Entronque de Herradura is one of thirteen villages and ''consejo popular'' ("people's council", i.e. hamlet) belonging to the municipality of
Consolación del Sur
Consolación del Sur is a municipality and town in the Pinar del Río Province of Cuba. Also called the ''Athens of Vueltabajo'', it was founded in 1690.
Geography
It is located in a major rice-growing area; tobacco is also cultivated as in muc ...
, in
Pinar del Río Province
Pinar del Río is one of the provinces of Cuba. It is at the western end of the island of Cuba.
Geography
The Pinar del Río province is Cuba's westernmost province and contains one of Cuba's three main mountain ranges, the Cordillera de Guanig ...
,
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 has a land extension of 1.280
km²
Square kilometre ( International spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures) or square kilometer (American spelling), symbol km2, is a multiple of the square metre, the SI unit of area or surface area.
1 km2 is equa ...
(0.494 square of miles).
Geography
It covers the northeast part of
Consolación del Sur
Consolación del Sur is a municipality and town in the Pinar del Río Province of Cuba. Also called the ''Athens of Vueltabajo'', it was founded in 1690.
Geography
It is located in a major rice-growing area; tobacco is also cultivated as in muc ...
, bordered on the north by the municipality of
La Palma
La Palma (, ), also known as ''La isla bonita'' () and officially San Miguel de La Palma, is the most north-westerly island of the Canary Islands, Spain. La Palma has an area of making it the fifth largest of the eight main Canary Islands. The ...
and
Los Palacios
Los Palacios () is a municipality and town in the Pinar del Río Province of Cuba. It was founded in 1760.
Geography
The municipality is divided into the barrios of Limones, Macurijes, Paso Real, Santa Mónica, Santo Domingo, Sierra and Urbano ...
, east of Canal, on the south by the border of Herradura, by the West with the district of Crucero de Echeverria.
Demographics
It has a population about 6,086 inhabitants with a density of 4,755 inhabitants per km². It is considered as an “Urban Settlement”.
See also
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List of places in Cuba
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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 ...
References
External links
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Populated places in Pinar del Río Province
Consolación del Sur