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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)Australia (Jagüey Grande)
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of the municipality of
Jagüey Grande Jagüey Grande, simply known as Jagüey (), is a town and municipality in the Matanzas Province of Cuba. It is located east of the Zapata Peninsula, north of the Bahia de Cochinos, along the A1 motorway in the center of the province. History T ...
, Matanzas Province. It has an estimated population of 8,850.


History

The village, founded in 1862, is in a sugar growing area and "dominated by the old, out-of-service sugar factory's chimney, with "Australia" written prominently down its length." The village is named after the factory, the ''Central Australia'', which like others in the area were named after continents. The village was the first sugar town in Cuba to stop using slave labour, and served as Fidel Castro's base of operations during the 1961
Bay of Pigs invasion The Bay of Pigs Invasion (, sometimes called ''Invasión de Playa Girón'' or ''Batalla de Playa Girón'' after the Playa Girón) was a failed military landing operation on the southwestern coast of Cuba in 1961 by Cuban exiles, covertly fin ...
.


Geography

Located 2 km south of Jagüey Grande, Australia lies next to
Zapata Swamp The Zapata Swamp ( es, Ciénaga de Zapata, ) is located on the Zapata Peninsula in the southern Matanzas Province of Cuba, in the municipality of Ciénaga de Zapata. It is located less than southeast of Havana. Species and preservation Within th ...
(Ciénaga de Zapata). It is served by 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 ...
(linking
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.
to Santa Clara) at the exit of Jagüey.


See also

* Agramonte (village) * List of cities in Cuba *
Municipalities of Cuba The provinces of Cuba are divided into 168 municipalities or ''municipios''. They were defined by Cuban Law Number 1304 of July 3, 1976Fifth United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names, Vol. II, published by the United N ...


References


External links

*{{in lang, es}
Historical infos about Australia (guije.com)
Populated places in Matanzas Province Jagüey Grande Populated places established in 1862 1862 establishments in Cuba