Calabazar de Sagua, also shortened as Calabazar, is a Cuban village and consejo popular ("people's council", i.e. hamlet) of the municipality of Encrucijada, in Villa Clara Province, Cuba. In 2011 it had a population of 7,912.

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Village
Coat of arms
Calabazar de Sagua (red) in Encrucijada
Location of Calabazar de Sagua in Cuba
Coordinates: 22°38′46.1″N 79°53′43.6″W
Country	Cuba
Province	Villa Clara
Municipality	Encrucijada
Founded	1865
Elevation	5 m (16 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	7,912
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
Area code	+53-422

History

Founded in 1865, it was part of the neighboring municipality of Sagua la Grande until the 1977 administrative reform.[1]

Geography

Located on a rural plain in the middle of its province, Calabazar lies between Encrucijada (4.5 km southeast), El Purio (4 km northeast) and Mata (4.5&km southwest). It is 17 km from Cifuentes, 30 to Vueltas, 32 to Santa Clara, 37 to Sagua la Grande, 40 to Camajuaní, 50 to Remedios and 58 to Placetas and Caibarién.[2]

Transport

The village is crossed in the middle by the "Circuito Norte" (CN) state highway, the 2nd longest one in the island. It counts a train station, Calabazar-Mata, located in the nearby village of Mata, on the Camajuaní-Encrucijada-Cifuentes (to Sagua) branch line.

Personas Josem Jose Cosme Blanco. ( El Forro )nalities

• Onelio Jorge Cardoso (1914-1986), writer
• Chanito Isidrón (1903-1987), punto guajiro musician
• Carem Abelleira (1960-), artist

See also

• Parrandas
• Municipalities of Cuba
• List of cities in Cuba

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Calabazar de Sagua.

• Calabazar de Sagua Destination Guide on trip-suggest.com
• Calabazar de Sagua Weather on accuweather.com