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href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Cruz_de_Barahona" title="Santa Cruz de Barahona – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Santa Cruz de Barahona" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barahona" title="Barahona – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Barahona" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barahona_(munisipyo)" title="Barahona (munisipyo) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Barahona (munisipyo)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barahona" title="Barahona – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Barahona" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barahona,_Dominican_Republic" title="Barahona, Dominican Republic – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Barahona, Dominican Republic" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barahona_(Rep%C3%BAblica_Dominicana)" title="Barahona (República Dominicana) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Barahona (República Dominicana)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barahona_(Dominikar_Errepublika)" title="Barahona (Dominikar Errepublika) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Barahona (Dominikar Errepublika)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7_(%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1)" title="بارائونا (شهر) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بارائونا (شهر)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Cruz_de_Barahona" title="Santa Cruz de Barahona – French" lang="fr" 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barahona" title="Barahona – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Barahona" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7" title="باراهونا – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="باراهونا" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barahona_(stad)" title="Barahona (stad) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Barahona (stad)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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org">Barahona</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow ib-settlement-official"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Santa Cruz de Barahona</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Barahona_71.16445W_18.21020N.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Google Earth image of Barahona."><img alt="Google Earth image of Barahona." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Barahona_71.16445W_18.21020N.jpg/250px-Barahona_71.16445W_18.21020N.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="334" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Barahona_71.16445W_18.21020N.jpg/375px-Barahona_71.16445W_18.21020N.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Barahona_71.16445W_18.21020N.jpg/500px-Barahona_71.16445W_18.21020N.jpg 2x" data-file-width="958" data-file-height="1280" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Google Earth image of Barahona.</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9530278">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Escudo_de_la_Provincia_Barahona.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Barahona"><img alt="Coat of arms of Barahona" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Escudo_de_la_Provincia_Barahona.svg/99px-Escudo_de_la_Provincia_Barahona.svg.png" decoding="async" width="99" height="100" class="mw-file-element" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Dominican_Republic_relief_location_map.jpg/375px-Dominican_Republic_relief_location_map.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Dominican_Republic_relief_location_map.jpg/500px-Dominican_Republic_relief_location_map.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1338" data-file-height="1088" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:67.742%;left:27.5%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Barahona"><img alt="Barahona" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Barahona</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9430902">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Barahona,_Dominican_Republic&params=18_12_N_71_06_W_region:DO_type:city(138159)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">18°12′N</span> <span class="longitude">71°06′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">18.200°N 71.100°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">18.200; -71.100</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Republic" title="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_the_Dominican_Republic" title="Provinces of the Dominican Republic">Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Barahona_Province" title="Barahona Province">Barahona</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded /Founder. =Toussaint L'ouverture</th><td class="infobox-data">1802</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Municipality since</th><td class="infobox-data">1858</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-listado_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-listado-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data">163.02 km<sup>2</sup> (62.94 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">10 m (30 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2012)<sup id="cite_ref-censo_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-censo-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data">138,159</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">850/km<sup>2</sup> (2,200/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Demonym<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">Barahonero(a)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_municipalities_of_the_Dominican_Republic&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of municipalities of the Dominican Republic (not yet started)">Municipal Districts</a></th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Climate</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tropical_savanna_climate&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tropical savanna climate (not yet started)">Aw</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Barahona</b>, also known as <b>Santa Cruz de Barahona</b>, is the head <a href="/wiki/Municipality" title="Municipality">municipality</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Barahona_Province" title="Barahona Province">Barahona</a> <a href="/wiki/Province" title="Province">province</a>, on the southwest of the country. </p><p>It is the largest city of the Dominican southwest and the centre of the region. