Padre Las Casas, Dominican Republic

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
Municipality
Padre Las Casas
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	82/km2 (210/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