Constancia (Encrucijada)

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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)
Constancia (1898)
Map of Abel Santamaría (red) in Encrucijada (orange) in Villa Clara (yellow)
Map of Abel Santamaría (red) in Encrucijada (orange) in Villa Clara (yellow)
Constancia is located in Cuba
Constancia
Constancia
Constancia is located in Villa Clara Province
Constancia
Constancia
Constancia is located in Encrucijada
Constancia
Constancia
Coordinates: 22°35′33″N 79°51′24″W / 22.59250°N 79.85667°W / 22.59250; -79.85667
CountryCuba
ProvinceVilla Clara Province
MunicipalityEncrucijada
Founded1867
Named forAbel Santamaría
Government
 • PresidentCelina Margarita Ruiz Rodríguez [1] (Independent politician)
Area
 • Ward67 km2 (26 sq mi)
 • Urban
0.75 km2 (0.29 sq mi)
 • Rural
66.25 km2 (25.58 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Ward2,810
 • Density42/km2 (110/sq mi)
 • Urban
1,460
 • Rural
1,350

Geography

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Towns in Abel Santamaría’s ward are: [3]

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

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Schools 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

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Constancia 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

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Landmarks

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In Abel Santamaria there are monuments including:[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Celina Margarita Ruiz Rodríguez".
  2. ^ a b "Facultad De Ciencias Sociales Carrera De Estudios Socioculturales". Docslib. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Portal del Ciudadano Somos Encrucijada - Educación". www.somosencrucijada.gob.cu. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
  5. ^ lezumbalaberenjena (2017-11-09), Composed road map from a tour guide (1980's), retrieved 2023-04-12
  6. ^ "Road guides of Cuba" (PDF). 2019.
  7. ^ Provincial, Equipo de Producción. "Portal del Ciudadano Somos Encrucijada - Monumentos". www.somosencrucijada.gob.cu (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-07-19.