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Aguada Del Carrizo
Aguada may refer to: Places Central and South America * Aguada, Santander, a town and municipality in northeastern Colombia * Aguada, Montevideo, a neighbourhood of Montevideo, Uruguay * Aguada, Puerto Rico, a municipality of Puerto Rico * Aguada de Pasajeros, a municipality and town in Cienfuegos Province, Cuba * Isla Aguada, a locality in Carmen Municipality, Campeche, Mexico * La Aguada, Pichilemu, a village in Cardenal Caro Province, Chile *La Aguada y Costa Azul, a village in the Rocha Department, Uruguay Asia * Aguada, a district of Placer, Masbate, Philippines * Fort Aguada, a 17th-century fort in Goa, India * Castella de Aguada, a fort in Bandra, Mumbai, India Europe *Aguada de Cima, a civil parish in Águeda, Centro Region, Portugal Other uses * Aguada (meteorite), a meteorite fall, meteorite which fell in 1930 near Cordoba, Argentina See also * Águeda (other) * Salinas y Aguada Blanca National Reserve, Peru * Mossel Bay, South Africa, originally called Agua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aguada, Santander
Aguada () is a town and municipality in the Vélez Province of the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia. Aguada is located in the vicinity of the Opón River at an altitude of . It borders El Guacamayo in the north, San Benito in the south, Suaita in the east and La Paz in the west. History The area of Aguada before the Spanish conquest was inhabited by the Yarigui people. In early 1537, the difficult expedition into the heart of Colombia led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada passed through Aguada. Modern Aguada was founded in 1956. Economy Main source of income of Aguada is agriculture with products panela reed, maize, beans, yuca, coffee, peas and arracacha Arracacha (''Arracacia xanthorrhiza'') is a root vegetable that originates in the Andes, whose starchy taproot is a popular food item across South America where it is a major commercial crop. Common names Being a South American plant, its most ... cultivated. References {{coord, 6, 15, N, 73, 28 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aguada, Montevideo
Aguada is a ''barrio'' (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay. Its name indicates water flow and originates from the springs and well it used to have which supplied the original city and the boats with drinking water. Location Aguada borders Centro and Cordón on the south, Villa Muñoz to the east, Reducto and Bella Vista to the north and the port of Montevideo (which belongs to Ciudad Vieja) on the west. Its name indicates water flow and originates from the springs and well it used to have which supplied the original city and the boats with drinking water. Most of its west side is an industrial area. Buildings Aguada is home to the Palacio Legislativo, the Telecommunications Tower (Montevideo), the old Estación Central General Artigas, the Faculties of Medicine and of Chemistry of the University of the Republic, the Basílica Nuestra Señora del Carmen (Iglesia de la Aguada) and the headquarters of the state-owned ANCAP and Banco de Seguros del Estado. Places of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aguada, Puerto Rico
Aguada (; , ), originally San Francisco de Asís de la Aguada, is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico, located in the western coastal valley region bordering the Atlantic Ocean, east of Rincón, west of Aguadilla and Moca; and north of Añasco and Mayagüez. It is part of the Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastián Metropolitan Statistical Area. Aguada's population is spread over 17 ''barrios'' and Aguada Pueblo (the downtown area and the administrative center of the city). Etymology and nicknames The name ''Aguada'' is a shortening of the town's original name San Francisco de Asís de la ''Aguada''. The word ''aguada'' literally translates to "watery" or "watered down" from Spanish, possibly a reference to the town's strategic importance as a port in the Mona Passage and the Atlantic Ocean. The municipality has many nicknames: ''La Villa de Sotomayor'' ("Sotomayor's Villa") is a reference to one of the town's Spanish founders, Cristóbal de Sotomayor; ''La Ciudad del Descu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aguada De Pasajeros
Aguada de Pasajeros () is a municipality and town in the Cienfuegos Province of Cuba. Geography The municipality is divided into the town of Aguada and the villages of Carreño, Real Campiña, Covadonga and Perseverancia. Yaguaramas, now part of Abreus municipality, was part of it until the 1977 administrative reform. Demographics In 2004, the municipality of Aguada de Pasajeros had a population of 31,687. With a total area of , it has a population density of . Transport The town is served by the A1 motorway and counts a train station on a line linking Havana to Cienfuegos. See also *Municipalities of Cuba *List of cities in Cuba This is a list of cities in Cuba with at least 20,000 inhabitants, listed in descending order. Population data refers to city proper and not to the whole municipality, because they include large rural areas with several villages. All figu ... References External links Populated places in Cienfuegos Province {{Cuba-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isla Aguada
Isla Aguada is a town in the Carmen municipality, in the state of Campeche, Mexico. The town is located in the tip of the Palmar Peninsula, about 40 km from the seat of the Carmen municipality, Ciudad del Carmen, and 90 km from the capital of the state, Campeche. Isla Aguada is surrounded in the south by the Sabancuy River and the Laguna de Términos and in the north by the Gulf of Mexico. As of 2010, the population of Isla Aguada consisted of a total of 6,204, of which 3,205 were male and 2,999 female. History Isla Aguada was a refuge for pirates after attacking shipments or nearby ports until 1762, when Governor Don Bernardo Sáenz Montero directed a regiment in order to send off the pirates. This mission was successful, as merchandise was recovered and some prisoners were taken. It is popular belief that the first settlers of Isla Aguada, at those times called Puerto Escondido, were the soldiers sent to end piracy. Inhabitants fleeing from the Caste War of Yucatán were also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmen Municipality
