Pueblo Viejo, Azua
Pueblo Viejo is a municipality (municipio) of the Azua province in the Dominican Republic.
History
The town that is now known as Pueblo Viejo was the place where in 1504 Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, the conqueror of Cuba, founded the colonial town of Azua de Compostela. It was so-called in honour of one of the first Spanish settlers in the area, Don Pedro Gallego, a native of Santiago de Compostela, in Galicia, Spain. The first part of the name is derived from the local Indian name for the area. The old and thriving colonial city was destroyed by an earthquake on 16 October 1751. The settlers moved further north, near the River Road, and established a new urban centre.
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- Azua
- Barreras
- Barro Arriba
- Clavellina
- Emma Balaguer Viuda Vallejo
- Las Barias-La Estancia
- Las Lomas
- Los Jovillos
- Puerto Viejo
- Las Charcas
- Hatillo
- Palmar de Ocoa
- Las Yayas de Viajama
- Hato Nuevo-Cortés
- Villarpando
- Padre Las Casas
- La Siembra
- Las Lagunas
- Los Fríos
- Pueblo Viejo
- El Rosario
- Sabana Yegua
- Ganadero
- Proyecto 2-C
- Proyecto 4
- Tábara Arriba
- Amiama Gómez
- Los Toros
- Tábara Abajo
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