Abreus () is a municipality and town in the
Cienfuegos Province of
Cuba. It was founded in 1840.
History
Abreus was founded as San Segundo de los Abreu in 1840 by Trinidadian landowners during an economic boom of slave-labor sugar cane plantations.
Geography
The municipality includes the town of Abreus
[ and the villages of Babiney, Carmelina, Cayo Grande, Charcas, Cienguita, Constancia, Horquitas, Juraguá, Matun, Mijailito, Navarra, Nueva Juraguá, San Ignacio, Simpatía and Yaguaramas.Yaguaramas on EcuRed]
/ref> It is bordered by Ciénaga de Zapata
Ciénaga de Zapata is one of 14 municipalities of the Matanzas Province, Cuba, and the municipal seat is located at Playa Larga, at the northern end of the Bahia de Cochinos ("Bay of Pigs"). A large part of the municipality is protected as the Za ...
and Calimete
Calimete is a municipality and town in the Matanzas Province of Cuba. It was founded in 1867 by José Antonio Castañeda.
Demographics
In 2004, the municipality of Calimete had a population of 29,736. With a total area of , it has a population de ...
, both in Matanzas Province
Matanzas () is one of the provinces of Cuba. Major towns in the province include Cárdenas, Colón, Jovellanos and the capital of the same name, Matanzas. The resort town of Varadero is also located in this province.
Among Cuban provinces, ...
, and by Aguada de Pasajeros, Rodas
Rodas () is a municipality and town in the Cienfuegos Province of Cuba. It was founded in 1859 under the name of ''Lechuzo''. In 1879 it was renamed Rodas in honour of capitán general ''Caballero de Rodas''.
Geography
The municipality is divi ...
and Cienfuegos
Cienfuegos (), capital of Cienfuegos Province, is a city on the southern coast of Cuba. It is located about from Havana and has a population of 150,000. Since the late 1960s, Cienfuegos has become one of Cuba's main industrial centers, especial ...
.
Demographics
In 2019, the municipality of Abreus had a population of 30,719; 51% of the population identified as men.[
]
Notable natives
* Ángel Fleitas (1914-2006) - former shortstop for the Washington Senators
* Yoan Moncada (born 1995) - third baseman for the Chicago White Sox
See also
* Municipalities of Cuba
*List of cities in Cuba
This is a list of cities in Cuba with at least 20,000 inhabitants, listed in descending order. Population data refers to city proper and not to the whole municipality, because they include large rural areas with several villages. All figu ...
* Juragua Nuclear Power Plant
References
External links
Abreus
on EcuRed
Populated places in Cienfuegos Province
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