Luis Arcos Bergnes, Cuba

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Luis Arcos Bergnes
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the CAI of Luis Arcos Bergnes
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Map of Carmita (Red) in Camajuaní (Orange) in Villa Clara (Yellow)
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Where Carmita is in Cuba
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Luis Arcos Bergnes, Cuba (Villa Clara Province)
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Luis Arcos Bergnes, Cuba (Camajuaní)
Coordinates: 22°30′18″N79°48′57″W / 22.50500°N 79.81583°W / 22.50500; -79.81583
Country Cuba
Province Villa Clara
Municipality Camajuani
Named for Luis Arcos Bergnes (brother of Sebastian Arcos Bergnes)
Government
  PresidentMartín Sánchez Rodríguez [1] (Non-partisan)
Population
  Total
2,279 [2]

Luis Arcos Bergnes also known as Carmita is a small town and a ward (consejo popular) in Camajuani, Villa Clara, Cuba. With a population of 2,279 it is considered a village. [2]

Contents

Nearby towns of Carmita are La Luz, Corona, El Cubano, Romano, La Mano, and Vega Alta. [3]

Geography

Wards of Cuba are a local body of a town and some towns nearby. Towns in Luis Arcos Bergnes’ ward include

Economy

According at the DMPF (Departamento de control de la Dirección Municipal de Planificación Física or Management Control Department Municipal Physical Planning in English) of Camajuani, Luis Arcos Bergnes is a settlement linked to sources of employment or economic development. [6]

In order to make charcoal in Camajuani you need to live in Luis Arcos Bergnes or Taguayabón. [7]

UBPC Maximo Gomez, south of Carmita UBPC Maximo Gomez en Luis Arcos Bergnes.jpg
UBPC Máximo Gomez, south of Carmita

UBPC and CCS in the ward include:

Government

Constituency Delegate (Delegado Circunscripción) in the ward of Luis Arcos Bergnes include: [8] (as of April 5th, 2023)

History

Map of Barrios of Vueltas in 1909, where you can see the Central Carmita (Carmita Sugar Mill) labeled Mapa de Vueltas en 1909.jpg
Map of Barrios of Vueltas in 1909, where you can see the Central Carmita (Carmita Sugar Mill) labeled

Carmita used to be a part of the barrio of Vega Alta, in the former municipality of Vueltas.

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The house of Gerardo Machado

Carmita has an abandoned house on the Road to Luis Arcos Bergnes, it is said to be the house of Gerardo Machado in 1929. [9]

Transportation

Train station of Carmita, in the south of the town Estacion de Tren de Carmita.jpg
Train station of Carmita, in the south of the town

Carmita is on a railine starting 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. [10] [11]

Carmita also has 2 bus routes in the town, one going from Camajuaní to Vega Alta everyday on 6:00 am and one from Camajuaní to Carmita on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:30 pm. [9]

Education

Escuela Primaria de Tony Aloma in Fuste Escuela Primaria de Tony Aloma.jpg
Escuela Primaria de Tony Alomá in Fusté

In the ward there are a few schools, these include: [12]

References

  1. "Batey Carmita, el poblado cubano que pasó de la prosperidad al hambre cuando perdió su central". cubacute.com (in Spanish). 5 May 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Camajuaní (Municipality, Villa Clara Province, Cuba) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location".
  3. "List of Cities near Carmita in Villa Clara, Cuba". www.gomapper.com. Retrieved 2022-06-30.[ dead link ]
  4. 1 2 3 4 Ruiz, Asdrubal Martínez; Cala, Yerenis Torres; Jiménez, Osvaldo López (2023-11-09). "Plan de acciones para contrarrestar los impactos del cambio climático en zonas vulnerables en Camajuaní". Cub@: Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo (in Spanish). 23. ISSN   1683-8904.
  5. Zerquera, Idalia Vázquez. "Camajuaní: el empeño de un pueblo por vencer los retos". Vanguardia (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-06-11.
  6. Barroso, Joel Jiménez; Figueroa Vidal, Dr. Arq. Carlos. R. "Diagnóstico estratégico de la situación habitacional del municipio de Camajuaní" (PDF). p. 67.
  7. "Empleo". Portal del Ciudadano en Camajuaní (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 2023-05-27. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
  8. "Portal del Ciudadano en Camajuaní - Consejo Popular Luis Arcos Bernes". 2024-07-11. Archived from the original on 2024-07-11. Retrieved 2024-08-10.
  9. 1 2 Fleites, Lianet (2017-02-13). "La invención de la soledad". Periodismo de Barrio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-08-25.
  10. lezumbalaberenjena (2017-11-09), Composed road map from a tour guide (1980's) , retrieved 2023-04-12
  11. "Road guides of Cuba" (PDF). 2019.
  12. "Portal del Ciudadano en Camajuaní - Educación". www.soycamajuani.gob.cu. Archived from the original on 2024-07-12. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
  13. "El conocimiento de la historia local en los escolares de la escuela primaria Luis Arcos Bergnes" (PDF). University "Marta Abreu" of Las Villas. p. 57.