Bahoruco (bah-ho-ROO-ko), province (1,347 sq mi/3,489 sq km; 1993 pop. 101,742), SW Dominican Republic, on Haiti border; Neiba; 18°30'N 71°21'W. Bounded by Sierra de Neiba (N) and Sierra de Bahoruco (S), watered by the Yaque del Sur. In its center is L. Enriquillo, a salt lake c.150 ft/46 m below sea level. In the fertile, irrigated depression are grown coffee, corn, rice, sugarcane, bananas, vegetables. Rich in fine tropical wood. Fishing and hunting at L. Enriquillo. Large salt deposits near Neiba. Formerly a part of Barahona prov., it was set up 1943.
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Neiba; 18°30'N 71°21'W. Bounded by Sierra de Neiba (N) and Sierra de Bahoruco (S), watered by the Yaque del Sur. In its center is L. Enriquillo, a salt lake c.150 ft/46 m below sea level. In the fertile, irrigated depression are grown coffee, corn, rice, sugarcane, bananas, vegetables. Rich in fine tropical wood. Fishing and hunting at L. Enriquillo. Large salt deposits near Neiba. Formerly a part of Barahona prov., it was set up 1943.
