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Omaja
Omaja is a small town and ''consejo popular'' of the municipality of Majibacoa, Cuba. It is located in the eastern part of the province, 50 kilometers southwest of Holguín and 20 in the east of Las Tunas. History The land in the area was sold for a trifle by Lico López to American D. E. Kerr and his neocolonizing retinue. The town of Omaja was settled by American Methodists. In the year 1905, the Americans who had settled there, without wasting any time, began the construction of a town with the architecture of the American west. The streets were named after the men who bought them: Kreider, Frankbert, Blasser, etc. Unlike the majority of other towns in Cuba, Omaja has no Roman Catholic church or establishment, due to it remaining a small, Methodist town since its founding. However, in the past at least, there was a small population of Catholics who would have a monthly mass with a priest from another town. Between 1906 and 1909, just outside town was the Finnish Utopian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mir (Calixto García)
Mir is a Cuban village and ''consejo popular'' ("people's council", i.e. hamlet) of the municipality of Calixto García, in Holguín Province. In 2011 it had a population of 6,647. History The village was founded on December 6, 1902, following the construction of the central railway (''Ferrocarril Central'') Havana-Santiago, that crosses it in the middle. Previously, it was a rural locality named ''Aguada Ciego de la Rioja''. Geography Mir spans on a plain next to some scattered hills and close to the border with Las Tunas Province. It lies between the cities of Holguín (47 km east), Las Tunas (51 km west) and Bayamo (53 km south); and is 15 km from the town of Buenaventura, the municipal seat of Calixto García. It is 8 km from Sabanazo, 13 from Omaja, 16 from Maceo, 42 from Cacocum and 43 from Holguín-Frank País Airport. Transport The village is served by a railway station on the Havana-Santa Clara-Camagüey-Santiago line, the principal one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Majibacoa
Majibacoa is a municipality and town in the Las Tunas Province of Cuba. The municipal seat is located in the town of Calixto, immediately east of Las Tunas, the provincial capital. Demographics In 2004, the municipality of Majibacoa had a population of 40,264. With a total area of , it has a population density of . See also *Omaja *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 Majibacoa page on ''Periódico 26'' website Populated places in Las Tunas Province {{Cuba-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holguín
Holguín () is a municipality and city in Cuba, and the capital of Province of Holguín. After Havana, Santiago de Cuba, and Camagüey, it is the fourth largest city in Cuba. History Before Columbus, the Taino people settled in huts made from royal palm in the Holguin area later urbanized by the Spanish; their artifacts are shown at the local Holguin La Periquera museum. The settlement was founded in 1523 on land donated by Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar to Captain Francisco García Holguín, a Spanish military officer. Holguin added his maternal surname to the name of the town, giving it the name San Isidoro de Holguín. Prior to 1976, Holguín was located in the province of Oriente. Before Pope Francis's visit to the United States, in September 2015, he visited Cuba, and one of his stops was at the Diocese of Holguín to, among other things, commemorate the location where Christopher Columbus landed. Geography The municipality is divided into ''repartos'' or barrios. The ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Methodist
Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's brother Charles Wesley were also significant early leaders in the movement. They were named ''Methodists'' for "the methodical way in which they carried out their Christian faith". Methodism originated as a revival movement within the 18th-century Church of England and became a separate denomination after Wesley's death. The movement spread throughout the British Empire, the United States, and beyond because of vigorous missionary work, today claiming approximately 80 million adherents worldwide. Wesleyan theology, which is upheld by the Methodist churches, focuses on sanctification and the transforming effect of faith on the character of a Christian. Distinguishing doctrines include the new birth, assurance, imparted righteousness ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Railroad (Cuba)
Central Railway or Central Railroad can refer to the following: Africa *Central East African Railways, in Malawi *Central South African Railways, in South Africa Asia *Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway, in India *Central Asian Railway, also called the Trans-Caspian Railway, in Russia *Central China Railway (華中鐵道股份有限公司, ''Huázhōng Tiědào Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī''), in east-central China *Central Japan Railway Company (東海旅客鉄道株式会社, ''Tōkai Ryokaku Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha''), in Chūbu (Nagoya) region, Japan *Central Plains Metropolitan Region intercity railway, around Zhengzhou, China *Central Railway (India), now the Indian Railways' Central Railway zone *Central Railway Building, headquarters of the Bangladesh Railway, in India * Central Salsette Tramway, also called the Salsette–Trombay Railway, in Mumbai, India *Chennai Central–Bangalore City line, in India * North Central Railway College, a school in Uttar Pradesh, Indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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