Villa Jaragua

Villa Jaragua
Villa Jaragua
	People gathered in town hall of Villa Jaragua
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	Villa Jaragua
	Coordinates: 18°28′48″N 71°30′0″W / 18.48000°N 71.50000°W
Country	Dominican Republic
Province	Bahoruco
Municipality since	1974
Area
• Total	120.23 km2 (46.42 sq mi)
Population (2012)
• Total	13,562
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Municipal Districts	0

Villa Jaragua is a town and a municipality in the Bahoruco province of the Dominican Republic, close to the Lake Enriquillo.

The town was known as Barbacoa but Trujillo named it as Villa Trujillo Valdéz after his father. In 1961, its name was changed to the present one, Villa Jaragua.

^ Superficies a nivel de municipios, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica Archived April 17, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
^ Censo 2012 de Población y Vivienda, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica

[listado-1] Superficies a nivel de municipios, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica Archived April 17, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

[censo-2] Censo 2012 de Población y Vivienda, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica

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