Padre Las Casas, Dominican Republic
Municipality in Azua, Dominican Republic
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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.[1]
Padre Las Casas | |
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  Padre Las Casas Location within the Dominican Republic | |
| Coordinates: 18°44′N 70°56′W | |
| Country | Dominican Republic |
| Province | Azua |
| Area | |
• Total | 496.98 km2 (191.89 sq mi) |
| Population (2012) | |
• Total | 40,545 |
| • Density | 81.583/km2 (211.30/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-4 |
| Area code | 1 809/829 |
| Climate | Aw |
Padre Las Casas is located in the foothills of the Cordillera Central. The economy of the town is as a service depot for local farmers 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.
Notable people
- Amaury German Airisty (1947-1972), political activist
- Geovanny Vicente (born 1986), CNN columnist, political strategist and professor at Columbia University
- Kinito Méndez (born 1996), merengue singer
