Vázquez is a
Cuba
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n village and ''consejo popular'' ("people's council", i.e. hamlet) of the municipality of
Puerto Padre
Puerto Padre () is a municipality and town in the Las Tunas Province of Cuba. It is located on the northern coastal region of the province, in an estuary (''Estero El Españolito'') that opens into the Puerto Padre Bay.
History
Known popularly as ...
, in
Las Tunas Province
Las Tunas is one of the provinces of Cuba. Major towns include Puerto Padre, Amancio, and the capital city, Las Tunas (historically Victoria de Las Tunas).finca
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Overview
Especially in tourism, the term has ...
''.
Geography
Located on a plain between
Puerto Padre
Puerto Padre () is a municipality and town in the Las Tunas Province of Cuba. It is located on the northern coastal region of the province, in an estuary (''Estero El Españolito'') that opens into the Puerto Padre Bay.
History
Known popularly as ...
(17 km east);
Manatí (43 km northwest) and
Las Tunas (32 km southwest), Vázquez is s rural town surrounded by the villages of Yarey de Vázquez, Aguada de Vázquez and Gayol, with whom it forms a small urban area of about 20,000 inhabitants. It is 23 km from
Delicias, 31 from
Jesús Menéndez
Jesús Menéndez also known as Chaparra is a municipality and town in the Las Tunas Province of Cuba. It was named after the Cuban trade unionist .
Demographics
In 2004, the municipality of Jesús Menéndez had a population of 51,002. With a tota ...
and 34 from
Calixto.
Transport
The village is served by a railway station on Las Tunas-Puerto Padre line,
is crossed in the middle by the highway 6-123 Las Tunas-Puerto Padre, and is 7 km south of the state highway "
Circuito Norte
The ''Circuito Norte'' (CN), meaning "Northern Circuit", is a west-east highway spanning the length of the island of Cuba, through the Atlantic Coast. With a length of 1,222 km, it is the second-longest Cuban highway, after the " Carretera ...
" (CN).
Health
The village has a
general hospital
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named "Policlínico Docente 28 de Septiembre", opened in 1989.
See also
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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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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
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Populated places in Las Tunas Province
Puerto Padre
Populated places established in 1884