La Demajagua is a
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 ...
n village and ''consejo popular'' ("people's council", i.e. hamlet)
[La Demajagua]
on EcuRed (infos about the settlement) of the special municipality and province of
Isla de la Juventud
Isla de la Juventud (; en, Isle of Youth) is the second-largest Cuban island (after Cuba's mainland) and the seventh-largest island in the West Indies (after mainland Cuba itself, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, and Andros Islan ...
. With a population of 5,887
[ is the third most populated place of the island.
]
History
Founded in 1760 with the name of Santa Bárbara,Historical infos about the Isla de la Juventud on guije.com
/ref> the modern settlement was renamed La Demajagua on 11 December 1968.[ It was so named after the sugar mill " La Demajagua", near Manzanillo, in which ]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 ...
issued his cry of independence, the " 10th of October Manifesto", in 1868.
Geography
La Demajagua is located in the northwestern area of the island, nearby the road from Nueva Gerona to Siguanea Airport, and close to the lakes Presa Cristal and Presa Vietnam Heroico. It is 20 km far from Nueva Gerona
Nueva Gerona is a Cuban city, capital of the Isla de la Juventud special municipality and province. As of 2012, its population was 59,049.
History
The city was founded in 1830 by Francisco Dionisio Vives, who was the Spanish governor of Cuba a ...
, 30 from Santa Fe and 14 from its closest beach, Playa Buenavista, by the Gulf of Batabanó
The Gulf of Batabanó ( es, Golfo de Batabanó; ),In isolation, ''de'' and ''Batabanó'' are pronounced and , respectively. also called the Batabanó Gulf, is an inlet or strait off southwestern Cuba in the Caribbean Sea, separating mainland Cub ...
. The village is composed by 6 circumscriptions (76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81).[
]
See also
*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 ...
*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 ...
References
External links
La Demajagua
on EcuRed
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Populated places in Isla de la Juventud