Padre Las Casas, Dominican Republic

18°44′N 70°56′W / 18.733°N 70.933°W / 18.733; -70.933CountryDominican RepublicProvinceAzuaArea • Total496.98 km² (191.89 sq mi)Population • Total40,545 • Density82/km² (210/sq mi)Time zoneUTC-4Area code1 809/829ClimateAw

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 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

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