• Source: Constancia (Encrucijada)

Abel Santamaria also known as Constancia and is a ward (consejo popular) and a town in Encrucijada, Villa Clara Province, Cuba. It’s the birthplace of Abel Santamaría, a Cuban revolutionary that fought for the 26th of July Movement and his sister Haydée Santamaría.




Geography


Towns in Abel Santamaría’s ward are:

Canoa
Tuinicú
Paso Real
Raizúa
Castaño
Las Mercedes
Progreso
Cayo Hueso
Guadalupe
Congojas
Abel Santamaria is south of La Sierra and El Purio. It is north of Santa Clara Municipality. To the east is the Sagua la Chica River and its west is Encrucijada Sur.




Education


Schools in Constancia include:

Boris Luis Santa Coloma Primary School
CI Sueños de Abel
Mariana Grajales Rural Primary School
Augusto César Sandino Rural Primary School
Roberto Rodríguez Rural Primary School
Jesús Menéndez Rural Primary School
Marcelo Salado Rural Primary School




Transportation


Constancia is on the Ingenio Constantia Railway to Cayo Hueso, and which links it to the railway that starts 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.




Arts






= Landmarks

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In Abel Santamaria there are monuments including:

a Spanish Fort
Bust of Jesús Menéndez Larrondo




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Constancia (Encrucijada)
• Encrucijada
• Abel Santamaría
• Tuinicú (Encrucijada)
• Constance
• Haydée Santamaría
• Ingenio Constantia Railway
• Paso Real (Encrucijada)
• Raizúa
• Canoa, Cuba