Villa Jaragua is a town and a municipality in the Bahoruco province of the Dominican Republic, close to the Lake Enriquillo.

The foundation of Jaragua dates back to the end of the 19th century, in 1883, when the Rivas, Méndez, Trinidad and Díaz families arrived from Azua.

In this area of the Southwest was the route to Haiti, which had a row of mangoes born naturally from the town of Galván (Cambronal) until entering Haitian territory.

In its beginnings, Jaragua was called Barbacoa and, later on, it was named Villa José Trujillo Valdez, a name imposed by the Tyrant Rafael Leónidas Trujillo or his followers in honor of his father.

On August 22, 1943, the community was elevated to a Municipal District with the name of Villa José Trujillo Valdez and, in 1963, by decision of the aldermen, its name was changed, being called from that moment Jaragua, in honor of the cacicazgo that it had.