Unión de Reyes is a municipality and town 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, ...
of
Cuba. It is located in the western part of the province, south of
Matanzas
Matanzas (Cuban ) is the capital of the Cuban province of Matanzas. Known for its poets, culture, and Afro-Cuban folklore, it is located on the northern shore of the island of Cuba, on the Bay of Matanzas (Spanish ''Bahia de Matanzas''), east ...
, the provincial capital.
History
Unión de Reyes was founded in 1844,
[ and it was established as a municipality on July 1, 1879. Its name derives from ''Unión en el Punto de Reyes'', so named for its location at a railway junction.]
Geography
The municipality, originally 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, usually delimited by functional (e.g. residenti ...
s of Iglesia and Unión,Cabezas
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Surname
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, Cidra, Estante, Juan Ávila, Juan G. Gómez and Puerto Rico.
Demographics
In 2004, the municipality of Unión de Reyes had a population of 40,022.
See also
* Municipalities of Cuba
*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 Matanzas Province
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