Santa Fe, also named La Fe,
[Source: ''Mapa de Carreteras de Cuba'' (Road map of Cuba). Ediciones GEO, ]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. 2011 - is the second largest town on
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 ...
of
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 ...
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Geography
The town is located 20 km south of
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 ...
, the island's seat and main town. It was the first settlement on the island, built around mineral springs. Santa fe is linked with Nueva Gerona with a
15 km-long expressway.
Personalities
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Tomás Aldazabal
Tomás Aldazabal M. (born May 30, 1976 in Santa Fe) is a volleyball player from Cuba, who plays as a wing-spiker. He was a member of the Men's National Team that claimed the silver at the 2003 Pan American Games
The 2003 Pan American Games ...
(b. 1976), volleyball player
See also
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Autopista de la Isla de la Juventud
The Autopista de la Isla de la Juventud, also known as ''Autopista Gerona-La Fe'', is a Cuban motorway linking Nueva Gerona to Santa Fe (also named La Fe), the principal settlements of the Isla de la Juventud (Isle of Youth).Source: ''Mapa de C ...
References
External links
Santa Fe on guije.comSanta Feon
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Populated places in Isla de la Juventud
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