Abel Santamaria also known as Constancia and is a ward (
consejo popular
In Cuba, a consejo popular (; ; sometimes shortened to CP) is an electoral ward or political-administrative demarcation of the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, compri ...
) and a town in
Encrucijada,
Villa Clara Province
Villa Clara is one of the provinces of Cuba. It is located in the central region of the island bordering on the Atlantic Ocean to the north, Matanzas Province to the west, Sancti Spiritus Province to the east, and Cienfuegos Province to the Sou ...
,
Cuba
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...
. It’s the birthplace of
Abel Santamaría, a Cuban revolutionary that fought for the
26th of July Movement
The 26 July Movement (; M-26-7) was a Cuban vanguard revolutionary organization and later a political party led by Fidel Castro. The movement's name commemorates the failed 1953 attack on the Moncada Barracks in Santiago de Cuba, part of an at ...
and his sister
Haydée Santamaría.
Geography
Towns in Abel Santamaría’s ward are:
*
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
Sagua la Chica River is a river of northern Cuba, that flows through Villa Clara Province. Arising in the hills of Placetas, it flows north for 45 miles and empties into the Bay of Buena Vista. The River sets the border of Camajuaní with Encruc ...
and its west is
Encrucijada Sur.
Education
Schools in Constancia include:
* 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
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.
Arts
Landmarks
In Abel Santamaria there are monuments including:
* a Spanish Fort
* Bust of
References
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Cities in Cuba
Populated places in Villa Clara Province
1867 establishments in North America
Populated places established in 1867
1867 establishments in the Spanish Empire
Wards of Cuba