San Antonio de las Vueltas, also known as Vueltas,[1] 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. It is the most populated village in the municipality after Camajuaní.
San Antonio de las Vueltas
Vueltas | |
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Village | |
 Village church | |
 Coat of arms | |
.png) Popular Council of Vueltas (Red) in Camajuaní (Orange) in Villa Clara (Yellow) | |
.svg)  Location of Vueltas in Cuba  San Antonio de las Vueltas (Villa Clara Province)  San Antonio de las Vueltas (Camajuaní) | |
| Coordinates: 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 |
| Demonym | Voltenses |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| Area code | +35 422 |
| Highways | Circuito Norte |
History
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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, Piedra, Quinta, Sagua la Chica, Taguayabón, Vega Alta and Vega de Palma.[2]
Geography
editHills such as Mogote Colorada and Palenque dot the landscape and the Sagua la Chica River and Manacas River flow through the municipality.[3]
The Ward of Vueltas includes the towns (circunscripción) of Vueltas, Vega de Palma, La Guinea, Júcaro, and more.
Transport
editVueltas 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,[4] on the line Santa Clara-Camajuaní-Remedios-Caibarién.
Education
editSchools in Vueltas include: [5]
- Santos Caraballé Primary
- Camila Sobrado Primary
- ESBU Rubén Martínez Villena Secondary
- Centro Mixto Andrés Cuevas Heredia Secondary
- IPS Fabricio Ojeda Technology School
Economy
editAccording at the DMPF (Departamento de control de la Dirección Municipal de Planificación Física or Management Control Department Municipal Physical Planning in English) of Camajuani, Vueltas is a settlement linked to sources of employment or economic development. [6]
The Provincial Tobacco Company La Estrella has territory in La Quinta, Camajuani, Aguada de Moya, San Antonio de las Vueltas, and Taguayabón. [7]
The Villa Clara Meat Company has the UEB Empacadora Osvaldo Herrera, which packages meat, in Vueltas. [8]
Infrastructure
editIn La Quinta, Taguayabón, San Antonio de las Vueltas, and Vega de Palma there are a combined total of 13 Municipal Collection Establishment squares. There is also one Twisted Factory in Vueltas. [7]
Personalities
editThe First Vice President of Cuba, José Ramón Machado Ventura was born in the town in 1930.[9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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
- ^ "Portal del Ciudadano en Camajuaní - Educación". www.soycamajuani.gob.cu. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
- ^ Barroso, Joel Jiménez; Figueroa Vidal, Dr. Arq. Carlos. R. "Diagnóstico estratégico de la situación habitacional del municipio de Camajuaní" (PDF). p. 67.
- ^ a b Nacional, Equipo de Producción. "Portal del Ciudadano en Camajuaní - Agricultura". Portal del Ciudadano en Camajuaní (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- ^ "Caracterización de la UEB Empacadora Osvaldo Herrera". 1library.co. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
- ^ "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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- San Antonio de las Vueltas Weather on accuweather.com