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Place Name
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Azua
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Pronunciation
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AH-zoo-ah
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Place Status (Type)
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province
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Capital is
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Azua. Mountainous, semiarid region
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Population
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194,209 (1993)
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Location
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Azua, Dominican Republic, Caribbean
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Latitude
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unknown
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Longitude
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unknown
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Azua
(AH-zoo-ah), province (
936 sq mi/2,424 sq km; 1993 pop.
194,209), S Dominican Republic, on the Caribbean Sea;  Azua.
Mountainous, semiarid region, bounded N by the Cordillera Central
(including Monte Tina, and crossed by the Sierra de Ocoa). Main crops
(irrigation) coffee, tobacco, sugarcane, cereals, vegetables;
lumbering. Est. 1845; formerly comprised larger area.
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