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]

Not to be confused with Calabazar.
Calabazar de Sagua

Calabazar
Village
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
ProvinceVilla Clara
MunicipalityEncrucijada
Founded1865[1]
Elevation
5 m (16 ft)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total7,912
Time zoneUTC-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
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See also

References
  1. (in Spanish) Calabazar de Sagua on EcuRed
  2. Sagua la Grande on guije.com
  3. 1546016813 Calabazar de Sagua on OpenStreetMap
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