Cruces, Cuba
Cruces (Spainish pronunciation: [ˈkɾuses]) is a municipality an toun in Cienfuegos Province, Cuba. It is the hame o the Mal Tiempo Naitional Pairk which commemorates a battle in the 1895 War o Unthirldom.
Cruces | |
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  Location o Cruces in Cuba | |
| Coordinates: 22°20′31″N 80°16′34″W / 22.34194°N 80.27611°W | |
| Kintra |  Cuba |
| Province | Cienfuegos |
| Foondit | 1852[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 198 km2 (76 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 95 m (312 ft) |
| Population (2004)[3] | |
| • Total | 32,139 |
| • Density | 162.3/km2 (420/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| Area code(s) | +53-432 |
The toun wis foondit in 1852 in a place kent as Sabana de Ibarra.[1] The railwey reaches the toun in 1855.
The municipality is dividit intae the barrios o Estrada Palma, Mal Tiempo, Marta an Monte Cristo. Thare wur 5 succar mills in the vicinity o Cruces, bi its traditional names: San Francisco, Andreita, Santa Catalina, Caracas an Hormiguero.[1]
Demografics
eeditIn 2004, the municipality o Cruces haed a population o 32,139.[3] Wi a tot aurie o 198 km2 (76 sq mi),[2] it haes a population densitie o 162.3/km2 (420/sq mi).
See an aw
eeditReferences
eedit- ↑ a b c Guije.com. "Cruces". Retrieved 7 October 2007. (in Spaingie)
- ↑ a b Statoids (2003). "Municipios of Cuba". Retrieved 7 October 2007. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ a b Atenas.cu (2004). "2004 Population trends, by Province and Municipality". Archived frae the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 7 October 2007. (in Spaingie)