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Population">Population</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Barahona,_Dominican_Republic&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: Population" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Barahona,_Dominican_Republic&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Population"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The municipality had, in 2010, a total population of 62,054: 30,799 men and 31,255 women. The urban population was <span data-sort-value="7001988945112321526♠" style="display:none"></span>98.9% of the total population, one of the most urban municipality in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-censo_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-censo-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Barahona,_Dominican_Republic&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: History" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Barahona,_Dominican_Republic&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: History"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since the <a href="/wiki/18th_century" title="18th century">18th century</a>, the region was occupied by <a href="/wiki/Fishermen" class="mw-redirect" title="Fishermen">fishermen</a> and people that came here to cut <a href="/wiki/Tree" title="Tree">trees</a>. When <a href="/w/index.php?title=Toussaint_L%27Ouverture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Toussaint L'Ouverture (not yet started)">Toussaint L'Ouverture</a> took the eastern part of the <a href="/wiki/Hispaniola" title="Hispaniola">Hispaniola</a> island in the name of <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, he gave the order to create the town of Barahona in 1802 as part of the Ozama <a href="/wiki/Province" title="Province">Department</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/Independence" title="Independence">Independence</a> in 1844, Barahona was a <a href="/wiki/Military" title="Military">military</a> post of the <a href="/wiki/Azua_Province" title="Azua Province">Azua Province</a>. </p><p>In 1858, Barahona was elevated to the category of <a href="/wiki/Municipality" title="Municipality">municipality</a>. When the province was created in 1881, Barahona was made its head <a href="/wiki/Municipality" title="Municipality">municipality</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Barahona,_Dominican_Republic&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Change section: Geography" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Barahona,_Dominican_Republic&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: Geography"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city of Santa Cruz de Barahona is in a <a href="/wiki/Plain" title="Plain">plain</a> along the coast, in the lower <a href="/wiki/Valley" title="Valley">valley</a> of the Yaque del Sur river. Part of the municipality is on the mountains of Sierra de Bahoruco. </p><p>Barahona is at 200 km (124 mi) to the west of <a href="/wiki/Santo_Domingo" title="Santo Domingo">Santo Domingo</a>. The limits of the municipality are the municipality of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Fundaci%C3%B3n_(Barahona)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fundación (Barahona) (not yet started)">Fundación</a> to the north, the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Sea" title="Caribbean Sea">Caribbean Sea</a> to the east, the municipality of <a href="/w/index.php?title=La_Ci%C3%A9naga_(Barahona)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="La Ciénaga (Barahona) (not yet started)">La Ciénaga</a> to the south and the municipality of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Cabral_(Barahona)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cabral (Barahona) (not yet started)">Cabral</a> to the west. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Barahona,_Dominican_Republic&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Change section: Climate" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Barahona,_Dominican_Republic&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: Climate"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Barahona has a <a href="/wiki/Tropical" class="mw-redirect" title="Tropical">tropical</a> wet and dry/<a href="/wiki/Savanna" title="Savanna">savanna</a> climate (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a> : <b>Aw</b>).<sup id="cite_ref-clima_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clima-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The climate on the mountains of the Sierra de Baoruco, where there are some <a href="/wiki/Rainforest" class="mw-disambig" title="Rainforest">rainforests</a>, is cooler and more wet. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Average" title="Average">average</a> amount of <a href="/wiki/Rainfall" class="mw-redirect" title="Rainfall">rainfall</a> for the year in the city is 1,019 mm (40.1 in). Most <a href="/wiki/Rain" title="Rain">rains</a> fall during the end of <a href="/wiki/Summer" title="Summer">summer</a>. The month with the most precipitation on average is October with 185 mm (7.3 in) of rainfall, followed by May with 169 mm (6.7 in). </p><p>The driest <a href="/wiki/Season" title="Season">season</a> is <a href="/wiki/Winter" title="Winter">winter</a>. The month with the least rainfall on average is February with an average of 29 mm (1.1 in) and the second is January with 30 mm (1.2 in). </p><p>Barahona is in a warm region; the average <a href="/wiki/Temperature" title="Temperature">temperature</a> for the year is 26 °C (79 °F). The warmest months, on average, are July and August with an average temperature of 28 °C (82.4 °F). The coolest months on average are December, January and February, with an average temperature of 25 °C (77.0 °F). </p> <div> <table class="wikitable collapsible" style="width:100%; text-align:center; line-height: 1.2em; margin:auto;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Barahona (1961–1990) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFCC33; color:#000000;">29.3<br />(84.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC33; color:#000000;">29.2<br />(84.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC33; color:#000000;">29.5<br />(85.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;">30<br />(86) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;">30.3<br />(86.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;">30.7<br />(87.