Tábara Arriba
Tábara Arriba | |
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View of Tábara Arriba | |
| Coordinates: 18°34′10″N 70°52′45″W / 18.56944°N 70.87917°W | |
| Country | Dominican Republic |
| Province | Azua |
| Area | |
• Total | 209.84 km2 (81.02 sq mi) |
| Population (2012) | |
• Total | 14,258 |
| • Density | 68/km2 (180/sq mi) |
Tábara Arriba is a municipality (municipio) of the Azua province in the Dominican Republic.
The municipality has a total population of 12,475, with 3,709 inhabitants (29.7 percent) in the urban area and 8,766 inhabitants (70.3 percent) in the rural area, according to the eighth national census of population and housing 2002. It is located about 28 km from Azua, the capital of the province.
It has a mainly agricultural production, being the main items coffee, snuff and pigeon peas. Also, although to a lesser extent, there is some livestock vaccine development.
Today is taking the phenomenon of mass emigration of its inhabitants to Spain, which has contributed to the development of the municipality through remittances sent from those Dominicans abroad.