Vázquez (Puerto Padre)

Vázquez is a Cuban village and consejo popular ("people's council", i.e. hamlet) of the municipality of Puerto Padre, in Las Tunas Province. In 2011 it had a population of around 13,600.[1]

Vázquez
Village
OSM map showing Vázquez and the surrounding villages
Location of Vázquez in Cuba
Coordinates: 21°08′23.5″N 76°43′46.0″W
Country Cuba
ProvinceLas Tunas
MunicipalityPuerto Padre
Founded1884[1]
Elevation
200 m (700 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total13,600[1]
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
Area code(s)+53-31

History

The village was founded in 1884, and was named after two brothers who build the first finca.

Geography

Located on a plain between Puerto Padre (17 km east); Manatí (43 km northwest) and Las Tunas (32 km southwest), Vázquez is s rural town surrounded by the villages of Yarey de Vázquez, Aguada de Vázquez and Gayol, with whom it forms a small urban area of about 20,000 inhabitants.[2] It is 23 km from Delicias, 31 from Jesús Menéndez and 34 from Calixto.

Transport

The village is served by a railway station on Las Tunas-Puerto Padre line,[3] is crossed in the middle by the highway 6-123 Las Tunas-Puerto Padre, and is 7 km south of the state highway "Circuito Norte" (CN).

Health

The village has a general hospital named "Policlínico Docente 28 de Septiembre", opened in 1989.[4]

See also

References
  1. (in Spanish) Vázquez on EcuRed
  2. 1712623004 Vázquez on OpenStreetMap
  3. 1712623670 Vázquez railway station on OpenStreetMap
  4. (in Spanish) Policlínico Docente "28 de Septiembre" (EcuRed)
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