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;">31.7<br />(89.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;">31.9<br />(89.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;">31.5<br />(88.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;">30.7<br />(87.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;">30.6<br />(87.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC33; color:#000000;">29.8<br />(85.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium">30.4<br />(86.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;">24.8<br />(76.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;">25<br />(77) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;">25.6<br />(78.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;">26.3<br />(79.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;">26.8<br />(80.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC33; color:#000000;">27.4<br />(81.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC33; color:#000000;">28<br />(82) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC33; color:#000000;">27.9<br />(82.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC33; color:#000000;">27.4<br />(81.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;">26.6<br />(79.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;">26.2<br />(79.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;">25.3<br />(77.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium">26.4<br />(79.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFFFBB; color:#000000;">20.3<br />(68.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFBB; color:#000000;">20.7<br />(69.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFAA; color:#000000;">21.6<br />(70.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFAA; color:#000000;">22.6<br />(72.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFAA; color:#000000;">23.3<br />(73.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;">24.1<br />(75.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;">24.3<br />(75.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;">24<br />(75) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFAA; color:#000000;">23.3<br />(73.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFAA; color:#000000;">22.6<br />(72.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFAA; color:#000000;">21.8<br />(71.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFBB; color:#000000;">20.7<br />(69.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFAA; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium">22.4<br />(72.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainfall mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #D1D1FF; color:#000000;">30.4<br />(1.20) </td> <td style="background: #CFCFFF; color:#000000;">29.3<br />(1.15) </td> <td style="background: #BBBBFF; color:#000000;">45.1<br />(1.78) </td> <td style="background: #9C9CFF; color:#000000;">64.1<br />(2.52) </td> <td style="background: #0303FF; color:#FFFFFF;">168.5<br />(6.63) </td> <td style="background: #3737FF; color:#FFFFFF;">129.5<br />(5.10) </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;">38.1<br />(1.50) </td> <td style="background: #9D9DFF; color:#000000;">65.1<br />(2.56) </td> <td style="background: #2121FF; color:#FFFFFF;">143.7<br />(5.66) </td> <td style="background: #0000EA; color:#FFFFFF;">184.9<br />(7.28) </td> <td style="background: #8A8AFF; color:#000000;">75.6<br />(2.98) </td> <td style="background: #BCBCFF; color:#000000;">44.4<br />(1.75) </td> <td style="background: #7E7EFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium">1,018.7<br />(40.11) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: <a href="/wiki/NOAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NOAA">NOAA</a><sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: <b>Climatemps.com</b><sup id="cite_ref-clima_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clima-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administrative_division">Administrative division</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Barahona,_Dominican_Republic&veaction=edit&section=5" title="Change section: Administrative division" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Barahona,_Dominican_Republic&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section's source code: Administrative division"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The municipality of Santa Cruz de Barahona has three <a href="/wiki/Municipality" title="Municipality">municipal districts</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-censo_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-censo-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> these are: </p> <center> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Municipal districts of Barahona </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Code</th> <th>Municipal district</th> <th>Population<br /><small>(2010)</small> </th></tr> <tr> <td>040102</td> <td>El Cachón</td> <td align="right">2,046 </td></tr> <tr> <td>040103</td> <td>La Guázara</td> <td align="right">1,892 </td></tr> <tr> <td>040104</td> <td>Villa Central</td> <td align="right">17,627 </td></tr></tbody></table> </center> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Barahona,_Dominican_Republic&veaction=edit&section=6" title="Change section: Economy" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Barahona,_Dominican_Republic&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section's source code: Economy"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The main economic activity of the province is <a href="/wiki/Agriculture" title="Agriculture">agriculture</a>; the main product in the municipality is a very good <a href="/wiki/Coffee" title="Coffee">coffee</a> ("Barahona Type Coffee"), grown in the mountains of Eastern Bahoruco. </p><p>There are also some important industries, mainly to produce <a href="/wiki/Textile" title="Textile">textiles</a> to send to other countries, and <a href="/wiki/Sugar" title="Sugar">sugar</a> in the <i>Ingenio Barahona</i> ("Barahona Sugar Factory"). </p><p>There is a <a href="/wiki/Port" title="Port">port</a> in the city; it is used to send coffee and sugar to other countries. