Azua Province

Azua
Province
Country	Dominican Republic
Capital	Azua de Compostela
- elevation	83 m (272 ft)
- coordinates	18°27′36″N 70°44′24″W / 18.46000°N 70.74000°WCoordinates: 18°27′36″N 70°44′24″W / 18.46000°N 70.74000°W
Area	2,531.77 km^2 (978 sq mi)
Population	298,246 (2014) [1]
Density	118/km^2 (306/sq mi)
Province since	1844
Governor	Luis Antonio Vargas Ramírez
Subdivisions	10 municipalities 22 municipal districts
Congresspersons	1 Senator 4 Deputies
Timezone	EST (UTC-4)
Area code	1-809 1-829 1-849
ISO 3166-2	DO-02
Postal Code	71000
Location of the Azua Province

Azua (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈaswa]) is a province of the Dominican Republic.

Municipalities and municipal districts

The province as of June 20, 2006 is divided into the following municipalities (municipios) and municipal districts (distrito municipal - D.M.) within them:^[2]

Azua (Azua de Compostela) Barreras (D.M.) Barro Arriba (D.M.) Clavellina (D.M.) Emma Balaguer Viuda Vallejo (D.M.) Las Barias-La Estancia (D.M.) Las Lomas (D.M.) Los Jovillos (D.M.) Puerto Viejo (D.M.) Estebanía Guayabal Las Charcas Hatillo (D.M.) Palmar de Ocoa (D.M.) Las Yayas de Viajama Hato Nuevo-Cortés (D.M.) Villarpando (D.M.)

Padre Las Casas La Siembra (D.M.) Las Lagunas (D.M.) Los Fríos (D.M.) Peralta Pueblo Viejo El Rosario (D.M.) Sabana Yegua Ganadero (D.M.) Proyecto 2-C (D.M.) Proyecto 4 (D.M.) Tábara Arriba Amiama Gómez (D.M.) Los Toros (D.M.) Tábara Abajo (D.M.)

Population

The following is a sortable table of the municipalities and municipal districts with population figures as of the 2014 estimate. Urban population are those living in the seats (cabeceras literally heads) of municipalities or of municipal districts. Rural population are those living in the districts (Secciones literally sections) and neighborhoods (Parajes literally places) outside them.The population figures are from the 2014 population estimate.^[3]

Name	Total population	Urban population	Rural population
Azua de Compostela	125,487	88,493	36,994
Estebanía	8,522	4,407	4,115
Guayabal	6,855	3,464	3,391
Las Charcas	12,823	6,173	6,650
Padre Las Casas	42,321	21,965	20,356
Peralta	17,252	5,731	11,521
Pueblo Viejo	13,522	3,825	9,697
Sabana Yegua	24,051	6,944	17,107
Tábara Arriba	25,212	12,644	12,568
Yayas de Viajama	22,201	15,761	6,440
Azua province	298,246	169,407	128,839

For comparison with the municipalities and municipal districts of other provinces see the list of municipalities and municipal districts of the Dominican Republic.

See also

• Port of Azua

References

1. 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.
2. Oficina Nacional de Estadistica, Departamento de Cartografia, Division de Limites y Linderos. "Listado de Codigos de Provincias, Municipio y Distritos Municipales, Actualizada a Junio 20 del 2006" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 March 2007. Retrieved 24 January 2007.
3. Consejo Nacional de Población & Familia. "Estamaciones y Proyecciones de la Población Dominicana por Regiones, Provincias, Municipios y Distritos Municipales, 2014" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2014-02-02.

External links

• (Spanish) Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Statistics Portal of the Dominican Republic
• (Spanish) Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Maps with administrative division of the provinces of the Dominican Republic, downloadable in PDF format