Official Name: | Quemado de Güines |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Cuba |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Villa Clara |
Leader Title: | President |
Leader Name: | Osmel Pérez Negrín |
Leader Title1: | Vice-President |
Leader Name1: | Ana María Mari Machado |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1667 |
Area Total Km2: | 338 |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Population Total: | 20,533 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Coordinates: | 22.79°N -80.2561°W |
Elevation M: | 85 |
Area Code: | +53-422 |
Quemado de Güines (pronounced as /es/) is a municipality and town in the Villa Clara Province of Cuba.It was founded in 1667.
The municipality is divided into the poblados of Caguaguas, Carahatas, Güines, Paso Cavado, Poblado, San Valentín and Zambumbia and Jose R. Riquelme.[1]
It borders with the municipalities of Corralillo in the west, Sagua la Grande in the east, and Santo Domingo in south.
In 2004, the municipality of Quemado de Güines had a population of 22,590.[2] With a total area of 338km2,[3] it has a population density of 66.8/km2. In 2022 the population number had dropped to 20,533.[4]