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	Azua
	Province
Country	Dominican Republic
Capital	Azua de Compostela
- elevation	83 m (272 ft)
- coordinates	18°27′36″N 70°44′24″W / 18.46°N 70.74°W
Area	2,531.77 km2 (978 sq mi)
Population	208,857 (2002)
Density	82.5 /km2 (214 /sq mi)
Province since	1844
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

Coordinates: 18°27′36″N 70°44′24″W / 18.46°N 70.74°W

Azua is a province of the Dominican Republic.

[edit] 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:^[1]

Municipalities of the Province.

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

The following is a sortable table of the municipalities and municipal districts with population figures as of the 2008 census. 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 of them.^[2]

Name	Total population	Urban population	Rural population
Azua de Compostela	&0000000000214019.000000214,019	&0000000000156815.000000156,815	&0000000000057204.00000057,204
Estebanía	&0000000000020484.00000020,484	&0000000000011897.00000011,897	&0000000000008587.0000008,587
Guayabal	&0000000000013026.00000013,026	&0000000000007010.0000007,010	&0000000000006016.0000006,016
Las Charcas	&0000000000017456.00000017,456	&0000000000010187.00000010,187	&0000000000007269.0000007,269
Las Yayas de Viajama	&0000000000015891.00000015,891	&0000000000008433.0000008,433	&0000000000007458.0000007,458
Padre Las Casas	&0000000000038569.00000038,569	&0000000000017589.00000017,589	&0000000000020980.00000020,980
Peralta	&0000000000023208.00000023,208	&0000000000011981.00000011,981	&0000000000011227.00000011,227
Pueblo Viejo	&0000000000012009.00000012,009	&0000000000006589.0000006,589	&0000000000005420.0000005,420
Sabana Yegua	&0000000000048568.00000048,568	&0000000000023598.00000023,598	&0000000000024970.00000024,970
Tábara Arriba	&0000000000018591.00000018,591	&0000000000008968.0000008,968	&0000000000009623.0000009,623
Azua province	&0000000000421821.000000421,821	&0000000000263067.000000263,067	&0000000000158754.000000158,754

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

[edit] See also

Port of Azua

[edit] References

^ 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). http://www.one.gob.do/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=113. Retrieved 2007-01-24.
^ Oficina Nacional de Estadística. "VIII Censo 2002 Población y Vivienda" (in Spanish) (PDF). http://one.gob.do/censo/volumen_I_pdf.zip. Retrieved 2007-01-24.

[edit] 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

[0] 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). http://www.one.gob.do/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=113. Retrieved 2007-01-24.

[1] Oficina Nacional de Estadística. "VIII Censo 2002 Población y Vivienda" (in Spanish) (PDF). http://one.gob.do/censo/volumen_I_pdf.zip. Retrieved 2007-01-24.

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