Padre Las Casas is a

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'') of the Azua

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in the

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. It includes the municipal districts (''distritos municipal'') of La Siembra, Las Lagunas, and Los Fríos. Padre Las Casas is located in the foothills of the

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. 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 *

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(born 1986),

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Kinito Méndez Kinito Méndez, born José del Carmen Ramírez Méndez on November 18, 1963, is a merengue music singer. Biography Mendez started his career in 1988 as one of the co-founders of the merengue band La Cocoband, along with Alfonzo " Pochy Familia" ...

(born 1996), merengue singer

References

Populated places in Azua Province Municipalities of the Dominican Republic {{DominicanRepublic-geo-stub