La Luz is a small town of 733 people in the
ward
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of
Luis Arcos Bergnes,
Camajuaní
Camajuaní is a municipality and town in the Villa Clara Province of Cuba.
History
In 1819 was decided the construction of a new port in near Caibarién to replace an old one located in Tesisco. From that moment, settlers established in the sur ...
,
Villa Clara, Cuba. Its neighboring towns are
El Cubano (also known as La Flora),
Carmita,
Vega Alta,
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* San Juan, Argentina
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Places Arge ...
,
Guerrero
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, and
Canoa. Its estimated sea level is 7 meters above sea level
Education
In La Luz there is one school, with it being
* Delfín Sen Cedré Primary
Economy
According at the DMPF ( or Management Control Department Municipal Physical Planning in English) of Camajuani, La Luz is a settlement not linked to any source of an economic or job development but still are maintained.
Welcome to UBPC Maximo Gomez Baez in La Luz.jpg, UBPC Máximo Gómez Báez
CCS Antonio Maceo en Camajuaní.jpg, CCS Antonio Maceo
La Luz has a mostly agricultural economy, which it having a garlic plantation,
UBPC “
Máximo Gómez
Máximo Gómez y Báez (November 18, 1836 – June 17, 1905) was a general of Dominican origin in the Cuban Wars of Independence (1868-78 and 1895–98). He was known for his controversial Scorched earth tactics, which entailed dynamiting pa ...
”, CCS “
Antonio Maceo
Lt. General José Antonio de la Caridad Maceo y Grajales (June 14, 1845December 7, 1896) was a Cuban general and second-in-command of the Cuban Liberation Army, Cuban Army of Independence.
Fellow Cubans gave Maceo the nickname "The Bronze Tit ...
”, and other farms and plantations nearby.
Sports
In the town there is one sports club, with it being the Peña CCS Orestes Acosta.
History
La Luz used to be a part of the former
Barrio
''Barrio'' () is a Spanish language, Spanish word that means "Quarter (urban subdivision), quarter" or "neighborhood". In the modern Spanish language, it is generally defined as each area of a city delimited by functional (e.g. residential, comm ...
of Vega Alta, in the former municipality of
Vueltas. At that time La Luz was called “Finca Luz” or “Luz Farm”.
See also
*
Santa Clara, Cuba
Santa Clara is the capital city of the Cuban province of Villa Clara. It is centrally located in the province and Cuba. Santa Clara is the fifth-most populous Cuban city, with a population of nearly 245,959.
History
Santa Clara was founde ...
*
Aguada de Moya, Cuba
References
1703 establishments in North America
Populated places in Villa Clara Province
Populated places established in 1703
1703 establishments in the Spanish Empire
Camajuaní
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