Abel Santamaria also known as Constancia and is a ward (consejo popular) and a town in Encrucijada, Villa Clara Province, Cuba. It’s the birthplace of Abel Santamaría, a Cuban revolutionary that fought for the 26th of July Movement and his sister Haydée Santamaría.[citation needed]
Constancia | |
|---|---|
Ward | |
| Abel Santamaria | |
 Constancia (1898) | |
.png) Map of Abel Santamaría (red) in Encrucijada (orange) in Villa Clara (yellow) | |
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| Coordinates: 22°35′33″N 79°51′24″W / 22.59250°N 79.85667°W | |
| Country | Cuba |
| Province | Villa Clara Province |
| Municipality | Encrucijada |
| Founded | 1867 |
| Named for | Abel Santamaría |
| Government | |
| • President | Celina Margarita Ruiz Rodríguez [1] (Independent politician) |
| Area | |
| • Ward | 67 km2 (26 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0.75 km2 (0.29 sq mi) |
| • Rural | 66.25 km2 (25.58 sq mi) |
| Population (2012)[2] | |
| • Ward | 2,810 |
| • Density | 42/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,460 |
| • Rural | 1,350 |
Geography
editTowns in Abel Santamaría’s ward are: [3]
- Canoa
- Tuinicú
- Paso Real
- Raizúa
- Castaño
- Las Mercedes
- Progreso
- Cayo Hueso
- Guadalupe
- Congojas
Abel Santamaria is south of La Sierra and El Purio. It is north of Santa Clara Municipality. To the east is the Sagua la Chica River and its west is Encrucijada Sur. [3]
Education
editSchools in Constancia include:[4]
- Boris Luis Santa Coloma Primary School
- CI Sueños de Abel
- Mariana Grajales Rural Primary School
- Augusto César Sandino Rural Primary School
- Roberto Rodríguez Rural Primary School
- Jesús Menéndez Rural Primary School
- Marcelo Salado Rural Primary School
Transportation
editConstancia is on the Ingenio Constantia Railway to Cayo Hueso, and which links it to the railway that starts in Santa Clara, going to Crucero Margot, to Luis Arcos Bergnes, Vega Alta, Canoa, Tuinicu, Constancia, Encrucijada, Mata, El Vaquerito, Aguada la Piedra, Cifuentes, San Diego del Valle, Conyedo, and finally back to Santa Clara. [5][6]
Arts
editLandmarks
editIn Abel Santamaria there are monuments including:[7]
- a Spanish Fort
- Bust of Jesús Menéndez Larrondo
References
edit- ^ "Celina Margarita Ruiz Rodríguez".
- ^ a b "Facultad De Ciencias Sociales Carrera De Estudios Socioculturales". Docslib. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
- ^ a b Lisbet Morales Martínez, Lisbet; Dr. Leonid, E. Hernández Sánchez; Pereira Leonard, Yainalis (2013). "LA INFLUENCIA DE LA INDUSTRIA AZUCARERA EN LAS CARACTERÍSTICAS SOCIOCULTURALES DE LA COMUNIDAD DE ENCRUCIJADA" (PDF). Santa Clara, Cuba: dspace (Institutional Repository of the Central University "Marta Abreu" of Las Villas). p. 46.
- ^ "Portal del Ciudadano Somos Encrucijada - Educación". www.somosencrucijada.gob.cu. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
- ^ lezumbalaberenjena (2017-11-09), Composed road map from a tour guide (1980's), retrieved 2023-04-12
- ^ "Road guides of Cuba" (PDF). 2019.
- ^ Provincial, Equipo de Producción. "Portal del Ciudadano Somos Encrucijada - Monumentos". www.somosencrucijada.gob.cu (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-07-19.