Aguada de Pasajeros explained

Official Name:	Aguada de Pasajeros
Settlement Type:	Municipality
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Cuba
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	Cienfuegos
Area Total Km2:	680
Population As Of:	2022
Population Total:	31,279
Population Density Km2:	auto
Timezone:	EST
Utc Offset:	-5
Coordinates:	22.3847°N -80.8461°W
Elevation M:	25
Area Code:	+53-432
Website:	https://aguadadepasajeros.gob.cu/

Aguada de Pasajeros (pronounced as /es/) is a municipality and town in the Cienfuegos Province of Cuba.

Geography

The municipality is divided into the town of Aguada and the villages of Carreño, Real Campiña, Covadonga and Perseverancia. Yaguaramas, now part of Abreus municipality, was part of it until the 1977 administrative reform.^[1]

Demographics

In 2022, the municipality of Aguada de Pasajeros had a population of 31,279.^[2] With a total area of 680km2,^[3] it has a population density of 46/km2.

Transport

The town is served by the A1 motorway and counts a train station on a line linking Havana to Cienfuegos.

Notable people

• Valentín Menéndez, Lieutenant Colonel of the Cuban Liberation Army.
• Jose Ramón Muñiz, Cuban composer and poet.
• Claudio Lliraldi, Last elected municipal mayor.
• Tomás Sánchez, Visual artist, lives in Costa Rica.
• Henry Ballate, Visual artist, lives in exile in New York.

See also

• Municipalities of Cuba
• List of cities in Cuba

Notes and References

1. Web site: Aguada de Pasajeros. Guije.com. 2007-10-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20071013121013/http://guije.com/pueblo/municipios/vaguada/index.htm. 13 October 2007 . live. es.
2. Web site: Cuba: Administrative Division (Provinces and Municipalities) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map . 2024-02-03 . www.citypopulation.de.
3. Web site: Municipios of Cuba. Statoids. July 2003. 2007-10-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20071012141831/http://statoids.com/ycu.html. 12 October 2007 . live.