Florida () is a municipality and city in the
Camagüey Province of
Cuba
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. It is located north-west of
Camagüey, along the
Carretera Central highway. The city was established in 1907, and the municipality was established in 1924.
Of all the municipalities of the Cuban province of
Camagüey, Florida is third in area size.
The name is Spanish for ''Land of flowers''.
History
The town was founded in 1907 and, in 1949, the politician Francisco Díaz Marchand presented a project to turn it into an independent municipality. The project did not prosper, but in 1960 Manuel Frías Morales drafted a law to carry out the feasibility studies for the foundation of the
municipality
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, but the opinion was adverse. Later, the Law #30 of June 14, 1971 created the municipality of Florida, one of the youngest of the island.
Geography
The municipality is located northwest of its province, next to the borders with
Ciego de Ávila Province. Its elevation is represented by the Urabo Mountain with a height of 132.5 m. The bordering municipalities are
Baraguá,
Céspedes,
Esmeralda,
Camagüey and
Vertientes.
The municipal territory includes the villages and the localities of Alberto Becerra,
Algarrobo, Conquista, El Angel, El Trece, La Alína, La Caridad, La Esperanza, La Jagua, La Porfuerza, La Serafina,
La Tomatera, La Vallita,
Las Margaritas, Las Mercedes, Las Parras, Las Tusas, Los Güines, María Dos, María Seis, Manzanillo, Ortigal, Otero,
Pérez Pérez,
Playa Florida,
San Antonio
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, San Diego, San Faustino, San Jerónimo, Santa Gertrudis, Urabo and Vista Alegre. Until the 1977 municipal reform, it included the village of
Magarabomba too,
currently part of Céspedes.
Demographics
In 2022, the municipality of Florida had a population of 69,174,
56,271 of them in the town proper. With a total area of ,
it has a population density of .
Health
Florida has 283 doctors, 187 of them are family physicians. There are 125 health facilities, including hospitals (a general and a pediatric one), clinics, pharmacies and laboratories.
Education
There are 64 educational centers with a total of 15,013 students attending primary, secondary, and
pre-university.
Florida also offers
night schools with a range of educational careers for adults who can not attend during daylight hours.
Culture
Cultural Institutions
*Casa de Cultura "Luis Casas Romero"
*Biblioteca Pública Municipal "
Rubén Martínez Villena"
*Biblioteca Pública "
Tamara Bunke"
*Biblioteca Pública "
Ignacio Agramonte"
*
Florida Municipal Museum
*Casa de la Trova "Pedro Loforte Sablón"
*Banda Municipal de Concierto
*Librería Municipal "América Latina"
*Galería de Arte
*Centro Literario Municipal
*Museo General
*Cine Aurora
*Sala de Vídeo Comunidad Algarrobo
*Sala de Vídeo Comunidad San Antonio
*Sala de Vídeo Agramonte
*Sala de Vídeo Micro Distrito
*Sala de Vídeo del Cementerio
Traditions
* Semana de la Cultura Floridana
* Carnaval Floridano
Transport
Florida is served by the "Central Railway" (''Ferrocarril Central'')
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, with local and long-distance trains. It is crossed by the national highway "
Carretera Central" (CC) and, the future extension of the
A1 motorway, will involve the town.
Personalities
*
Ed Bauta (b. 1930), former baseball player
*
Dairon Blanco (baseball), center fielder for the Kansas City Royals MLB team
*
Calixto Morales Hernández (...–2013), politician and revolutionary
"The combatant Calixto Morales Hernández passed away"
'' Granma'', August 3, 2013
* Ada Zayas-Bazán (b. 1958), writer
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 (). They were defined by Cuban Law Number 1304 of July 3, 1976Fifth United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names, Vol. II, publish ...
References
External links
*
Camagüey-Florida
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Cities in Cuba
Populated places in Camagüey Province