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Baoruco In Dominican Republic
Baoruco (or Bahoruco) may refer to: * Baoruco Province, in the Dominican Republic * Baoruco Mountain Range The Bahoruco Mountain Range—Sierra de Bahoruco (or Sierra de Bahoruco) is a mountain range located in the far southwestern region of the Dominican Republic. It is within Pedernales Province, Pedernales, Independencia Province, Independencia, Ba ... with Sierra de Bahoruco National Park * Bahoruco River {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baoruco Province
Baoruco, alternatively spelt Bahoruco (), is a Provinces of the Dominican Republic, 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 of the Dominican Republic, municipalities (''municipios'') and municipal districts (''distrito municipal'' - D.M.) within them: *Galván, Dominican Republic, Galván *Los Ríos, Dominican Republic, Los Ríos **Las Clavellinas city (D.M.) *Neiba **El Palmar, Dominican Republic, El Palmar (D.M.) *Tamayo (Dominican Republic), Tamayo **Cabeza de Toro (D.M.) **Montserrat, Baoruco, Montserrat (D.M.) **Santana, Baoruco, Santana (D.M.) **Uvilla, Baoruco, Uvilla (D.M.) *Villa Jaragua The following is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baoruco Mountain Range
The Bahoruco Mountain Range—Sierra de Bahoruco (or Sierra de Bahoruco) is a mountain range located in the far southwestern region of the Dominican Republic. It is within Pedernales Province, Pedernales, Independencia Province, Independencia, Barahona Province, Barahona, and Bahoruco Provinces. A large part of the area is protected within the Sierra de Bahoruco National Park (''Parque Nacional Sierra de Bahoruco''), also a Biosphere reserve. Its name is mentioned for the first time by Bartolomé de las Casas in his "Brief History of the Indies", who takes it from the phonetic sound used by the Taino Indians to describe that region. It is rich in deposits of salt and gypsum, and also has a lagoon in the southern part (Oviedo lagoon) and between this mountain range and the Neiba mountain range is Lake Enriquillo, the largest in the Antilles. Geology The mountain range is a massif of volcanic origin from the Cretaceous period (from 145 to 66 million years ago) and later covered b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sierra De Bahoruco National Park
The Sierra de Bahoruco National Park is an environmentally protected national park located in the South-western region of Dominican Republic. It was created in 1983 by Presidential Decree (No. 1315/83) during the presidency of Salvador Jorge Blanco. Geography The park is bordered by Lake Enriquillo and Jaragua National Park. Together with the two parks, it constitutes the Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo biosphere reserve, created on November 6, 2002. The park is located within the provinces of Pedernales Province, Independencia Province and Barahona Province and borders Haiti. It has an area of approximately 1126 km2. Part of the park includes the Bahoruco Mountain Range. Also located South-west of the Bahoruco Peninsula is Bahía de las Águilas (Bay of Eagle's), a bay which stretches out 8.5 km in length, 5.4 km of which constitutes beach area in its central region, and is a highly protected part of the Biosphere-reserve for its concentration of endemic and endanger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
