# Azua Province > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Azua_Province > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Azua_Province.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azua_Province > Source revision: 1345127403 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Province of the Dominican Republic}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Azua | native_name = | other_name = | settlement_type = [Province](/source/Provinces_of_the_Dominican_Republic) | image_skyline = Azua Dominican Republic 2.jpg | image_caption = | image_flag = | image_seal = |image_shield = Compostela Old Shield.svg |seat=[Azua](/source/Azua%2C_Dominican_Republic) |seat_type=Capital | motto = The Athens of the South | nickname = | etymology = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [Dominican Republic](/source/Dominican_Republic) | subdivision_type1 = | subdivision_name1 = | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | image_map = Azua in Dominican Republic.svg | map_caption = Location of the Azua Province | pushpin_map = | pushpin_relief = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = | coordinates_footnotes = | leader_title = [Congress](/source/Congress_of_the_Dominican_Republic)persons | leader_name = 1 Senator
4 Deputies | government_type = Subdivisions | governing_body = 10 [municipalities](/source/Municipality)
22 [municipal districts](/source/Government_of_the_Dominican_Republic) | established_title = Province since | established_date = 1844 | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 2531.77 | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | population_as_of = {{Metadata Population Dominican province|YEAR}} | population_footnotes = | population_total = {{Metadata Population Dominican province|Azua}} | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_sq_mi= | population_demonym = | timezone1 = [EST](/source/Eastern_Time_Zone_(North_America)) | utc_offset1 = -4 | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = | geocode = | iso_code = | blank_name = Area code | blank_info = 1-809 1-829 1-849 | blank1_name = [ISO 3166-2](/source/ISO_3166-2) | blank1_info = DO-02 | blank2_name = Postal Code | blank2_info = 71000 | website = | footnotes = }} '''Azua''' ({{IPA|es|ˈaswa}}) is a province which is collectively one of the thirty-two [province](/source/Provinces_of_the_Dominican_Republic)s of the [Dominican Republic](/source/Dominican_Republic). It is divided into 10 municipalities (the same as [Santiago](/source/Santiago_Province_(Dominican_Republic))) and its capital city is [Azua de Compostela](/source/Azua_de_Compostela). It is bordered by the provinces of [La Vega](/source/La_Vega_Province) to the north-east, [San José de Ocoa](/source/San_Jos%C3%A9_de_Ocoa_Province) and [Peravia](/source/Peravia_Province) to the east, [Barahona](/source/Barahona_Province) and [Baoruco](/source/Baoruco_Province) to the west and [San Juan](/source/San_Juan_Province_(Dominican_Republic)) to the north-west. To the south, Azua has a significant coastline of the [Caribbean Sea](/source/Caribbean_Sea). Azua is known for its diverse geography and climate, with the southern part of the province having an arid climate that is not the typical tropical-like that is found in other parts of the Caribbean. ==Geography== The southern part of the province is located in the Llanura or Llano de Azua (also known as the "Plena de Azua"), a coastal plain surrounded by mountains that act as barriers to the water-laden winds so that the lower parts of the province are very arid. [[File:Azua,_Dominican_Republic_Mountains.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Mountains in [Guayabal](/source/Guayabal%2C_Azua), Azua province]] Azua had the Sierra de Ocoa, which is the southern end of the Cordillera Central, the tallest mountain range in the Caribbean. In the northern half of the province is also the Cordillera Central. In the southwest, on the border with the Barahona and Baoruco provinces, are the Martín García and Neiba mountain ranges. ==Municipalities and municipal districts== frameless|right|310px thumb|right|300px|Azua Dominican Republic city people. The province as of 20 June 2006 is divided into the following [municipalities](/source/Municipalities_of_the_Dominican_Republic) (''[municipio](/source/municipio)s'') and municipal districts (''distrito municipal'' – D.M.) within them:{{cite web | url = http://www.one.gob.do/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=113 | title = Listado de Codigos de Provincias, Municipio y Distritos Municipales, Actualizada a Junio 20 del 2006 | author = ((Oficina Nacional de Estadistica, Departamento de Cartografia, Division de Limites y Linderos)) | language = es | access-date = 24 January 2007 | archive-date = 14 March 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070314215735/http://www.one.gob.do/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=113 }} {{colbegin}} *[Azua](/source/Azua_(city)) (Azua de Compostela) **[Barreras](/source/Barreras) (D.M.) **[Barro