Santa Lucía (Minas de Matahambre)
Santa Lucía | |
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Village | |
![]() OSM map showing Santa Lucía and the neighboring village of La Sabana | |
![]() ![]() Location of Santa Lucía in Cuba | |
Coordinates: 22°39′37.5″N 83°57′49.5″W / 22.660417°N 83.963750°WCoordinates: 22°39′37.5″N 83°57′49.5″W / 22.660417°N 83.963750°W | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | Pinar del Río |
Municipality | Minas de Matahambre |
Founded | 1912[1] |
Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 4,240 |
Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
Area code(s) | +53-82 |
Santa Lucía is a Cuban village and consejo popular ("people's council", i.e. hamlet) of the municipality of Minas de Matahambre, in Pinar del Río Province.[2] In 2011 it had a population of 4,240.[2]
History[]
The village was founded and developed from the discovery of a copper field in Minas de Matahambre, in 1912. It was built a road from the deposit to the sea and, one year later, a pier in the new harbor of Santa Lucía.[1] During the 1980s, because of the mining development, the population grew and the satellite village of La Sabana was built east of it.[3]
Geography[]
Santa Lucía lies between a marsh, by the Atlantic Coast, and the Sierra de los Órganos mountain range (part of Guaniguanico).[4] It spans on a plain strip, along with the neighboring and satellite village of La Sabana, with whom it forms a small urban area of about 10,000 inhabitants.[5]
The village is 11 km from , 13 from Minas de Matahambre, 43 from Viñales and its valley, 60 from Pinar del Río and 64 from Mantua.
Transport[]
Santa Lucía counts a little harbor, built in 1912 for of mining transport, with a marina.[6] It is crossed, to the south, by the "Circuito Norte" (CN), a state highway connecting the nearby Mantua to Baracoa, in Guantánamo Province, through the northern coastal area of the whole country. A secondary highway, the 1-121, connects the village to Minas de Matahambre and Pinar del Río, the provincial capital.
Sport[]
The village has a baseball venue, the "Estadio Camilo Cienfuegos", located northwest of settlement's centre.[7]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b (in Spanish) History of Santa Lucía (EcuRed)
- ^ a b c (in Spanish) Santa Lucía on EcuRed
- ^ (in Spanish) La Sabana on EcuRed
- ^ 5224107421 Santa Lucía on OpenStreetMap (location)
- ^ 90085805 Santa Lucía on OpenStreetMap (area)
- ^ (in Spanish) Article about the port of Santa Lucía on Granma (11 April 2016)
- ^ 473631798 Estadio Camilo Cienfuegos (Santa Lucía) on OpenStreetMap
External links[]
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- Image gallery of Santa Lucía
- Santa Lucía Weather on accuweather.com
- Populated places in Pinar del Río Province
- Populated places established in 1912