Calabazar de Sagua
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.[1]
Calabazar de Sagua
Calabazar | |
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Village | |
.png.webp) OSM map showing Calabazar de Sagua | |
  Location of Calabazar de Sagua in Cuba | |
| Coordinates: 22°38′46.1″N 79°53′43.6″W | |
| Country |  Cuba |
| Province | Villa Clara |
| Municipality | Encrucijada |
| Founded | 1865[1] |
| Elevation | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 7,912 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| Area code(s) | +53-422 |
History
Founded in 1865, it was part of the neighboring municipality of Sagua la Grande until the 1977 administrative reform.[2]
Geography
Located 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]
Transport
The 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.
Personalities
- Onelio Jorge Cardoso (1914-1986), writer
- Chanito Isidrón (1903-1987), punto guajiro musician
- Carem Abelleira (1960-), artist
References
- (in Spanish) Calabazar de Sagua on EcuRed
- Sagua la Grande on guije.com
- 1546016813 Calabazar de Sagua on OpenStreetMap
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Calabazar de Sagua. |
- Calabazar de Sagua Destination Guide on trip-suggest.com
- Calabazar de Sagua Weather on accuweather.com