Vega Redonda is a hamlet in

Encrucijada Encrucijada () is a municipality and town in the Villa Clara Province of Cuba. It was founded in 1850 and established as a municipality in 1910. History The municipality was divided into the barrios of Centro, Paso Real, El Santo and Vega Redo ...

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Geography

Vega Redonda is in the

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of La Sierra. It is also near the

Sagua la Chica River Sagua la Chica River is a river of northern Cuba, that flows through Villa Clara Province. Arising in the hills of Placetas, it flows north for 45 miles and empties into the Bay of Buena Vista. Villages Towns and villages near the Sauga la Chica in ...

Environmental issues

In 2018, a flood from the Sagua la Chica River happened. Vega Redonda, Pavón,

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, Siete Pazos and others had a total of a thousand people evacuated, according to Eduardo Monteagudo, President of Encrucijada and

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, President of

Villa Clara Province Villa Clara is one of the provinces of Cuba. It is located in the central region of the island bordering with the Atlantic at north, Matanzas Province by west, Sancti Spiritus Province by east, and Cienfuegos Province on the South. Villa Clara ...

, making it the most affected towns in Villa Clara.

History

Vega Redonda was a former barrio of Encrucijada.

References

{{reflist Populated places in Villa Clara Province