Vázquez (Puerto Padre)
Vázquez | |
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Village | |
OSM map showing Vázquez and the surrounding villages | |
Location of Vázquez in Cuba | |
| Coordinates: 21°08′23.5″N 76°43′46.0″W / 21.139861°N 76.729444°W | |
| Country | Cuba |
| Province | Las Tunas |
| Municipality | Puerto Padre |
| Founded | 1884 |
| Elevation | 200 m (700 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 13,600 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| Area code | +53-31 |
Vázquez is a Cuban village and consejo popular ("people's council", i.e. hamlet) of the municipality of Puerto Padre, in Las Tunas Province. In 2011 it had a population of around 13,600.
History
The village was founded in 1884 and was named after two brothers who built the first finca.
Geography
Located on a plain between Puerto Padre (17 km east); Manatí (43 km northwest) and Las Tunas (32 km southwest), Vázquez is s rural town surrounded by the villages of Yarey de Vázquez, Aguada de Vázquez and Gayol, with whom it forms a small urban area of about 20,000 inhabitants.[1] It is 23 km from Delicias, 31 from Jesús Menéndez and 34 from Calixto.
Transport
The village is served by a railway station on Las Tunas-Puerto Padre line,[2] is crossed in the middle by the highway 6-123 Las Tunas-Puerto Padre, and is 7 km south of the state highway "Circuito Norte" (CN).
Health
The village has a general hospital named "Policlínico Docente 28 de Septiembre", opened in 1989.
See also
References
- ^ 1712623004 Vázquez on OpenStreetMap
- ^ 1712623670 Vázquez railway station on OpenStreetMap