page_title: Azua, Dominican Republic
hierarchical_section_title: Azua, Dominican Republic
caption_attribution_description: Español: Parque Central de Azua
context_page_description: The Dominican city of Azua de Compostela, or simply Azua, is the head municipality of the Azua province, on the south of the country, about 5 km 5 km north of the Caribbean coast. It is also called sometimes Compostela de Azua.
  Azua is the Taíno name of the region where the old city was founded. In this place, Pedro Gallego, a Spanish colonist, developed a farm and he gave it the name of Compostela after Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, nortwestern Spain.
context_section_description: The Dominican city of Azua de Compostela, or simply Azua, is the head municipality of the Azua province, on the south of the country, about 5 km (3.1 mi) 5 km north of the Caribbean coast. It is also called sometimes Compostela de Azua.
  Azua is the Taíno name of the region where the old city was founded. In this place, Pedro Gallego (or Pedro Mariscal), a Spanish colonist, developed a farm and he gave it the name of Compostela after Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, nortwestern Spain.
caption: Central square in Azua
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