Lajas, known historically and culturally as Santa Isabel de las Lajas, is a municipality and town in the
Cienfuegos Province of
Cuba
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. It is located in the northern part of the province, west of
Santa Clara and immediately south of the
A1 motorway.
History
The firsts settlements of the area began in 1800, with Lajas forming on August 29, 1824, named Santa Isabel de las Lajas, after a
Canary Islander named it after his wife, Isabel Castellón. In 1854 Lajas changed from a hamlet into a town by
Ayuntamiento
''Ayuntamiento'' ()In other languages of Spain:
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* ().
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of the city of
Cienfuegos
Cienfuegos (), capital of Cienfuegos Province, is a city on the southern coast of Cuba. It is located about from Havana and has a population of 178,368 in 2022. Since the late 1960s, Cienfuegos has become one of Cuba's main industrial centers, ...
. In 1879 it became a municipality of the former
Santa Clara Province. In 1986,
El Grupo Técnico Asesor (GTA) of Cuba made the name of the municipality in just simply Lajas.
Demographics
In 2022, the municipality of Lajas had a population of 21,187.
With a total area of ,
it has a population density of .
See also
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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 ...
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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 ...
References
External links
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Populated places in Cienfuegos Province
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