Jagüey Grande, simply known as Jagüey (), is a town and municipality in the

Matanzas Province Matanzas () is one of the provinces of Cuba. Major towns in the province include Cárdenas, Colón, Jovellanos and the capital of the same name, Matanzas. The resort town of Varadero is also located in this province. Among Cuban provinces, ...

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. It is located east of the

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, north of the Bahia de Cochinos, along the A1 motorway in the center of the province.

History

The town was founded in 1840 and was named after the tree ''

Ficus citrifolia ''Ficus citrifolia'', also known as the shortleaf fig, giant bearded fig, Jagüey, wild banyantree and Wimba tree, is a species of banyan native to southern Florida, the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, and northern South America south to Par ...

'', locally named "Jagüey".

Geography

The municipality was historically divided into the

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s of Pueblo (town's centre), Gallardo, López, Murga Sinú, and Rovira. Nowadays it counts the town itself and the popular councils (''consejos populares'', i.e. villages) of Agramonte,

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, San José de Marcos, and Torriente. Agramonte, the most populated village, was an autonomous municipality until the 1976 reform.

Demographics

In 2022, the municipality of Jagüey Grande had a population of 59,600. With a total area of , it has a population density of .

Health

Notable people

Mario García Menocal Aurelio Mario Gabriel Francisco García Menocal y Deop (December 17, 1866 – September 7, 1941) was the 3rd President of Cuba, serving from 1913 to 1921. His term as president saw Cuba's participation in the Allies in World War I. Early li ...

(1866–1941), politician, 3rd

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of Cuba *

Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino (18 October 1936 – 26 July 2019) was a Cuban prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archdiocese of Havana, Archbishop of Havana from 1981 to 2016. He was appointed to the College of Cardinals in 1994, the se ...

(1936–2019),

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Leopoldo Fernández (Tres Patines) Leopoldo Augusto Fernández Salgado (26 December 1904 – 11 November 1985) was a Cuban comedian, known as ''Jose Candelario Tres Patines'' or ''Pototo'', maker and performer of the radio and TV program La Tremenda Corte, which is still presen ...

(1904–1985), actor and comedian

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