Taguayabón is a Cuban village and consejo popular ("popular council", i.e. hamlet) of the municipality of Camajuaní, in Villa Clara Province. In 2012 it had a population of 2053.[3]

Taguayabón
Village
Road in Taguayabon
Map of Taguayabón (Red) in Camajuaní (Orange) in Villa Clara (Yellow)
Location of Taguayabón in Cuba
Coordinates: 22°28′39.8″N 79°39′01.2″W
Country	Cuba
Province	Villa Clara
Municipality	Camajuaní
Founded	1830[1]
Elevation	80 m (260 ft)
Population  (2012)[2]
• Total	2,053
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
Area code	+53-422

History

The village, whose name means "butterfly village" in Taíno language,^{[citation needed]} was founded in 1830. Until 1976, it was part of the former municipality of San Antonio de las Vueltas (or Vueltas), merged in Camajuaní.[1]

Geography

Located on a rural plain surrounded by scattered hills, between Camajuaní (7.7 km west) and Remedios (11 km east); Taguayabón spans on two main crossroads: "Calle José Martí" (N-S) and the "Circuito Norte" (W-E).[4] Nearest places are the villages of Palenque (3 km east), Entronque de Vueltas (3 km west) and Vega de Palma (5 km west). The village is 9 km from Vueltas, 20 from Caibarién, 26 from Placetas, 34 from Santa Clara and 80 from Cayo Santa María.

The local government area of the "Consejo Popular de Taguayabón" includes the villages of Carolina, Corea, La Julia, Las Lechugas, Lobatón, Rosalía and Palenque.^{[citation needed]}

Transport

Taguayabón is crossed in the middle by the state highway "Circuito Norte" (CN) and counts a railway station on the line Santa Clara-Camajuaní-Remedios-Caibarién.[5] Nearest airport, the "Abel Santamaría" of Santa Clara (IATA: SNU), is 30 km west.

See also

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

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Taguayabón.

• Taguayabón Destination Guide on trip-suggest.com
• Taguayabón Weather on accuweather.com