Paraíso, Barahona
Paraíso | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms | |
  Paraíso Location within the Dominican Republic | |
| Coordinates: 18°00′N 71°10′W / 18.000°N 71.167°W | |
| Country | Dominican Republic |
| Province | Barahona Province |
| Area | |
• Total | 138.63 km2 (53.53 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 11,235[1] |
| • Density | 81.043/km2 (209.90/sq mi) |
Paraíso is a town in Barahona Province,[2] in the southwest of the Dominican Republic.[3]
It is a small city surrounded by green mountains and rivers that end up at the Caribbean Sea. San Rafael and Los Patos are the two municipalities that are on both corners of the town. Both towns have beaches and fresh river water that comes from the top of nearby mountains. The weather is tropical with an average temperature of 85°F. Paraíso is the Spanish and Portuguese word for Paradise.
References
- ↑ Tu municipio en cifras [Your municipality in figures] (PDF) (Report) (in Spanish). Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE). May 2020. ISSN 2518-2153.
- ↑ "Extranjero fallece tras incidente durante allanamientos en Barahona" [Foreigner dies after incident during raids in Barahona]. El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish). 31 July 2026. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
- ↑ "DGM detains 2,390 undocumented foreigners and deports 1,975 on Wednesday and Thursday of this week". Santo Domingo: Communications Department, Dirección General de Migración. 21 November 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2026.