Jimaní

The Dominican city of **Jimaní** is the head municipality of the Independencia province, on the southwestern part of the country. The city is near the border with Haiti, on the main road that goes from the Dominican Republic to Port-au-Prince, capital city of Haiti.

## History

For most of its history, Jimaní was part of Neiba but in 1938 it was made part of La Descubierta and in 1943 was elevated to the category of municipal districts (a municipal district is an administrative part of a municipality) of La Descubierta, in the Baoruco province.

With the creation of the Independencia province in 1948, Jimaní was made the head municipality of that new province.

## Population

The municipality had, in , a total population of 10,034: 4,967 men and 5,067 women. The urban population was  of the total population.

## Geography

Jimaní is in the _Hoya de Enriquillo_ valley, in the southwest of the country, close to Haiti. The municipality has a total area of . It has two municipal districts (subdivisions of a municipality): Boca de Cachón and El Limón.

The city of Jimaní is at  to the west of Azua and at  to Santo Domingo. It is at an elevation of  above sea level.

It is between the two main lakes of the Hispaniola: Lake Enriquillo (Dominican Republic) and Étang Saumâtre (Haiti).

Jimaní has the municipality of La Descubierta, the Lake Enriquillo and the Baoruco province to the north, the Barahona province to the east, the Pedernales to the south and Haiti to the west.

### Climate

Jimaní has a tropical wet and dry/ savanna climate (Köppen climate classification : **Aw**).

The average amount of rainfall for the year in the city is . Most rains fall during the end of summer and in fall. The month with the most precipitation on average is May with  of rainfall, followed by October with .

The driest season is winter. The month with the least rainfall on average is January with an average of  and the second is December with .

Jimaní is in a very hot region; the average temperature for the year is . The warmest month, on average, is July with an average temperature of . The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of .

## Administrative division

The municipality of Jimaní has two municipal districts:

|Code|Municipal district|Population <small>(2010)</small>|
| --- | --- | --- |
|100102|El Limón|3,381|
|100103|Boca de Cachón|3,095|

## Economy

The main economic activity is commerce with Haiti. Farming is not well developed because the region is very dry and hot. Most people that lives here work for the government or in the commerce between the two countries.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Jimaní
- **settlement type**: Municipality
- **pushpin map**: Dominican Republic
- **pushpin relief**: 1
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: Dominican Republic
- **subdivision type1**: Provinces of the Dominican Republic, Province
- **subdivision name1**: Independencia Province, Independencia
- **subdivision type2**: Provinces of the Dominican Republic, Municipal Districts
- **subdivision name2**: 2
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1504
- **established title2**: Municipality since
- **established date2**:
1945
- **area total km2**: 200.6
- **area urban km2**: 4.42
- **elevation m**: 31
- **population total**: 10034
- **total type**: Total
- **population urban**: 10026
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone**: Atlantic Standard Time Zone, AST
- **utc offset**: -4
- **timezone dst**: Atlantic Standard Time Zone, AST
- **utc offset dst**: -4
- **blank name sec1**: Distance
- **blank info sec1**: to Azua de Compostela, Azua
 to Santo Domingo