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Candelaria

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Candelaria

Candelaria is a municipality and town in the Artemisa Province of Cuba. Before 2011 it was part of Pinar del Río Province. It was founded in 1809, and established as a mu

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Candelaria is a municipality and town in the Artemisa Province of Cuba. Before 2011 it was part of Pinar del Río Province. It was founded in 1809, and established as a municipality in 1880.

Description from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA.

Candelaria is a municipality in Artemisa, Cuba. It is located at approximately 22.744°, -82.958°.

The story of this place

The town dates from 1809. Born here: Enrique Jorrín, Cuban musician (1926–1987), José Siro González Bacallao, Cuban Roman Catholic priest (1930–2021) and Lázaro Dalcourt, Cuban association football player (b. 1971).

It sits within the province of Artemisa.

The nearest recorded places in the atlas are Soroa (9 km to the north-west), San Cristóbal (10 km to the west), Las Terrazas (11 km to the north) and Modesto Serrano (San Cristobal) (14 km to the west).

It is associated with local culture, history and architecture.

Highlights

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22.74390, -82.95810

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Daylight & season

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Sunrise
19:48
Sunset
12h 32m
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Emergency

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    106
  • Ambulance / medicalRecent
    104
  • FireRecent
    105
  • Asistur (traveler assistance)Recent

    State travel-assistance service for visitors (medical, legal, financial help).

    +53 7 866 4499

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What's near Candelaria

Nearby places

Distances are straight-line, measured between recorded coordinates — not driving distance.

Mapped features nearby

Named places recorded in OpenStreetMap around this one, nearest first — distance shown for each.

Named places mapped nearby include Mercado Industrial Artesanal, El Jardín, El Cayo, Las Mercedes, Isidro de Armas, Godínez, Los Pocitos, San José, Serrano, Bayate, Plan Semilla, Galope, Aguacate, Santa Ana, Ciudad Industrial, La Incubadora, La Cachimba, El Corojal, Maquinaria, Ojo de Agua and Pueblo Nuevo.

Mercado Industrial Artesanal · market
0.3 km
El Jardín · hamlet
0.5 km
El Cayo · neighbourhood
1.1 km
Las Mercedes · neighbourhood
1.1 km
Isidro de Armas · hamlet
1.4 km
Godínez · neighbourhood
1.5 km
Los Pocitos · hamlet
1.6 km
San José · hamlet
1.9 km
Serrano · neighbourhood
2.0 km
Bayate · village
2.1 km
Plan Semilla · hamlet
3.0 km
Galope · hamlet
7.5 km
Aguacate · hamlet
8.6 km
Santa Ana · hamlet
9.0 km
Ciudad Industrial · village
9.1 km
La Incubadora · hamlet
10.0 km
La Cachimba · hamlet
10.9 km
El Corojal · village
11.3 km
Maquinaria · hamlet
11.4 km
Ojo de Agua · hamlet
11.4 km
Pueblo Nuevo · hamlet
11.6 km

Around Candelaria

214 named civic, cultural, natural and service places are mapped within about 15 km of Candelaria, across 27 categories. Open any category to see it on the map, centred on Candelaria.

🚬 Cuban craft & cuisine 3

Cuban cuisine & lechón 3

🌾 Farming & fishing 24

Farms & plantations 24

🏭 Industry & resources 18

Factories & works 18

What Candelaria makes

40 working sites mapped — energy, industry, mining, farming, fishing and ports.The whole economy →

🏭 Industry 18

Base de Transporte · Centro de Acopio · Centro de Acopio · Centro de Acopio Aguacate · …

🌱 Farming 22

Granja Avícola · Granja Avícola · Granja Avícola · Granja Avícola · …

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