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Sagua la Chica

Sagua la Chica
Rural settlement
Carriage of the Parrandas of the Barrio La Marina in Sagua La Chica, 1960
Carriage of the Parrandas of the Barrio La Marina in Sagua La Chica, 1960
Sagua la Chica (red) in Camajuaní (orange) in Villa Clara (yellow)
Sagua la Chica (red) in Camajuaní (orange) in Villa Clara (yellow)
Sagua la Chica is located in Cuba
Sagua la Chica
Sagua la Chica
Location in Cuba
Sagua la Chica is located in Villa Clara Province
Sagua la Chica
Sagua la Chica
Sagua la Chica (Villa Clara Province)
Sagua la Chica is located in Camajuaní
Sagua la Chica
Sagua la Chica
Sagua la Chica (Camajuaní)
Coordinates: 22°41′22″N 79°41′44″W / 22.68944°N 79.69556°W / 22.68944; -79.69556
CountryCuba
ProvinceVilla Clara
MunicipalityCamajuani
WardBatalla de Santa Clara
Area
 • Total
0.4004 km2 (0.1546 sq mi)
Population
 • Total
1,447
 • Density3,600/km2 (9,400/sq mi)
Postal Code
52400 [2]
 

Sagua la Chica also known as Sagua is a rural settlement in Camajuani, Cuba. It is located in the ward of Batalla de Santa Clara,[3] in the north of Camajuaní, with the town having a population of 1,447 people.[4] Sagua la Chica has the same name as the Sagua la Chica river and is 174 mi (or 280 km) away from the capital of Havana.

Education

There is one school in the town, which is: [5]

  • Restituto Muñiz Primary

Geography

Towns nearby Sagua la Chica include Resulta, Hermanos Toledo, Jumagua, Colonia Miguel del Sol (also known as Miguel del Sol), Jagüey, and Crucero Carolina (also known as just Carolina).[6]

Town of Sagua La Chica next to the Sagua la Chica River, which divides Camajuaní and Encrucijada, seen from above

The town of Sagua la Chica borders the municipality of Encrucijada and is in the ward of Batalla de Santa Clara.

Economy

According at the DMPF (Departamento de control de la Dirección Municipal de Planificación Física or Management Control Department Municipal Physical Planning in English) of Camajuani, Sagua la Chica is a settlement not linked to any source of an economic or job development but still are maintained. [7] : page 68 

History

Map of Barrios of Vueltas in 1909

Until 1976 Sagua was a barrio of the former municipality of Vueltas.

In 2018, several settlements in Villa Clara were flooded, in Camajuaní these settlements included Rincón, Guajén, Sagua la Chica, Macagual, Guerrero, Floridano, Vega Alta, and Vega de Palma. [8]

Until around 2019-2020 Sagua la Chica was a ward (consejo popular), before it became part of the ward of Batalla de Santa Clara

Resources

Vega Alta, Sagua la Chica, and Crecencio Valdés are the only towns in Camajuani that make clay. [7] : page 77 

See also

References