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Barahona,_Dominican_Republic&veaction=edit&section=7" title="Change section: References" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Barahona,_Dominican_Republic&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section's source code: References"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9724317">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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municipios, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://one.gob.do/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=63&Itemid=283">Oficina Nacional de Estadistica</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090417021712/http://one.gob.do/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=63&Itemid=283">Archived</a> April 17, 2009, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9724332">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output 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Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Editora Colegial Quisqueyana.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Geograf%C3%ADa+Dominicana&rft.place=Santo+Domingo%2C+Dominican+Republic&rft.pub=Editora+Colegial+Quisqueyana&rft.date=1976&rft.aulast=De+la+Fuente&rft.aufirst=Santiago&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ABarahona%2C+Dominican+Republic" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-censo-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-censo_3-0">3.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-censo_3-1">3.1</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-censo_3-2">3.2</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text">Censo 2012 de Población y Vivienda, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://one.gob.do/">Oficina Nacional de Estadistica</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090401053557/http://www.one.gob.do/">Archived</a> 2009-04-01 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFLópez_Reyes1999" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">López Reyes, Oscar (1999). <i>Historia del desarrollo de Barahona: Narración e interpretación</i> (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Mediabyte.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Historia+del+desarrollo+de+Barahona%3A+Narraci%C3%B3n+e+interpretaci%C3%B3n&rft.place=Santo+Domingo&rft.pub=Mediabyte&rft.date=1999&rft.aulast=L%C3%B3pez+Reyes&rft.aufirst=Oscar&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ABarahona%2C+Dominican+Republic" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-clima-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-clima_5-0">5.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-clima_5-1">5.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.barahona-do.climatemps.com/">"Barahona Climate & Temperature"</a>. Climatemps.com<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 September</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Barahona+Climate+Normals+1961-1990&rft.pub=National+Oceanic+and+Atmospheric+Administration&rft_id=ftp%3A%2F%2Fftp.atdd.noaa.gov%2Fpub%2FGCOS%2FWMO-Normals%2FTABLES%2FREG_IV%2FDR%2F78482.TXT&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ABarahona%2C+Dominican+Republic" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <p><br clear="all" /> </p> <table class="toccolours" style="clear: both; margin:1em auto;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#ccccff" width="100%"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_the_Dominican_Republic" title="Provinces of the Dominican Republic">Provincial</a> capitals of the <a href="/wiki/Dominican_Republic" title="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a></th> <th><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of the Dominican Republic"><img alt="Flag of the Dominican Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/75px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/100px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Azua_de_Compostela" class="mw-redirect" title="Azua de Compostela">Azua</a> • <a href="/wiki/Ban%C3%AD" title="Baní">Baní</a> • <a href="/wiki/Santa_Cruz_de_Barahona" class="mw-redirect" title="Santa Cruz de Barahona">Barahona</a> • <a href="/wiki/Bonao" title="Bonao">Bonao</a> • <a href="/wiki/Comendador,_El%C3%ADas_Pi%C3%B1a" class="mw-redirect" title="Comendador, Elías Piña">Comendador</a> • <a href="/wiki/Cotu%C3%AD" title="Cotuí">Cotuí</a> • <a href="/wiki/Dajab%C3%B3n" title="Dajabón">Dajabón</a> • <a href="/wiki/Santa_Cruz_del_Seibo" title="Santa Cruz del Seibo">El Seibo</a> • <a href="/wiki/Hato_Mayor_del_Rey" title="Hato Mayor del Rey">Hato Mayor</a> • <a href="/wiki/Salvale%C3%B3n_de_Hig%C3%BCey" title="Salvaleón de Higüey">Higüey</a> • <a href="/wiki/Jiman%C3%AD" title="Jimaní">Jimaní</a> • <a href="/wiki/La_Romana,_Dominican_Republic" title="La Romana, Dominican Republic">La Romana</a> • <a href="/wiki/Concepci%C3%B3n_de_la_Vega" class="mw-redirect" title="Concepción de la Vega">La Vega</a> • <a href="/wiki/Mao" class="mw-disambig" title="Mao">Mao</a> • <a href="/wiki/Moca,_Dominican_Republic" title="Moca, Dominican Republic">Moca</a> • <a href="/wiki/San_Fernando_de_Monte_Cristi" title="San Fernando de Monte Cristi">Monte Cristi</a> • <a href="/wiki/Monte_Plata" title="Monte Plata">Monte Plata</a> • <a href="/wiki/Nagua" title="Nagua">Nagua</a> • <a href="/wiki/Neiba" title="Neiba">Neiba</a> • <a href="/wiki/Pedernales,_Dominican_Republic" title="Pedernales, Dominican Republic">Pedernales</a> • <a href="/wiki/San_Felipe_de_Puerto_Plata" title="San Felipe de Puerto Plata">Puerto Plata</a> • <a href="/wiki/Sabaneta,_Santiago_Rodr%C3%ADguez" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabaneta, Santiago Rodríguez">Sabaneta</a> • <a href="/wiki/Salcedo,_Hermanas_Mirabal" class="mw-redirect" title="Salcedo, Hermanas Mirabal">Salcedo</a> • <a href="/wiki/Santa_B%C3%A1rbara_de_Saman%C3%A1" title="Santa Bárbara de Samaná">Samaná</a> • <a href="/wiki/San_Crist%C3%B3bal,_Dominican_Republic" title="San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic">San Cristóbal</a> • <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_de_Macor%C3%ADs" title="San Francisco de Macorís">San Francisco de Macorís</a> • <a href="/wiki/San_Jos%C3%A9_de_Ocoa_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="San José de Ocoa (city)">San José de Ocoa</a> • <a href="/wiki/San_Juan_de_la_Maguana" title="San Juan de la Maguana">San Juan de la Maguana</a> • <a href="/wiki/San_Pedro_de_Macor%C3%ADs" title="San Pedro de Macorís">San Pedro de Macorís</a> • <a href="/wiki/Santiago_de_los_Caballeros" title="Santiago de los Caballeros">Santiago de los Caballeros</a> • <a href="/wiki/Santo_Domingo" title="Santo Domingo">Santo Domingo</a> • <a href="/wiki/Santo_Domingo_Este" title="Santo Domingo Este">Santo Domingo Este</a> </td></tr></tbody></table>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; 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