Villa Jaragua is a city and a municipality in the Baoruco province

Provinces of the Dominican Republic

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Dominican Republic

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, close to the Lake Enriquillo

Lake Enriquillo

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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.

Population

The municipality had, in 2002, a total population of 11,437: 5,784 men and 5,653 women. The urban population was 81.78% of the total population.