The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Santa Cruz de Barahona
(sän´tä krs d bärä´nä) (KEY) or Barahona (bärä´nä), city (1993 pop. 61,600), SW Dominican Republic, on Neiba Bay, an arm of the Caribbean Sea. Santa Cruz de Barahona is a provincial capital and a port. It has a sugar industry and is a commercial and processing center for an agricultural region.