Official Name: | Cifuentes Bajare |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Cuba |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Villa Clara |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1819 |
Established Title2: | Established |
Established Date2: | 1919 (Municipality) |
Area Total Km2: | 512 |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Population Total: | 26,135 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Coordinates: | 22.6208°N -80.0661°W |
Elevation M: | 65 |
Area Code: | +53-422 |
Cifuentes |
Cifuentes (pronounced as /es/) is a municipality and town in the Villa Clara Province of Cuba founded in 1819 and established as a municipality in 1919.
In 2022 the municipality of Cifuentes had a population of 26,135, having dropped from 41,789 in 1976.[1] [2] With a total area of 512km2,[3] it had a population density of 51/km2.
The municipality was divided into the barrios of Alacrán, Amaro, Barro, Cabecera Norte, Cabecera Sur, Este, Oeste and Sitio Grande until 1976.[4]
Cifuentes 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. [5]