Constancia, Cuba

Abel Santamaria also known as Constancia and is a ward (consejo popular) and a town in Encrucijada, Villa Clara Province, Cuba. It’s the birthplace of Abel Santamaría, a Cuban revolutionary that fought for the 26th of July Movement and his sister Haydée Santamaría.

Constancia
Ward
Abel Santamaria
Map of Abel Santamaría (red) in Encrucijada (orange) in Villa Clara (yellow)
Map of Abel Santamaría (red) in Encrucijada (orange) in Villa Clara (yellow)
Constancia is located in Cuba
Constancia
Constancia
Coordinates: 22°35′33″N 79°51′24″W
CountryCuba
ProvinceVilla Clara Province
MunicipalityEncrucijada
Founded1867
Named forAbel Santamaría
Government
 • PresidentCelina Margarita Ruiz Rodríguez [1] (Independent politician)
Area
[2]
 • Land0.7500 km2 (0.2896 sq mi)
Population
 (2012 census)[3]
 • Total1,247

Geography

Towns in Abel Santamaría’s ward are: [4]

Abel Santamaria is south of La Sierra and El Purio. It's north of Santa Clara Municipality. To the east is the Sagua la Chica River and its west is Encrucijada Sur. [4]

Education

Schools in Constancia include:[5]

  • 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

Arts

Landmarks

In Abel Santamaria there are monuments including:[6]

  • a Spanish Fort
  • Bust of Jesús Menéndez Larrondo

References
  1. "Celina Margarita Ruiz Rodríguez".
  2. "Encrucijada (Municipality, Villa Clara Province, Cuba) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location".
  3. "Encrucijada (Municipality, Villa Clara Province, Cuba) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location".
  4. Lisbet Morales Martínez, Lisbet; Dr. Leonid, E. Hernández Sánchez; Pereira Leonard, Yainalis (2013). "LA INFLUENCIA DE LA INDUSTRIA AZUCARERA EN LAS CARACTERÍSTICAS SOCIOCULTURALES DE LA COMUNIDAD DE ENCRUCIJADA" (PDF). Santa Clara, Cuba: dspace (Institutional Repository of the Central University "Marta Abreu" of Las Villas). p. 46.
  5. "Portal del Ciudadano Somos Encrucijada - Educación". www.somosencrucijada.gob.cu. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
  6. Provincial, Equipo de Producción. "Portal del Ciudadano Somos Encrucijada - Monumentos". www.somosencrucijada.gob.cu (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-07-19.
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