Arriba](/source/Barro_Arriba) (D.M.) **[Clavellina](/source/Clavellina) (D.M.) **[Emma Balaguer Viuda Vallejo](/source/Emma_Balaguer_Viuda_Vallejo) (D.M.) **[Las Barias-La Estancia](/source/Las_Barias-La_Estancia) (D.M.) **[Las Lomas](/source/Las_Lomas%2C_Azua) (D.M.) **[Los Jovillos](/source/Los_Jovillos) (D.M.) **[Puerto Viejo](/source/Puerto_Viejo%2C_Azua) (D.M.) *[Estebanía](/source/Esteban%C3%ADa%2C_Azua) *[Guayabal](/source/Guayabal%2C_Azua) *[Las Charcas](/source/Las_Charcas%2C_Azua) **[Hatillo](/source/Hatillo%2C_Azua) (D.M.) **[Palmar de Ocoa](/source/Palmar_de_Ocoa) (D.M.) *[Las Yayas de Viajama](/source/Las_Yayas_de_Viajama) **[Hato Nuevo-Cortés](/source/Hato_Nuevo-Cort%C3%A9s) (D.M.) **[Villarpando](/source/Villarpando) (D.M.) *[Padre Las Casas](/source/Padre_Las_Casas%2C_Azua) **[La Siembra](/source/La_Siembra%2C_Azua) (D.M.) **[Las Lagunas](/source/Las_Lagunas%2C_Azua) (D.M.) **[Los Fríos](/source/Los_Fr%C3%ADos%2C_Azua) (D.M.) *[Peralta](/source/Peralta%2C_Azua) *[Pueblo Viejo](/source/Pueblo_Viejo%2C_Azua) **[El Rosario](/source/El_Rosario%2C_Azua) (D.M.) *[Sabana Yegua](/source/Sabana_Yegua) **[Ganadero](/source/Ganadero) (D.M.) **Proyecto 2 ( D.M.) **[Proyecto 4](/source/Proyecto_4) (D.M.) *[Tábara Arriba](/source/T%C3%A1bara_Arriba) **[Amiama Gómez](/source/Amiama_G%C3%B3mez) (D.M.) **[Los Toros](/source/Los_Toros) (D.M.) **[Tábara Abajo](/source/T%C3%A1bara_Abajo) (D.M.) {{colend}} ==Population== thumb|right|Palmar de Ocoa in Azua, Dominican Republic. thumb|right|Peralta, Azua, Dominican Republic rural countryside. The following is a sortable table of the municipalities and municipal districts with population figures as of the 2014 estimate. [Urban](/source/Urban_area) population are those living in the seats (''cabeceras'' literally heads) of municipalities or of municipal districts. [Rural](/source/Rural) population are those living in the [district](/source/district)s (''Secciones'' literally sections) and [neighborhood](/source/neighborhood)s (''Parajes'' literally places) outside them. The population figures are from the 2014 population estimate.{{cite web |url=http://www.conapofa.gov.do/estimado2014.asp |title=Estamaciones y Proyecciones de la Población Dominicana por Regiones, Provincias, Municipios y Distritos Municipales, 2014 |author=Consejo Nacional de Población |author2=Familia |name-list-style=amp |language=es |access-date=2014-02-02 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right; font-size:95%;" !width="190px"| Name ! Total population ! Urban population ! Rural population |- |align="left"| [Azua de Compostela](/source/Azua_(city)) | {{nts|125487}} || {{nts|88493}} || {{nts|36994}} |- |align="left"| [Estebanía](/source/Esteban%C3%ADa%2C_Azua) | {{nts|8522}} || {{nts|4407}} || {{nts|4115}} |- |align="left"| [Guayabal](/source/Guayabal%2C_Azua) | {{nts|6855}} || {{nts|3464}} || {{nts|3391}} |- |align="left"| [Las Charcas](/source/Las_Charcas%2C_Azua) | {{nts|12823}} || {{nts|6173}} || {{nts|6650}} |- |align="left"| [Padre Las Casas](/source/Padre_Las_Casas%2C_Azua) | {{nts|42321}} || {{nts|21965}} || {{nts|20356}} |- |align="left"| [Peralta](/source/Peralta%2C_Azua) | {{nts|17252}} || {{nts|5731}} || {{nts|11521}} |- |align="left"| [Pueblo Viejo](/source/Pueblo_Viejo%2C_Azua) | {{nts|13522}} || {{nts|3825}} || {{nts|9697}} |- |align="left"| [Sabana Yegua](/source/Sabana_Yegua) | {{nts|24051}} || {{nts|6944}} || {{nts|17107}} |- |align="left"| [Tábara Arriba](/source/T%C3%A1bara_Arriba) | {{nts|25212}} || {{nts|12644}} || {{nts|12568}} |- |align="left"| [Yayas de Viajama](/source/Yayas_de_Viajama) | {{nts|22201}} || {{nts|15761}} || {{nts|6440}} |- style="background:white" |align="left"| '''Azua province''' | {{nts|298246}} || {{nts|169407}} || {{nts|128839}} |} For comparison with the municipalities and municipal districts of other provinces see the [list of municipalities and municipal districts of the Dominican Republic](/source/list_of_municipalities_and_municipal_districts_of_the_Dominican_Republic). ==See also== {{Portal|Dominican Republic}} * [Port of Azua](/source/Port_of_Azua) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{in lang|es}} [http://www.one.gob.do/ Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Statistics Portal of the Dominican Republic] * {{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20070313142725/http://www.one.gob.do/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=114 Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Maps with administrative division of the provinces of the Dominican Republic], downloadable in [PDF](/source/Portable_Document_Format) format {{Provinces of the Dominican Republic}} {{Authority control}} Category:Azua Province Azua Category:States and territories established in 1844 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Azua Province](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azua_Province) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azua_Province?action=history)). 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