Corralillo is a municipality and town in the
Villa Clara Province
Villa Clara is one of the provinces of Cuba. It is located in the central region of the island bordering with the Atlantic at north, Matanzas Province by west, Sancti Spiritus Province by east, and Cienfuegos Province on the South. Villa Clara ...
of
Cuba
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. It was founded in 1831
[ and established as a municipality in 1879.
]
Geography
Corralillo is located on the northern coast of Cuba, in the north-western corner of the Villa Clara province, bordering the Matanzas Province
Matanzas () is one of the provinces of Cuba. Major towns in the province include Cárdenas, Colón, Jovellanos and the capital of the same name, Matanzas. The resort town of Varadero is also located in this province.
Among Cuban provinces, ...
to the west and the Bay of Cadiz to the north. The cay
A cay ( ), also spelled caye or key, is a small, low-elevation, sandy island on the surface of a coral reef. Cays occur in tropical environments throughout the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans, including in the Caribbean and on the Great ...
s of Falcones, Blanquizal and Verde of the Sabana-Camagüey Archipelago
Sabana-Camagüey ( es, Archipiélago de Sabana-Camagüey ) is an archipelago that lies on Cuba's north-central Atlantic coast. It is located off the northern coast of the provinces of Matanzas, Villa Clara, Sancti Spíritus, Ciego de Ávila and ...
as well as a multitude of reef
A reef is a ridge or shoal of rock, coral or similar relatively stable material, lying beneath the surface of a natural body of water. Many reefs result from natural, abiotic processes— deposition of sand, wave erosion planing down rock out ...
s are located at sea north of Corralillo.
The municipality is divided into the ''consejos populares'' (mainly villages) of Ceja de Pablo, Corralillo (municipal seat), Palma Sola, Perú, Rancho Veloz
Rancho Veloz is a Cuban village and ''consejo popular'' ("people's council", i.e. hamlet) of the municipality of Corralillo, in Villa Clara Province. , Sabana Grande, Santa María and Sierra Morena
The Sierra Morena is one of the main systems of mountain ranges in Spain. It stretches for 450 kilometres from east to west across the south of the Iberian Peninsula, forming the southern border of the ''Meseta Central'' plateau and providi ...
.
Demographics
In 2004, the municipality of Corralillo had a population of 27,581.
Institutions
* Library "Rafael Izquierdo Triana"
* Cultural center “Leopoldo Romañach”
* Movie theater Jigüe
* Municipal Directorate of Culture of Corralillo
* Bookstore “Esperanza Ruiz”
* Corralillo Municipal Museum
See also
*Municipalities of Cuba
The Provinces of Cuba, provinces of Cuba are divided into 168 municipality, municipalities or ''municipios''. They were defined by Cuban Law Number 1304 of July 3, 1976Fifth United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names, Vo ...
*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 Villa Clara Province
Populated places established in 1831
1831 establishments in North America
1831 establishments in Cuba
1831 establishments in the Spanish Empire
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