  W

Baoruco , formerly also Bahoruco, is a province in the west of the Dominican Republic .
Until 1952 the province belonged to the province of Independencia . The Sierra de Baoruco and Lago Enriquillo are also in the province .

Administrative division

The province is made up of 5 municipalities :

Major cities and towns