Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, also shortened as Céspedes, is a town and municipality in the

Camagüey Province Camagüey () is the largest of the provinces of Cuba. Its capital is Camagüey. Other towns include Florida and Nuevitas. Geography Camagüey is mostly low lying, with no major hills or mountain ranges passing through the province. Numerous la ...

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

. It was named for the independence fighter

Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Carlos Manuel de Céspedes del Castillo (18 April 1819, Bayamo, Spanish Cuba – 27 February 1874, San Lorenzo, Spanish Cuba) was a Cuban revolutionary hero and First President of Cuba in Arms in 1868. Cespedes, who was a plantation owner ...

(1819-1874).

Geography

It is located in the western part of the province, along the Carretera Central highway. The municipality is bordered by

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...

, Esmeralda,

Primero de Enero Primero de Enero is a municipality and town in the Ciego de Ávila Province, Cuba. Originally named Violeta,Baraguá Baraguá () is a municipality and town in the Ciego de Ávila Province of Cuba. Its administrative seat is located in the town of Gaspar. Geography The municipality occupies the south-eastern part of the province, and the area is dominated by ma ...

(both in

Ciego de Ávila Province Ciego de Ávila () is one of the provinces of Cuba, and was previously part of Camagüey Province. Its capital is Ciego de Ávila, which lies on the Carretera Central (central highway), and the second city is Morón, further north. The provinc ...

). The municipality includes some villages, such as

Magarabomba Magarabomba is a village and ''consejo popular'' in the Camagüey Province of Cuba. It is part of the municipality of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Cuba, Céspedes. Geography Part of the municipality of Florida, Cuba, Florida until 1977 reform, alon ...

.Magarabomba
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Demographics

In 2004, the municipality of Carlos M. de Cespedes had a population of 25,707. With a total area of , it has a population density of .

Transport

Céspedes is crossed by the Carretera Central highway and counts a railway station on the

Havana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.

Santiago de Cuba Santiago de Cuba is the second-largest city in Cuba and the capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province. It lies in the southeastern area of the island, some southeast of the Cuban capital of Havana. The municipality extends over , and contains t ...

line. A planned extension of the

A1 motorway A1, A-1, A01 or A.1. may refer to: Education * A1, the Basic Language Certificate of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages * Language A1, the former name for "Language A: literature", one of the IB Group 1 subjects * A1, a ...

that will span the entire island will intersect the town.

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