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Azua de Compostela
— Municipality —
Azua de Compostela
Coordinates: 18°27′36″N 70°44′24″W / 18.46°N 70.74°W / 18.46; -70.74Coordinates: 18°27′36″N 70°44′24″W / 18.46°N 70.74°W / 18.46; -70.74
Country	Dominican Republic
Province	Azua
Founded	1504
Municipality since	1844
Area^[1]
• Total	232.95 km² (89.94 sq mi)
Elevation^[2]	83 m (272 ft)
Population (2012)^[3]
• Total	128,264
• Density	550/km² (1,400/sq mi)
• Urban	92,585
• Rural	35,679
• Demonym	Azuano(a)
Municipal Districts^[4]	8

Azua de Compostela, also known simply as Azua, is a municipality (municipio) of the Azua province in the Dominican Republic. It is the capital of Azua province, and is located 100 kilometres west of the national capital, Santo Domingo.

As of the Dominican Republic's 2002 census, the municipality had a total population of 128,264 inhabitants, of which 92,585 resided in urban areas and 35,679 in rural areas.

It includes the municipal districts (distritos municipal) of Barreras, Barro Arriba, Clavellina, Emma Balaguer Viuda Vallejo, Las Barias-La Estancia, Las Lomas, Los Jovillos, and Puerto Viejo.^[4]

References

^ Superficies a nivel de municipios, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica
^ De la Fuente, Santiago (1976) (in Spanish). Geografía Dominicana. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Editora Colegial Quisqueyana.
^ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named 2012_Census; see the help page.
^ ^a ^b 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. http://web.archive.org/web/20070314215735/http://www.one.gob.do/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=113. Retrieved 12 August 2011.

External links

Azua de Compostela (unofficial website)

v t e Azua Province

Municipalities	Azua de Compostela Estebanía Guayabal Las Charcas Padre Las Casas Peralta Pueblo Viejo Sabana Yegua Tábara Arriba

Municipal districts	Azua Barreras Barro Arriba Clavellina Emma Balaguer Viuda Vallejo Las Barias-La Estancia Las Lomas Los Jovillos Puerto Viejo Las Charcas Hatillo Palmar de Ocoa Las Yayas de Viajama Hato Nuevo-Cortés Villarpando Padre Las Casas La Siembra Las Lagunas Los Fríos Pueblo Viejo El Rosario Sabana Yegua Ganadero Proyecto 2-C Proyecto 4 Tábara Arriba Amiama Gómez Los Toros Tábara Abajo

See also Dominican Republic Provinces Municipalities

v t e Provincial capitals of the Dominican Republic

Azua Baní Barahona Bonao Comendador Cotuí Dajabón El Seibo Hato Mayor Higüey Jimaní La Romana La Vega Mao Moca Monte Cristi Monte Plata Nagua Neiba Pedernales Puerto Plata Sabaneta Salcedo Samaná San Cristóbal San Francisco de Macorís San José de Ocoa San Juan de la Maguana San Pedro de Macorís Santiago de los Caballeros Santo Domingo Santo Domingo Este

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