Guasimal

Guasimal
Guasimal
Village
	OSM map showing Guasimal
	Location of Guasimal in Cuba
	Coordinates: 21°44′24.6″N 79°27′49.3″W / 21.740167°N 79.463694°WCoordinates: 21°44′24.6″N 79°27′49.3″W / 21.740167°N 79.463694°W
Country	Cuba
Province	Sancti Spíritus
Municipality	Sancti Spíritus
Founded	1865
Elevation	60 m (200 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	5,000
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
Area code(s)	+53-41

Guasimal is a Cuban village and consejo popular ("people's council", i.e. hamlet) of the municipality of Sancti Spíritus, in Sancti Spíritus Province. In 2011 it had a population of about 5,000.^[1]

History[]

The village was founded in 1865. In late 1950s, during the Cuban Revolution, Che Guevara established his first guerrilla camp near the town.^[2] In November 2010, Aero Caribbean Flight 883 crashed near the village.

Geography[]

Located on a plain between Zaza Reservoir and the Caribbean Coast, Guasimal is a rural village surrounded by some scattered hillocks and a forest area. It is 11 km from Paredes, 17 from Entronque Guasimal, 20 from , 23 from , 27 from Sancti Spíritus, 36 from La Sierpe and 74 from Trinidad. Nearest rivers are (west) and (east).^[3]

Transport[]

The village is served by a railway station on the Sancti Spíritus-Tunas de Zaza line. Entronque Guasimal, 17 km north of it, is crossed in the middle by the state highway "Circuito Sur" (CS).