Neiba

Neiba
Municipality
Coat of arms
Neiba
Coordinates: 18°29′24″N 71°25′12″W / 18.49000°N 71.42000°W / 18.49000; -71.42000
Country	Dominican Republic
Province	Baoruco
Municipal District	El Palmar
Founded	1735
Municipality since	1844
Area
• Total	282.3 km2 (109.0 sq mi)
• Urban [1]	7.87 km2 (3.04 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	10 m (30 ft)
Population  (2014)[3]
• Total	36,511
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
• Urban	24,438
	Including population of its municipal district
Demonym(s)	Neibero (female, neibera)
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
Distance	110 km (68 mi) to Azua 230 km (140 mi) to Santo Domingo

The Dominican city of Neiba, also written as Neyba, is the head municipality of the Baoruco province, on the southwestern part of the country.

Neiba, or Naiva, was the original Taíno name of the Yaque del Sur river.

1. ↑ "Expansión Urbana de las ciudades capitales de R.D. 1988-2010. Informe Básico" (PDF) (in Spanish). Oficina Nacional de Estadística. April 2015. p. 28. Retrieved 10 December 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}
2. ↑ De la Fuente, Santiago (1976). Geografía Dominicana (in Spanish). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Editora Colegial Quisqueyana.
3. ↑ Consejo Nacional de Población y Familia. "Estamaciones y Proyecciones de la Población Dominicana por Regiones, Provincias, Municipios y Distritos Municipales, 2014" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2014-02-02.