Florida () is a municipality and city 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 ...

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. It is located north-west of

Camagüey Camagüey () is a city and municipality in central Cuba and is the nation's third-largest city with more than 321,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Camagüey Province. It was founded as Santa María del Puerto del Príncipe in 1514, by S ...

, along the Carretera Central highway. The city was established in 1907, and the municipality was established in 1924. Of all the municipalities of the Cuban province of

, Florida is third in area size. The name is Spanish for ''Land of flowers''.

History

The town was founded in 1907 and, in 1949, the politician Francisco Díaz Marchand presented a project to turn it into an independent municipality. The project did not prosper, but in 1960 Manuel Frías Morales drafted a law to carry out the feasibility studies for the foundation of the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

, but the opinion was adverse. Later, the Law #30 of June 14, 1971 created the municipality of Florida, one of the youngest of the island.

Geography

The municipality is located northwest of its province, next to the borders with

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 ...

. Its elevation is represented by the Urabo Mountain with a height of 132.5 m. The bordering municipalities are

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 ...

, Céspedes, Esmeralda,

and

Vertientes Vertientes is a municipality and town in the Camagüey Province of Cuba. Demographics In 2004, the municipality of Vertientes had a population of 53,299. With a total area of , it has a population density of . See also *Municipalities of Cuba * ...

. The municipal territory includes the villages and the localities of Alberto Becerra, Algarrobo, Conquista, El Angel, El Trece, La Alína, La Caridad, La Esperanza, La Jagua, La Porfuerza, La Serafina,

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, La Vallita, Las Margaritas, Las Mercedes, Las Parras, Las Tusas, Los Güines, María Dos, María Seis, Manzanillo, Ortigal, Otero,

Pérez Pérez Pérez Pérez also known as La Pérez Pérez is a hamlet in the Camagüey Province of Cuba within the consejo popular (i.e. "ward") of Rolando Valdivia and the municipality of Florida, Cuba, Florida, with an estimated population is 76. Overview ...

Playa Florida Playa (plural playas) may refer to: Landforms * Endorheic basin, also known as a sink, alkali flat or sabkha, a desert basin with no outlet which periodically fills with water to form a temporary lake * Dry lake, often called a ''playa'' in the so ...

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, San Diego, San Faustino, San Jerónimo, Santa Gertrudis, Urabo and Vista Alegre. Until the 1977 municipal reform, it included the village of

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 ...

too, currently part of Céspedes.

Demographics

In 2004, the municipality of Florida had a population of 73,612, 53,847 of them in the town proper. With a total area of , it has a population density of .

Health

Florida has 283 doctors, 187 of them are family physicians. There are 125 health facilities, including hospitals (a general and a pediatric one), clinics, pharmacies and laboratories.

Education

There are 64 educational centers with a total of 15,013 students attending primary, secondary, and

pre-university According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED), basic education comprises the two stages primary education and lower secondary education. Universal basic education Basic education featured heavily in the 1997 ISCED ...

. Florida also offers

night school A night school is an adult learning school that holds classes in the evening or at night to accommodate people who work during the day. A community college or university may hold night school classes that admit undergraduates. Italy The Scuola ...

s with a range of educational careers for adults who can not attend during daylight hours.

Culture

Cultural Institutions

*Casa de Cultura "Luis Casas Romero" *Biblioteca Pública Municipal "

Rubén Martínez Villena Rubén Martínez Villena (December 20, 1899 – January 16, 1934) was a Cuban people, Cuban writer and Cuban Revolution, revolutionary leader. He was born in Alquízar, in the La Habana province. Biography After graduating from the University o ...

" *Biblioteca Pública "

Tamara Bunke __NOTOC__ Tamara may refer to: People * Tamara (name), including a list of people with this name * Tamara (Spanish singer) (born 1984) * Tamara, stage name of Spanish singer Yurena (born 1969) * Tamara, stage name of Macedonian singer Tamara Tod ...

" *Biblioteca Pública "

Ignacio Agramonte Ignacio Agramonte y Loynaz (1841–1873) was a Cubans, Cuban revolutionary, who played an important part in the Ten Years' War (1868–1878). Biography Born in the province of Puerto Príncipe (what is now the province of Camagüey Province, Cam ...

" *

Florida Municipal Museum Florida Municipal Museum is a museum located in Florida, Cuba, Florida, Cuba. It was established on 12 December 1981. The museum holds collections on history, weaponry, archeology, numismatics, and natural science. See also * List of museums in ...

*Casa de la Trova "Pedro Loforte Sablón" *Banda Municipal de Concierto *Librería Municipal "América Latina" *Galería de Arte *Centro Literario Municipal *Museo General *Cine Aurora *Sala de Vídeo Comunidad Algarrobo *Sala de Vídeo Comunidad San Antonio *Sala de Vídeo Agramonte *Sala de Vídeo Micro Distrito *Sala de Vídeo del Cementerio

Traditions

* Semana de la Cultura Floridana * Carnaval Floridano

Transport

Florida is served by the "Central Railway" (''Ferrocarril Central'')

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 Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose ...

, with local and long-distance trains. It is crossed by the national highway " Carretera Central" (CC) and, the future 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 ...

, will involve the town.

Personalities

Ed Bauta Eduardo Bauta Galvez (January 6, 1935 – July 6, 2022) was a Cuban-born professional baseball player. A right-handed relief pitcher, he worked in 97 games in Major League Baseball as a member of the St. Louis Cardinals (1960–1963) and New ...

(b. 1930), former baseball player * Calixto Morales Hernández (...–2013), politician and revolutionary"The combatant Calixto Morales Hernández passed away"
'' Granma'', August 3, 2013 *

Ada Zayas-Bazán María Zayas-Bazán Hernández (born 14 October 1958), known as Ada Zayas-Bazán, is a children's author, poet and teacher from Cuba. She was born in the town of Florida, Cuba, Florida in Camagüey Province, Cuba. She writes in the Spanish language ...

(b. 1958), writer

References

External links

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Camagüey-Florida
{{Authority control Cities in Cuba Populated places in Camagüey Province