Cienfuegos
Cienfuegos | |
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| Eik-name(s): La Perla del Sur (Pearl o the Sooth) | |
  Location o Cienfuegos in Cuba | |
| Coordinates: 22°08′44″N 80°26′11″W / 22.14556°N 80.43639°W | |
| Kintra |  Cuba |
| Province | Cienfuegos |
| Foondit | 1819[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 333 km2 (129 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 25 m (82 ft) |
| Population (2004)[3] | |
| • Total | 163,824 |
| • Density | 492.0/km2 (1,274/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| Area code(s) | +53-43 |
Cienfuegos is a ceety on the soothren coast o Cuba, caipital o Cienfuegos Province. It is locatit aboot 250 km (160 mi) frae Havana, an haes a population o 150,000. The ceety is dubbit La Perla del Sur (Pearl o the Sooth). Cienfuegos literally translates tae "Hunder fires".
Geografie
[eedit | eedit soorce]Near the entrance tae Bahia de Cienfuegos (bahia meanin "bay") is Castillo de Jagua (full name Castillo de Nuestra Señora de los Angeles de Jagua), a fortress erectit in 1745 for pertection against Caribbean pirates.
Cienfuegos, ane o the chief seaports o Cuba, is a centre o the succar tred, as well as coffee an tobacco. While succarcane is the chief crop, local fermers grow coffee.
The dountoun contains 6 biggins frae 1819–50, 327 biggins frae 1851–1900, an 1188 biggins frae the 20t century. Thare is nae ither place in the Caribbean which contains sic a remarkable cluster o Neoclassical structurs.
Demografics
[eedit | eedit soorce]In 2004, the municipality o Cienfuegos haed a population o 163,824.[3] Wi a tot aurie o 333 km2 (129 sq mi),[2] it haes a population densitie o 492.0/km2 (1,274/sq mi).
Climate
[eedit | eedit soorce]| Climate data for Cienfuegos | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average heich °C (°F) | 27 (81) |
28 (82) |
29 (84) |
29 (85) |
31 (87) |
32 (89) |
32 (90) |
32 (90) |
32 (89) |
31 (88) |
28 (83) |
28 (82) |
30 (86) |
| Average law °C (°F) | 17 (63) |
17 (62) |
18 (64) |
19 (67) |
21 (69) |
22 (71) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
22 (71) |
22 (71) |
19 (67) |
18 (64) |
20 (68) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 18 (0.7) |
25 (1) |
33 (1.3) |
46 (1.8) |
120 (4.7) |
150 (6) |
120 (4.8) |
160 (6.3) |
170 (6.8) |
160 (6.3) |
41 (1.6) |
23 (0.9) |
1,066 (42.2) |
| Source: Weatherbase [4] | |||||||||||||
History
[eedit | eedit soorce]The aurie wis cried the Cacicazgo de Jagua bi the early Spaniards, an wis settled bi indigenous fowk.
The ceety wis settled bi French immigrants frae Bordeaux an Louisiana, led bi Don Louis de Clouet, on 22 Aprile 1819.[1] Its oreeginal name wis Fernardina de Jagua, in honour o Ferdinand VII o Spain. The dounset became a toun (Spaingie: Villa) in 1829, an a ceety in 1880. The ceety wis subsequently namit Cienfuegos, sharin the name wi Cienfuegos, a Captain General in this time, in the island.
Near Cienfuegos wis the scene o a battle on 11 Mey 1898, atween American marines who attemptit tae sever unnerwatter Spaingie communication lines an the Spaingie defenders.
Durin the Cuban Revolution the ceety saw an uprisin against Fulgencio Batista an wis bombed, on 5 September 1957.[5]
Warld Heritage Steid
[eedit | eedit soorce]| UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid | |
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| Criteria | Cultural: ii, v |
| Reference | 1202 |
| Inscription | 2005 (29th Session) |
In 2005, UNESCO inscribit the Urban Historic Centre o Cienfuegos on the Warld Heritage Leet, citin Cienfuegos as the best extant ensaumple o the 19t-century early Spainyie Enlichtenment implementation in urban plannin.[6]
Hurricane Dennis 2005
[eedit | eedit soorce]In 2005, Hurricane Dennis made its seicont landfall near Cienfuegos at aboot 1:00PM AST (17:00 UTC) wi winds o 232 km/h (144 mph), an gusts reachin 285 km/h (177 mph).
Attractions
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- Castillo de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles de Jagua - fortress
- Arco de Triunfo - the anly Arco de Triunfo in Cuba
- Cathedral de la Purisma Concepción - cathedral wi stained gless wirk, biggit 1833-1869.
- Delfinario - dolphins an sea lions in a saltwatter lagoon
- Jardín Botánico de Cienfuegos - 97 hectares o botanic gairden
- Museo Provincial - furnitur an porcelain museum
- Palacio de Valle - biggit 1913–1917 in neo-gothic style
- Palmira Yorubá Pantheon - museum of religious afro-catholic syncretism
- Parque José Martí - pairk in Plaza de Armas
- University o Cienfuegos "Carlos Rafael Rodríguez" (UCF) - the province's seicontary eddication institution.
Gallery
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Statue o José Martí -
Cathedral o Cienfuegos -
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Pedestrian Boulevard -
Prado -
Palacio de Valle (Valle's Palace) in Punta Gorda -
Palacio Azul (Blue Palace) -
Closeup o porthoose -
The yacht club in Cienfuegos -
Biggin in Cienfuegos -
Promenade in Cienfuegos
See an aw
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Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Cienfuegos. |
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ a b Guije.com. "Cienfuegos". Retrieved 7 October 2007. (in Spaingie)
- ↑ a b Statoids (2003). "Municipios of Cuba". Retrieved 7 October 2007. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ a b Atenas.cu (2004). "2004 Population trends, by Province and Municipality". Archived frae the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 7 October 2007."Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 30 October 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) (in Spaingie)
- ↑ "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Cienfuegos, Cuba". Weatherbase. 2011. Archived frae the original on 16 August 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2012. Retrieved on November 24, 2011.
- ↑ Castro speech commemorates Moncada assault Archived 2006-09-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Cienfuegos at World Heritage List
Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Podcast Radio Ciudad del Mar
- Hotel Cienfuegos Archived 2018-11-02 at the Wayback Machine
- Guide o Cienfuegos Archived 2012-04-29 at the Wayback Machine
- Hotel Palacio Azul Archived 2021-03-01 at the Wayback Machine
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