Calabazar de Sagua

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Calabazar de Sagua
Calabazar
Village
OSM map showing Calabazar de Sagua
OSM map showing Calabazar de Sagua
Calabazar de Sagua is located in Cuba
Calabazar de Sagua
Location of Calabazar de Sagua in Cuba
Coordinates: 22°38′46.1″N 79°53′43.6″W / 22.646139°N 79.895444°W / 22.646139; -79.895444Coordinates: 22°38′46.1″N 79°53′43.6″W / 22.646139°N 79.895444°W / 22.646139; -79.895444
Country Cuba
ProvinceVilla Clara
MunicipalityEncrucijada
Founded1865[1]
Elevation
5 m (16 ft)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total7,912
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
Area code(s)+53-422

Calabazar de Sagua, also shortened as Calabazar, is a Cuban village and consejo popular ("people's council", i.e. hamlet) of the municipality of Encrucijada, in Villa Clara Province, Cuba. In 2011 it had a population of 7,912.[1]

History[]

Founded in 1865, it was part of the neighboring municipality of Sagua la Grande until the 1977 administrative reform.[2]

Geography[]

Located on a rural plain in the middle of its province, Calabazar lies between Encrucijada (4.5 km southeast), El Purio (4 km northeast) and Mata (4.5&km southwest). It is 17 km from Cifuentes, 30 to Vueltas, 32 to Santa Clara, 37 to Sagua la Grande, 40 to Camajuaní, 50 to Remedios and 58 to Placetas and Caibarién.[3]

Transport[]

The village is crossed in the middle by the "Circuito Norte" (CN) state highway, the 2nd longest one in the island. It counts a train station, Calabazar-Mata, located in the nearby village of Mata, on the Camajuaní-Encrucijada-Cifuentes (to Sagua) branch line.

Personalities[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c (in Spanish) Calabazar de Sagua on EcuRed
  2. ^ Sagua la Grande on guije.com
  3. ^ 1546016813 Calabazar de Sagua on OpenStreetMap

External links[]

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