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.
Calabazar de Sagua
Calabazar | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Coat of arms | |
.png) Calabazar de Sagua (red) in Encrucijada (orange) in Villa Clara (yellow) | |
.svg)  Location of Calabazar de Sagua in Cuba  Calabazar de Sagua (Villa Clara Province) _location_map.png) Calabazar de Sagua (Encrucijada) | |
| Coordinates: 22°38′46.1″N 79°53′43.6″W / 22.646139°N 79.895444°W | |
| Country | Cuba |
| Province | Villa Clara |
| Municipality | Encrucijada |
| Founded | 1865 |
| Government | |
| • President [1] | Abel Bello Brito |
| Elevation | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 7,912 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| Area code | +53-422 |
History
editFounded in 1865, it was part of the neighboring municipality of Sagua la Grande until the 1977 administrative reform.[2]
Geography
editLocated 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] In the center of the town there is the Parque Marti (Park Marti), it includes a statue of José Martí and a quote by him. [4]
Transport
editThe 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.
On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 5:00am buses go to Santa Clara. From Sunday to Friday at 6:30pm and 8:15pm they also go to Santa Clara. [5]
Education
editSchools in Calabazar include: [6]
- José Martí Primary School
- Antonio Maceo Primary School
- Neptalí Martínez CM
- José Manuel Fuertes Jiménez Special School
- Antonio Guiteras CEA
Notable people
edit- Onelio Jorge Cardoso (1914–1986), writer
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Leiva, Rosa Carmina Vilorio (2014-11-10). "Procedimiento para impulsar el Desarrollo Local del municipio de Encrucijada. Cuba". Monografias.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ^ Sagua la Grande on guije.com
- ^ 1546016813 Calabazar de Sagua on OpenStreetMap
- ^ lezumbalaberenjena (2021-12-12), Quick photos from the car in Calabazar de Sagua | Fotos de Calabazar de Sagua desde el carro, parque Martí, retrieved 2023-07-03
- ^ Provincial, Equipo de Producción. "Portal del Ciudadano Somos Encrucijada - Transportación". Portal del Ciudadano Somos Encrucijada (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-12-28.
- ^ "Portal del Ciudadano Somos Encrucijada - Educación". www.somosencrucijada.gob.cu. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
External links
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- Calabazar de Sagua Weather on accuweather.com