wetland · Cienfuegos
Ciénaga de Zapata
Ciénaga de Zapata is one of 14 municipalities of the Matanzas Province, Cuba, and the municipal seat is located at Playa Larga, at the northern end of the Bahia de Cochin
Overview
Ciénaga de Zapata is one of 14 municipalities of the Matanzas Province, Cuba, and the municipal seat is located at Playa Larga, at the northern end of the Bahia de Cochinos. A large part of the municipality is protected as the Zapata Swamp, after which the municipality is named.
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Ciénaga de Zapata is a wetland in Cienfuegos, Cuba. It is located at approximately 22.283°, -81.217°.
It sits within the province of Cienfuegos.
The nearest recorded places in the atlas are Playa Larga (2 km to the east), Murga Sinu (24 km to the north-east), Australia (25 km to the north) and Jagüey Grande (29 km to the north).
It is associated with local culture, history and beaches.
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Emergency
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- 105FireRecent
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What's near Ciénaga de Zapata
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 Caletón, Buenaventura, La Criolla, Playa Máquina, El Maíz, Embarcadero Giorgiana y JA 1 and San Lázaro.
- Caletón · neighbourhood
- 0.6 km
- Buenaventura · neighbourhood
- 0.8 km
- La Criolla · hamlet
- 1.5 km
- Playa Máquina · beach
- 4.0 km
- El Maíz · hamlet
- 9.3 km
- Embarcadero Giorgiana y JA 1 · attraction
- 10.0 km
- San Lázaro · hamlet
- 11.6 km
Around Ciénaga de Zapata
204 named civic, cultural, natural and service places are mapped within about 15 km of Ciénaga de Zapata, across 17 categories. Open any category to see it on the map, centred on Ciénaga de Zapata.
Notable near Ciénaga de Zapata
Bahía de Cochinos
Bays, capes & cays
The Bay of Pigs is an inlet of the Gulf of Cazones, located on the southern coast of Cuba. By 1910 it was included in Santa Clara Province, and then to Las Villas Province by 1961, but in 1976, it was reassigned to Matanzas Province, when the original six provinces of Cuba were re-organized into 14 new Provinces of Cuba.
🏛️ Culture & heritage 13
⛰️ Nature & terrain 9
🌾 Farming & fishing 2
🏥 Health & care 4
🎓 Education 2
🏦 Civic & services 6
🚉 Transport 1
🏟️ Sport & leisure 3
🛒 Shops & markets 7
🛏️ Stay 157
What Ciénaga de Zapata makes
3 working sites mapped — energy, industry, mining, farming, fishing and ports.The whole economy →
🌱 Farming 2
Criadero de Cocodrillos · Criadero de Cocodrilos
🐟 Fishing 1
Criadero de Cocodrilos
Official information and sources
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