Camilo Cienfuegos (Santa Cruz del Norte)
Camilo Cienfuegos
Hershey | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Hershey railway station | |
 OSM map of Hershey | |
  Location of Hershey in Cuba | |
| Coordinates: 23°07′45″N 81°56′31″W / 23.12917°N 81.94194°WCoordinates: 23°07′45″N 81°56′31″W / 23.12917°N 81.94194°W | |
| Country |  Cuba |
| Province | Mayabeque |
| Municipality | Santa Cruz del Norte |
| Founded | 1916 |
| Elevation | 113 m (371 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
Hershey (officially known as Camilo Cienfuegos)[1][2][3] is a Cuban village and consejo popular ("people's council", i.e. hamlet) of the municipality of Santa Cruz del Norte, in Mayabeque Province.
History[]
Built by Milton Hershey in 1916 as a company town with a large sugar mill (Central azucarero),[1] it was renamed after the Cuban Revolution in honor of Camilo Cienfuegos.[4] The mill (Central Hershey, also renamed Central Camilo Cienfuegos) was closed in 2002, maintaining much of its technical facilities.[1]
Geography[]
Hershey, located between the cities of Havana and Matanzas, is 3 km from Santa Cruz del Norte and the Atlantic coast. Other nearby villages are La Sierra, Jibacoa, and Loma de Travieso.
The village has a station on the main line of the Hershey Electric Railway, with a branch to Jaruco, and is 5 km from the "Vía Blanca" highway, that connects Havana to Varadero.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Central Camilo Cienfuegos". EcuRed (in Spanish). May 30, 2012.
- ^ Mapa de Carreteras de Cuba (Road map of Cuba). Ediciones GEO, Havana 2011 - ISBN 959-7049-21-X
- ^ 3647876021 Camilo Cienfuegos (Hershey) on OpenStreetMap
- ^ Miroff, Nick (5 May 2015). "The Cuban town Mr. Hershey built". The Washington Post. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
External links[]
Media related to Camilo Cienfuegos (Hershey) at Wikimedia Commons
- Populated places in Mayabeque Province
- Populated places established in 1916
- Sugar refineries