Sierra Morena | |
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Village | |
  Location of Sierra Morena in Cuba | |
| Coordinates: 22°57′N80°31′W / 22.950°N 80.517°W Coordinates: 22°57′N80°31′W / 22.950°N 80.517°W | |
| Country |  Cuba |
| Province | Villa Clara |
| Municipality | Corralillo |
| Population (2012) [1] | |
| • Total | 2,429 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| Area code(s) | +53-42682 |
Sierra Morena (English translation: Brown Mountain Range) is a Cuban village and consejo popular (people's council) of the municipality of Corralillo, Villa Clara Province. [2]
Administratively, Cuba is divided into 15 provinces and one special municipality. The last modification was approved in August 2010, splitting Havana province into two new provinces: Artemisa and Mayabeque. The new provinces started functioning from January 1, 2011. Havana City Province recovered its original name: La Habana.
Guantánamo is a municipality and city in southeast Cuba and capital of Guantánamo Province.
Placetas is a city in the Villa Clara Province in the center of Cuba; before the change in the country's government in 1959 the province was called Las Villas. The town is also known as La Villa de los Laureles because of its wild laurel trees. Placetas is also a municipio, one of 13 subdivisions of the Villa Clara Province. Cuba's geographical center, Guaracabulla, is located in this municipality.
Villa Clara is one of the provinces of Cuba. It is located in the central region of the island bordering with the Atlantic at north, Matanzas Province by west, Sancti Spiritus Province by east, and Cienfuegos Province on the South. Villa Clara shares with Cienfuegos and Sancti Spiritus on the south the Escambray Mountain Range. Its main cities are Santa Clara, Remedios, Sagua La Grande, Camajuani, Caibarién, Ranchuelo, Placetas, and Manicaragua.
Cienfuegos is one of the provinces of Cuba. The capital city of the province is also called Cienfuegos and was founded by French settlers in 1819.
The Escambray Mountains are a mountain range in the central region of Cuba, in the provinces of Sancti Spíritus, Cienfuegos and Villa Clara.
Holguín is a municipality and city in Cuba, and the capital of Province of Holguín. After Havana, Santiago de Cuba, and Camagüey, it is the fourth largest city in Cuba.
Sagua la Grande is a municipality located on the north coast of the province of Villa Clara in central Cuba, on the Sagua la Grande River. The city is close to Mogotes de Jumagua, limestone cliffs. Many cays of the Sabana-Camaguey Archipelago are located off the northern coast. People born in Sagua are called "guajiros".
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Colón is a municipality and city in the Matanzas Province of Cuba. The municipality has an area of 547 km2 and a population of about 71,000. The city proper, with a population of about 44,000, is the third-largest one of its province.
The provinces of Cuba are divided into 168 municipalities or municipios. They were defined by Cuban Law Number 1304 of July 3, 1976 and reformed in 2010 with the abrogation of the municipality of Varadero and the creation of two new provinces: Artemisa and Mayabeque in place of former La Habana Province.
Corralillo is a municipality and town in the Villa Clara Province of Cuba. It was founded in 1831 and established as a municipality in 1879.
Encrucijada is a municipality and town in the Villa Clara Province of Cuba. It was founded in 1850 and established as a municipality in 1910.
The Bay of Santa Clara is a bay on Cuba's north coast, located between the Nicholas Channel and the northern coast of the provinces of Matanzas and Villa Clara.
Leopoldo Romañach y Guillen (1862–1951) was a Cuban painter. He was born in Sierra Morena, Corralillo, in the province of Las Villas.
Sagua may refer to:
Rancho Veloz is a Cuban village and consejo popular of the municipality of Corralillo, in Villa Clara Province. It is a small town whose population numbers between 4,549 (officially) and 6,320.
Lisneidy Inés Veitía Córdova is a Cuban sprinter. She competed in the 400 metres event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China. She was born in Corralillo in Villa Clara Province. She was the gold medallist in the 400 metres and 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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