Báez
Báez | |
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Village | |
Location of Báez in Cuba | |
Coordinates: 22°13′00.3″N 79°45′17.4″W / 22.216750°N 79.754833°WCoordinates: 22°13′00.3″N 79°45′17.4″W / 22.216750°N 79.754833°W | |
Country | Cuba |
Province | Villa Clara |
Municipality | Placetas |
Founded | 1804[3] |
Elevation | 200 m (700 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 7,000[1][2] |
Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
Area code(s) | +53-428 |
Báez is a Cuban village and consejo popular ("people's council", i.e. hamlet) of the municipality of Placetas, in Villa Clara Province. In 2011 it had a population of around 7,000.[1][2]
History[]
The village was founded in 1804 with the name Hato de La Manigua, and some years later was named after a Spanish general named Guillermo Báez. Until the 1977 administrative reform, it was part of the municipality of Santa Clara.[2]
Geography[]
Báez is located on a valley between the Escambray Mountains and the borders with Sancti Spíritus Province, below a hillock and east of . Nearest village is Guaracabulla, located 5 km north, and , 11 km south.
It is 16 km from Fomento, 19 from Placetas, 26 from Mataguá, 36 from Manicaragua and 40 from Santa Clara and Cabaiguán, 62 from Sancti Spíritus and 67 from Hanabanilla.[4]
Transport[]
The village is served by the A1 motorway at the exit "Báez-Guaracabulla". It counts a railway station on the line Placetas-Trinidad-Casilda.[5]
Personalities[]
- Pepin Garcia (b. 1950), Cuban-American businessman
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b Source: Mapa de Carreteras de Cuba (Road map of Cuba). Ediciones GEO, Havana 2011 - ISBN 959-7049-21-X
- ^ a b c Guije.com. Santa Clara. [(in Spanish)
- ^ (in Spanish) Báez on EcuRed
- ^ 1540672039 Báez on OpenStreetMap
- ^ 281653018 Báez railway station on OpenStreetMap
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Báez. |
- Báez Destination Guide on trip-suggest.com
- Báez Weather on accuweather.com
- Populated places in Villa Clara Province
- Placetas
- Populated places established in 1804