San Antonio de las Vueltas
San Antonio de las Vueltas
Vueltas | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Village church | |
  Location of Vueltas in Cuba | |
| Coordinates: 22°31′00.1″N 79°42′07.7″W / 22.516694°N 79.702139°WCoordinates: 22°31′00.1″N 79°42′07.7″W / 22.516694°N 79.702139°W | |
| Country |  Cuba |
| Province | Villa Clara |
| Municipality | Camajuaní |
| Founded | 1800[1] |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 13,805 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| Area code(s) | +35 422 |
San Antonio de las Vueltas, also known as Vueltas,[2] is a village and consejo popular ("people's council", i.e. hamlet) in central northern Cuba, belonging to the municipality of Camajuaní, Villa Clara Province. With a population of 13,805[1] it is the most populated village in the municipality after Camajuaní.
History[]
Until the 1976 reform it was a municipality and contained the barrios of Aguada de Moya, Bosque, Cabecera (San Antonio de las Vueltas proper), Charco Hondo, Piedras, Quinta, Sagua la Chica, Taguayabón, Vega Alta and Vega de Palma.[3]
Geography[]
Hills such as and Palenque dot the landscape and the Sagua la Chica River and flow through the municipality.[4]
Transport[]
Vueltas is crossed in the middle by the state highway "Circuito Norte" (CN), and has a railway station (Vueltas-Vega de Palma), in the nearby village of Vega de Palma,[5] on the line Santa Clara-Camajuaní-Remedios-Caibarién.
Personalities[]
The First Vice President of Cuba, José Ramón Machado Ventura was born in the town in 1930.[6]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b c (in Spanish) San Antonio de las Vueltas on EcuRed
- ^ 2252643608 Vueltas on OpenStreetMap
- ^ San Antonio de las Vueltas on guije.com
- ^ "San Antonio de las Vueltas". Mariano Jimenez II and Mariano G. Jiménez and its licensors. 2004-09-01. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
- ^ 4330189325 Vueltas-Vega de Palma railway station on OpenStreetMap
- ^ "Los Culpables de Cuba: La Elite de Poder (Cuba's Guilty: The Powerful Elite)" (in Spanish). Gadcuba.org. Archived from the original on 2004-09-21. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
External links[]
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- (in Spanish) San Antonio de las Vueltas on EcuRed
- San Antonio de las Vueltas Destination Guide on trip-suggest.com
- San Antonio de las Vueltas Weather on accuweather.com
- Populated places in Villa Clara Province
- Populated places established in 1800