La Fe (Sandino) Explained

Official Name:La Fe
Settlement Type:Village
Mapsize:280px
Pushpin Map:Cuba
Pushpin Label Position:none
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of La Fe in Cuba
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Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Cuba
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Pinar del Río
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Sandino
Timezone:EST
Utc Offset:-5
Coordinates:22.0404°N -84.2715°W
Elevation M:4
Area Code:+53-82

La Fe (Spanish for "The Faith") is a Cuban village of the municipality of Sandino, in Pinar del Río Province. It is part of the consejo popular ("people's council")[1] of Cayuco.

Geography

Located in a recess of the Guadiana Bay (Bahía de Guadiana), close to the Guanahacabibes Peninsula and its national park, it is one of the westernmost places in Cuba, from Cape San Antonio, the island's western extremity. It is from the nearby village of Cayuco, from Sandino and from Pinar del Río.

Transport

The village counts a little port and a road linking it to the villages in Guanahacabibes peninsula. It is mainly famous to be the western starting point of the Carretera Central, a highway spanning the length of the island of Cuba for, that ends in the city of Baracoa, Guantánamo Province.[2]

Notes and References

  1. A municipal district, also referred as hamlet
  2. Source: Mapa de Carreteras de Cuba (Road map of Cuba). Ediciones GEO, Havana 2011 -