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Damují River
The Damují River is a Cuban river situated south of Los Toros, close to Punta Bélico. It is born in the Cienfuegos municipality of Lajas and flows west, ending in the bay of Cienfuegos. It covers the municipalities of Rodas, Palmira, Abreus Abreus () is a municipality and town in the Cienfuegos Province of Cuba. It was founded in 1840. History Abreus was founded as San Segundo de los Abreu in 1840 by Trinidadian landowners during an economic boom of slave-labor sugar cane plantatio ... and Cienfuegos. It is the largest and most important river on the southern slope of the country. It has several streams and smaller streams as tributaries. It has an estimated temperature of 24°C. The main ships of the Cuban Navy are called "Rio Damují class" in honor of this river. See also * List of rivers of Cuba References Rivers of Cuba {{Cuba-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cienfuegos
Cienfuegos (), capital of Cienfuegos Province, is a city on the southern coast of Cuba. It is located about from Havana and has a population of 150,000. Since the late 1960s, Cienfuegos has become one of Cuba's main industrial centers, especially in the energy and sugar sectors. The city is dubbed ''La Perla del Sur'' (Pearl of the South). Although ''Cienfuegos'' literally translates to "one hundred fires" (''cien'', "one hundred"; ''fuegos'', "fires"), the city takes its name from the surname of José Cienfuegos, Captain General of Cuba (1816–19). In 2005, UNESCO inscribed the '' Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos'' on the World Heritage List, citing Cienfuegos as the best extant example of early 19th century Spanish Enlightenment implementation in urban planning. The downtown area contains six buildings from 1819–50, 327 buildings from 1851–1900, and 1188 buildings from the 20th century. There is no other place in the Caribbean which contains such a remarkable cluster o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lajas, Cuba
Lajas, known historically and culturally as Santa Isabel de las Lajas, is a municipality and town in the Cienfuegos Province of Cuba. It is located in the northern part of the province, west of Santa Clara and immediately south of the A1 motorway. Demographics In 2004, the municipality of Lajas had a population of 22,602. With a total area of , it has a population density of . See also *Municipalities of Cuba The provinces of Cuba are divided into 168 municipalities or ''municipios''. They were defined by Cuban Law Number 1304 of July 3, 1976Fifth United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names, Vol. II, published by the United N ... * List of cities in Cuba References External links * Lajason EcuRed Populated places in Cienfuegos Province {{Cuba-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodas
Rodas () is a municipality and town in the Cienfuegos Province of Cuba. It was founded in 1859 under the name of ''Lechuzo''. In 1879 it was renamed Rodas in honour of capitán general ''Caballero de Rodas''. Geography The municipality is divided into the barrios and villages of Cabecera (the town proper), Ariza, Cartagena, Congojas, Jabacoa, La Unión, Limones, Medidas, Santiago, Soledad and Turquino. Until the 1977 administrative reform, the village of Arriete-Ciego Montero, currently in the municipality of Palmira, was part of it. It is bordered by the municipalities of Aguada de Pasajeros, Abreus, Cienfuegos, Palmira, Lajas, Santo Domingo (in Villa Clara Province) and Los Arabos (in Matanzas Province). Demographics In 2004, the municipality of Rodas had a population of 33,477. With a total area of , it has a population density of . See also *Municipalities of Cuba The provinces of Cuba are divided into 168 municipalities or ''municipios''. They were defined by Cub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palmira, Cuba
Palmira is a municipality and town in the Cienfuegos Province of Cuba. The town proper has a population of circa 14,000, the whole municipality 33,153. History It was founded in 1879 under the name ''Las Casas''. The name was changed to Palmira and the community was incorporated in 1940. Geography Located in the middle of its province, Palmira is 12 km far from Cienfuegos, 16 from Cruces, and 52 from Santa Clara. It is bordered by the municipalities of Rodas, Lajas, Cruces, Cumanayagua and Cienfuegos. In 1943 the municipality was divided into the barrios of Primero, Segundo, Arango y Escarza. After the national municipal reform of 1976, it counts 6 ''consejos populares'': Palmira Sur and Palmira Norte for the town, and the villages of Arriete-Ciego Montero, Espartaco, Elpidio Gómez and San Fernando de Camarones. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abreus, Cuba
Abreus () is a municipality and town in the Cienfuegos Province of Cuba. It was founded in 1840. History Abreus was founded as San Segundo de los Abreu in 1840 by Trinidadian landowners during an economic boom of slave-labor sugar cane plantations. Geography The municipality includes the town of Abreus and the villages of Babiney, Carmelina, Cayo Grande, Charcas, Cienguita, Constancia, Horquitas, Juraguá, Matun, Mijailito, Navarra, Nueva Juraguá, San Ignacio, Simpatía and Yaguaramas. It is bordered by Ciénaga de Zapata and Calimete, both in Matanzas Province, and by Aguada de Pasajeros, Rodas and Cienfuegos. Demographics In 2019, the municipality of Abreus had a population of 30,719; 51% of the population identified as men. With a total area of it has a population density of . Notable natives *Ángel Fleitas (1914-2006) - former shortstop for the Washington Senators * Yoan Moncada (born 1995) - third baseman for the Chicago White Sox See also *Municipalities of Cub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rivers Of Cuba
This is an incomplete list of rivers of Cuba, arranged from west to east, by coast, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. North Coast * Mantua River * * *Almendares River * * * * * Yumurí River * Cormir River * Río de la Palma *Sagua la Grande River *Sagua la Chica River * Río Jatibonico del Norte * Caonao River * Máximo River * Saramaguacán River * * Toa River * South Coast *Cuyaguateje River (Guane River) *Guamá River *San Diego River * *Mayabeque River *Hanabana River (Amarillas River) * Damují River (Rodas River) * Agabama River (Manatí River) * * * Río Jatibonico del Sur *Jiquí River * * San Pedro River *Najasa River (San Juan de Najasa River) * Tana River * *Jobabo River *Cauto River ** Salado River **Bayamo River **Contramaestre River *Buey River *Guantánamo River * Jaibo River * Guaso River References *The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000. *Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993. *, GEOnet Names Server {{North ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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