Arriete-Ciego Montero, also known as ''Arriete'' or ''Ciego Montero'', is a

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n village,

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, and ''consejo popular'' ("people's council", i.e. hamlet) of the municipality of Palmira, in

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. In 2011 it had a population of 4,816.

History

The foundation of the village, originally named only Ciego Montero, started in 1835, with the first perimeter demarcation around the local

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s. In 1862 was proposed to rename it "Principe Alfonso" after

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, born 5 years before. The eastern quarter of Arriete, originally named Arrieta, was a detached village, united to Ciego Montero in 1977, after the Cuban administrative reform. Following that reform, the new united village of Arriete-Ciego Montero passed from the municipal administration of

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to the current one of Palmira.

Geography

Located in the northern corner of its municipality, close to the municipal borders with Lajas (19 km east), and

(27 km west), Arriete-Ciego Montero lies on a rural plain south of Anaya Creek's sources. The settlement spans around the two main quarters of Arriete (east), grew around the railway and next to a

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; and Ciego Montero (west), grew along a provincial road linking Cartagena (11 km north) to Palmira (11 km south). The settlement includes the surrounding rural localities of Baños, La Rosita, Nuevo Amanecer and Tres Picos. Baños (

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for "baths"), also known as Balneario de Ciego Montero, lies 5 km north of village's center and is a

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. Arriete-Ciego Montero is 9 km from Espartaco, 11 from Elpidio Gómez, 16 from Cruces, 22 from Camarones, 23 from

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, 32 from

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and 53 from Santa Clara.

Economy

The village is a

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resort receptive for tourism. It is also famous for the bottled water plant named "

Ciego Montero Ciego Montero is a Cuban brand of bottled water, part of Nestlé Waters, owned by the Cuban society Los Portales. Based in the village of Arriete-Ciego Montero, it produces the homonym water and soft drinks (''refrescos'') as the ''Gaseosa'' o ...

". As a brand, part of

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and owned by the Cuban society

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, the "Ciego Montero" produces water and soft drinks, as the ''

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'' or the ''

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''.

Transport

Arriete-Ciego Montero has a railway station on the Southern Line (''Linea Sur'')

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- Aguada-Palmira-

. A secondary stop on the same line, named ''Baños'' or ''Balneario de Ciego Montero'', serves the local spa resort. The village is crossed to the west by a provincial road named "Carretera a Ciego Montero", linking Cartagena to Palmira. This road connects Arriete to the

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exit of "Cartagena-Rodas" (14 km north), and to the

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"4-112" Santa Clara-Cienfuegos (9 km south).

References

External links

Arriete-Ciego Montero Weather on gismeteo.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Arriete Ciego Montero Populated places in Cienfuegos Province Spa towns in Cuba Populated places established in 1835