Padre Las Casa
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Padre Las Casas is a municipality
(municipio
) of the Azua
province
in the Dominican Republic
. It includes the municipal districts (distritos municipal) of La Siembra, Las Lagunas, and Los Fríos.
As of the Dominican Republic's 2002 census
, the municipality had a total population of 22,366 inhabitants, of which 8,424 resided in urban areas and 13,942 in rural areas.
Padre Las Casas is located in the foothills of the Cordillera Central. The economy of the town is as a service depot for local farmer
s and farmers for quite a distance into the mountains to which it is the easiest point of contact. There is also a large service economy and an efficient bus cooperative that connects mainly with Azua and the towns along the way. Full time employment for males runs about 50% but many males do some kind of work but much of this pays less than a dollar an hour, while entrepreneurs in retail and other small businesses may easily make the owner a 200-500 weekly income. The disparity is great even in the microcosm of this small town.
Municipalities of the Dominican Republic
The provinces of the Dominican Republic are divided into two or more municipalities with the exception of the Distrito Nacional which consist of only one municipality Santo Domingo...
(municipio
Municipio
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) of the Azua
Azua Province
Azua is a province of the Dominican Republic.-Municipalities and municipal districts:The province as of June 20 2006 is divided into the following municipalities and municipal districts within them:...
province
Provinces of the Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is divided into thirty–one provincias , while the national capital, Santo Domingo, is contained within its own Distrito Nacional ....
in the Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
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. It includes the municipal districts (distritos municipal) of La Siembra, Las Lagunas, and Los Fríos.
As of the Dominican Republic's 2002 census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, the municipality had a total population of 22,366 inhabitants, of which 8,424 resided in urban areas and 13,942 in rural areas.
Padre Las Casas is located in the foothills of the Cordillera Central. The economy of the town is as a service depot for local farmer
Farmer
A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, who raises living organisms for food or raw materials, generally including livestock husbandry and growing crops, such as produce and grain...
s and farmers for quite a distance into the mountains to which it is the easiest point of contact. There is also a large service economy and an efficient bus cooperative that connects mainly with Azua and the towns along the way. Full time employment for males runs about 50% but many males do some kind of work but much of this pays less than a dollar an hour, while entrepreneurs in retail and other small businesses may easily make the owner a 200-500 weekly income. The disparity is great even in the microcosm of this small town.