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Calabazar de Sagua
Village in Villa Clara, Cuba From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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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] In the center of the town there is the Parque Marti (Park Marti), it includes a statue of José Martí and a quote by him. [4]
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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.
On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 5:00am buses go to Santa Clara. From Sunday to Friday at 6:30pm and 8:15pm they also go to Santa Clara. [5]
Education
Schools in Calabazar include: [6]
- José Martí Primary School
- Antonio Maceo Primary School
- Neptalí Martínez CM
- José Manuel Fuertes Jiménez Special School
- Antonio Guiteras CEA
Notable people
- Onelio Jorge Cardoso (1914–1986), writer
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