Carmen is one of the 11 municipalities that make up the Mexican state of Campeche. It is situated at the south-west of the state, on and around the Laguna de Términos. The municipal seat and largest settlement is Ciudad del Carmen. As of 2015, the population was 248,303. The name "Carmen" is in honour of 16 July, the feast of Nuestra Señora del Carmen, after the date in 1717 when Spanish colonial authorities finally expelled the pirates from the island now known as Isla del Carmen. History and geography The municipality of Carmen borders to the north with the Gulf of Mexico; to the west with the municipality of Palizada; and to the east with the municipalities of Champotón, Escárcega and Candelaria. It covers a total surface area of 9,720.09 km². Demographics As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 221,094. The municipality had 1,886 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Ciudad del Carmen (169,466), Sabancuy ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Aguada, Pichilemu
La Aguada (Spanish for ''the well'', or a 'waða is a Chilean village located north of Pichilemu, Cardenal Caro Province Cardenal Caro Province ( es, Provincia Cardenal Caro) is one of the three provinces of the central Chilean region of O'Higgins (VI). The capital of Cardenal Caro is Pichilemu. Name The province is named after Cardinal José María Caro Rodríguez .... Populated places in Pichilemu {{Pichilemu-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Aguada Y Costa Azul
La Aguada y Costa Azul is a village in the Rocha Department of southeastern Uruguay. Geography The village is located on the Atlantic coast and shares borders with La Paloma "La Paloma", "The Dove" in English, is a popular Spanish song that has been produced and reinterpreted in diverse cultures, settings, arrangements, and recordings over the last 140 years. The song was written by the Spanish Basque composer Seb ... to the south (the border being the railroad track Rocha - La Paloma) and Arachania to the north. History Its status was elevated to "Pueblo" (village) on 21 December 1995 by the Act of Ley Nº 12.253. Population In 2011 La Aguada y Costa Azul had a population of 1,090. Source: ''Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Uruguay'' References External linksINE map of La Paloma, La Aguada y Costa Azul and Arachania Populated places in the Rocha Department Seaside resorts in Uruguay {{Rocha-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Placer, Masbate
Placer, officially the Municipality of Placer, is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Masbate, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 56,340 people. By virtue of Republic Act No. 292, passed on June 16, 1948, the barrio of Placer was constituted as its own municipality, separate from Cataingan. At the time of its creation, Placer included the entire present-day municipality of Esperanza, which was then a barrio of Placer (its largest barrio). It is one of the only four municipalities in Masbate which is dominantly Cebuano-speaking, the other being the adjacent municipalities of Esperanza; Esperanza separated from Placer in 1959., Pio V. Corpuz, and Cawayan. Geography Barangays Placer is politically subdivided into 35 barangays. Climate Demographics In the 2020 census, the population of Placer, Masbate, was 56,340 people, with a density of . Economy References External links * Philippine Standard Geographic Code The Philip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Aguada
Fort Aguada is a well-preserved seventeenth-century Portuguese fort, along with a lighthouse, standing in Goa, India, on Sinquerim Beach, overlooking the Arabian Sea. It is an ASI protected Monument of National Importance in Goa. Origins and history The fort was originally constructed in 1612 to guard against the Dutch. It was a reference point for the vessels coming from Europe at that time. This old Portuguese fort stands on the beach south of Candolim, at the shore of the Mandovi River. It was initially tasked with defense of shipping and the nearby Bardez sub-district. A freshwater spring within the fort provided water supply to the ships that used to stop by. This is how the fort got its name: Aguada, meaning watery in the Portuguese language. Crews of passing ships would often visit to replenish their freshwater stores. The Aguada Fort Lighthouse erected in 1864 is the oldest of its kind in Asia. Built in 1612, it was once the grandstand of 79 cannons. It has the capac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castella De Aguada
Castella de Aguada (corruption of ''Castelo da Aguada'', Portuguese for "Fort of the Waterpoint"), also known as the Bandra Fort, is a fort located in Bandra, Mumbai. "Castella" is a misspelling for Portuguese "Castelo" (castle), although it seems its Portuguese builders actually called it Forte de Bandorá (or Bandra Fort). It is located at Land's End in Bandra. It was built by the Portuguese in 1640 as a watchtower overlooking Mahim Bay, the Arabian Sea and the southern island of Mahim. The strategic value of the fort was enhanced in 1661 after the Portuguese ceded the seven islands of Bombay that lay to the immediate south of Bandra to the English. The name indicates its origin as a place where fresh water was available in the form of a fountain ("Aguada") for Portuguese ships cruising the coasts in the initial period of Portuguese presence. The fort lies over several levels, from sea level to an altitude of . Castella de Aguada has been featured in several Hindi films, suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aguada De Cima
Aguada de Cima is a civil parish in the Centro Region municipality of Águeda, in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 4,013, in an area of 28.39 km2. It contains the localities Aguadalte, Almas da Areosa, Bustelo, Cabeço Grande, Cabeço da Igreja, Cabeço de Lama, Cadaval, Canavai, Carvalhitos, Corsa, Engenho, Forcada, Formigueiro, Forno, Garrido, Ilha, Ínsua, Miragaia, Monte Verde, Pisão, Pisão da Forcada, Outeiro, Povoa de Baixo, Povoa de S. Domingos, Povoa do Teso, Povoa de Vale Trigo, S. Martinho, Seixo, Teso, Vale Grande, Vale do Lobo and Vila. History Aguada de Cima was a Roman outpost in or about 350 BC. It was first mentioned in 132 A.D., as ''Aqualata''. It was also mentioned under donation papers referring to the Monastery of Larvão, in 961, when the name of its patron saint ( Saint Eulalia) was first indicated. It was later occupied by the monks of the Monastery of Vacarica during the Middle Ages, when they oversaw the agricultural development of the otherwi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
