San Antonio de las Vueltas, also known as Vueltas,[2] is a village and consejo popular ("people's council", i.e. hamlet) in central northern Cuba, belonging to the municipality of Camajuaní, Villa Clara Province. With a population of 13,805[1] it is the most populated village in the municipality after Camajuaní.

San Antonio de las Vueltas Vueltas
Village
Village church
Coat of arms
Popular Council of Vueltas (Red) in Camajuaní (Orange) in Villa Clara (Yellow)
Location of Vueltas in Cuba
Coordinates: 22°31′00.1″N 79°42′07.7″W
Country	Cuba
Province	Villa Clara
Municipality	Camajuaní
Founded	1800[1]
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	13,805
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
Area code	+35 422

History

Until the 1976 reform it was a municipality and contained the barrios of Aguada de Moya, Bosque, Cabecera (San Antonio de las Vueltas proper), Charco Hondo, Piedras, Quinta, Sagua la Chica, Taguayabón, Vega Alta and Vega de Palma.[3]

Geography

Hills such as Mogote Colorada and Palenque dot the landscape and the Sagua la Chica River and Manacas River flow through the municipality.[4]

Transport

Vueltas is crossed in the middle by the state highway "Circuito Norte" (CN), and has a railway station (Vueltas-Vega de Palma), in the nearby village of Vega de Palma,[5] on the line Santa Clara-Camajuaní-Remedios-Caibarién.

Personalities

The First Vice President of Cuba, José Ramón Machado Ventura was born in the town in 1930.[6]

See also

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

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to San Antonio de las Vueltas.

• (in Spanish) San Antonio de las Vueltas on EcuRed
• San Antonio de las Vueltas Destination Guide on trip-suggest.com
• San Antonio de las Vueltas Weather on accuweather.com