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Cienfuegos
Cienfuegos, capital of Cienfuegos Province, is a city on the southern coast of Cuba. It is located about 250 km (160 mi) from Havana and has a population of 178,368 in 20
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Cienfuegos, capital of Cienfuegos Province, is a city on the southern coast of Cuba. It is located about 250 km (160 mi) from Havana and has a population of 178,368 in 2022. Since the late 1960s, Cienfuegos has become one of Cuba's main industrial centers, especially in the energy and sugar sectors. The city is dubbed La Perla del Sur. Despite being known as an industrial city of factories and various nuclear/electrical plants, and the name Cienfuegos literally translating to "one hundred fires", the city actually takes its name from the surname of Asturian-born José Cienfuegos Jovellanos,…
Cienfuegos is a city in Cienfuegos, Cuba. It is located at approximately 22.144°, -80.441°.
It sits within the province of Cienfuegos.
The nearest recorded places in the atlas are Trinidad (60 km to the south-east) and Santa Clara (57 km to the north-east).
It is associated with colonial architecture, architecture, waterfront and UNESCO World Heritage site.
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Photo: Burkhard Mücke · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Burkhard Mücke · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Burkhard Mücke · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Burkhard Mücke · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Burkhard Mücke · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Burkhard Mücke · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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