Aguada de Pasajeros (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈɣwaða ðe pasaˈʝeɾos]) is a municipality and town in the Cienfuegos Province of Cuba.
Aguada de Pasajeros | |
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.jpg) Exit on the Autopista A1, in the municipality, to get into the main town of Aguada de Pasajeros | |
 Coat of arms | |
.png) Aguada municipality (red) within Cienfuegos Province (yellow) and Cuba | |
| Coordinates: 22°23′5″N 80°50′46″W / 22.38472°N 80.84611°W | |
| Country | Cuba |
| Province | Cienfuegos |
| Area | |
| • Total | 680 km2 (260 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 25 m (82 ft) |
| Population (2022)[2] | |
| • Total | 31,279 |
| • Density | 46/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| Area code | +53-432 |
| Website | https://aguadadepasajeros.gob.cu/ |
Geography
editThe municipality is divided into the town of Aguada and the villages of Carreño, Real Campiña, Covadonga and Perseverancia. Yaguaramas, now part of Abreus municipality, was part of it until the 1977 administrative reform.[3]
Demographics
editIn 2022, the municipality of Aguada de Pasajeros had a population of 31,279.[2] With a total area of 680 km2 (260 sq mi),[1] it has a population density of 46/km2 (120/sq mi).
Transport
editThe town is served by the A1 motorway and counts a train station on a line linking Havana to Cienfuegos.
Notable people
edit- Valentín Menéndez, Lieutenant Colonel of the Cuban Liberation Army.
- Jose Ramón Muñiz, Cuban composer and poet.
- Claudio Lliraldi, Last elected municipal mayor.
- Tomás Sánchez, Visual artist, lives in Costa Rica.
- Henry Ballate, Visual artist, lives in exile in New York.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Statoids (July 2003). "Municipios of Cuba". Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-07.
- ^ a b "Cuba: Administrative Division (Provinces and Municipalities) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
- ^ Guije.com. "Aguada de Pasajeros" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-07.
External links
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