Palmira is a municipality and town in the
Cienfuegos Province of
Cuba
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. The whole municipality has 31,813 inhabitants.
History
It was founded in 1879
[ under the name ''Las Casas''. The name was changed to Palmira and the community was incorporated in 1940.
]
Geography
Located in the middle of its province, Palmira is 12 km far from 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, ...
, 16 from Cruces, and 52 from Santa Clara. It is bordered by the municipalities of Rodas
Rodas () is a municipality and town in the Cienfuegos Province of Cuba. It was founded in 1859 under the name of ''Lechuzo''. In 1879 it was renamed Rodas in honour of capitán general ''Caballero de Rodas''.
Geography
The municipality is divid ...
, Lajas, Cruces, Cumanayagua and Cienfuegos.
In 1943 the municipality was divided into the 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 ...
s of Primero, Segundo, Arango y Escarza.Ciego Montero
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".
Demographics
In 2022, the municipality of Palmira had a population of 31,813.
See also
*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 ...
*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